Less than two weeks before McGill24—the university’s annual day of giving each March 11—McGill’s Field Hockey team received an email that changed everything. After submitting their McGill Crowdfunding proposal, they learned the team could no longer participate because they were not managed by a McGill unit. The notice came from[Read More…]
Behind the Bench
The Olympic prescription?
Popularized between 2021 and 2023, GLP-1 drugs have become all the rage. As the new band-aid weight-loss solution, products such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Ro have moved from pharmacy counters into mainstream media, promising quick and efficient ways to keep the weight off. During coverage of the 2026 Milano Cortina[Read More…]
Respectability politics in football
On Feb. 17, Sport Lisboa e Benfica (S.L. Benfica) hosted Real Madrid CF in Lisbon for the first portion of a two-leg Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League playoff. Real Madrid’s Vinicius “Vini” Jr. opened the scoring in minute 50 of the game before running towards the corner[Read More…]
Sport and politics are inseparable at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics
During the opening weekend of the 2026 Winter Olympics, U.S. Representative Tim Burchett made a post on X, writing, “Shut up and go play in the snow.” His jeer was in response to comments made by American skier Hunter Hess, who said that “it brings up mixed emotions to represent[Read More…]
From Montreal to Milano Cortina: McGillians at the Olympics
This year, over two dozen McGillians took part in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina, Italy. Current McGill students and staff were among the athletes, coaches, officials, and media professionals shaping the Games both on and off the ice. One of the most high-profile figures is Lilah Fear,[Read More…]
The Harlem Globetrotters: A complicated piece of basketball’s history
In 1950, Earl Lloyd, Chuck Cooper, and Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton entered the National Basketball Association (NBA) as the league’s first Black athletes. Cooper was the first to be drafted, Clifton was the first to sign an NBA contract, and Lloyd became the first Black player to enter an NBA game[Read More…]
The NFL’s 2026 season is set to kick off with a record-low three Black head coaches
On Feb. 8, the National Football League (NFL)’s 2026 hiring cycle concluded. The 2025 season left 10 head coaching positions vacant, and no Black head coaches were hired to fill them for the upcoming season. The hiring cycle resulted in one minority hire, Tennessee Titans’ head coach Robert Saleh, who[Read More…]
Conflicting feelings of fandom
Never Google the owner of your favourite sports team. It almost never yields results that make you feel good about spending your money on tickets and merchandise, and often leaves you feeling put off altogether. Five National Football League (NFL) owners have been named in the latest Jeffrey Epstein file[Read More…]
Taking the NHL by storm: The habits behind 19-year-old Macklin Celebrini’s breakout
Before Macklin Celebrini became one of the National Hockey League (NHL)’s most electric young phenoms, he was a kid running up a hill. Not a metaphorical hill—an actual one. At the end of workouts in their North Vancouver neighbourhood, Celebrini and his brother Aiden would finish with a routine: Sprint[Read More…]
Sports are political: Standing up for Azeez Al-Shaair
On Jan. 12, the Houston Texans dominated the Pittsburgh Steelers en route to a 30-6 victory in the Wild Card playoff game. After the game, Pro Bowl linebacker and defensive captain Azeez Al-Shaair appeared on ESPN for an interview with the words “Stop The Genocide” written in white letters across[Read More…]
