Tag: Football

“Money’s nice, championships are better:” Eagles’ banner year battered by big departures

Since ​​Super Bowl LIX, many National Football League (NFL) fans are questioning their team’s plan for the next season, namely the reigning champions, the Philadelphia Eagles. After a rough and defeated exit during the 2023-2024 season, General Manager Howie Roseman saw the importance of the offseason, marking one year since[Read More…]

The NFL’s racist double standard

After the San Francisco 49ers beat the Dallas Cowboys (30-24) on Oct. 27, the 49ers’ defensive end Nick Bosa videobombed his teammate and quarterback Brock Purdy’s postgame interview while proudly wearing and pointing to a Make America Great Again (MAGA) hat, indisputably endorsing presidential candidate Donald Trump. In 2016, the[Read More…]

To all the sports I’ve loved before: McGill athletes and sports fans share love letters to the sports they love most

Tillie Burlock, Managing Editor  Dear baseball, My bat mitzvah was a week away. As my soft spoken tutor, Aaron, desperately tried to get me to focus on my D’var Torah, the speech I would be delivering before an audience of family members and bored preteens, Jose Bautista stepped up to[Read More…]

The hidden opponent: How ACL tears threaten women’s soccer

In the Feature of the Week: From sidelining top players in the 2023 women’s soccer World Cup to affecting young athletes on school playgrounds, Sports Editor Anoushka Oke delves into why ACL injuries in women’s soccer have become the sports unseen opponent, prompting pressing questions about deeper systemic issues in the beautiful game.

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