Last week, I celebrated my first Canada Day as a new citizen. My family immigrated here a little over five years ago and earlier this year, I took my oath of citizenship. Being Canadian offers opportunities, rights, and privileges that being a citizen of Bangladesh does not. Although I received[Read More…]
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From the Cheap Seats: Team Canada at the 2015 Women’s World Cup
As hosts of the 2015 Women’s World Cup, Canada has the luxury of playing a home game every time it steps onto the pitch during the month-long tournament. The electric atmosphere and the added pressure of playing in front of friends and family can be a volatile combination; the latter[Read More…]
NHL Stanley Cup 2015 Preview
Chicago Blackhawks Jonathan Toews is the ideal player to pick if someone were starting an NHL franchise from scratch. Sidney Crosby is a hard hit away from a career-ending concussion. John Tavares is a special talent but he has hasn’t proven himself quite yet. Steven Stamkos would be a fine[Read More…]
10 Things: Canada’s Summer sports scene
1) Pan Am Games Toronto, Ontario will be the host of the 17th Pan American Games, a multi-sport international event similar to the Olympics. This year, there will be athletes from 41 nations that span North, Central, and South America in what will be the largest sporting event ever held[Read More…]
MLB Season Preview 2015
The McGill Tribune sports team gives its annual MLB season preview.
Burnside basement renovation turns to crowdfunding initiative
Students from the Faculties of Science and Arts & Science have launched a crowdfunding campaign to renovate the Burnside Basement. The initiative is hosted on McGill’s Seeds of Change fundraising platform, which was launched in May 2014. “[The project aims to] help a group of entrepreneurial students […] transform their[Read More…]
Sitting down with McGill Athletics and Recreation’s Director Drew Love
With nearly 20 years of experience as an athletics director, Drew Love, McGill Athletics and Recreation’s current executive director, is the epitome of a CIS lifer. Love will be stepping down from his position at the end of this year, closing an immensely successful and impactful chapter of his life[Read More…]
Hockey: Martlets dismantle Carabins, lift RSEQ title
McGill Martlets 7 Montreal Carabins 2 With her team down 2-1 against the No. 2 ranked Montreal Carabins[Read More…]
Behind the bench: Nothing but Nets
As long as I have been watching the NBA, I have been a New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets fan. Yes, those Nets. The team that has had a cumulative .447 winning percentage since the 2003-2004 season, the year I started following them. However, this is also the franchise that was purchased by[Read More…]
Changing the game: NBA Conferences
Although the NBA has a lot of things going right for it at the moment, years of disparity between the Western and Eastern Conference have caused many to wonder if some change in conference structure is needed. This gap has been especially clear this season, with Western Conference teams winning[Read More…]
