Alberta Pandas Conference: Canada West Why they’re here: Conference runners-up Regular season record: 9-4-1, 3rd place National championships won (last): 3 (2001) Leading scorer: Heather Lund, 11 goals Head coach: Liz Jepsen Fun Fact: The University of Alberta has won more national championships in all sports combined than any other[Read More…]

Barry Miller LONDON, ON — As I embarked on the team bus heading out to London, Ontario, for the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association’s (CUFLA) championship weekend, I couldn’t help but notice the smiles on the faces of each Redmen player I encountered. Spirits were high as the bus left[Read More…]

Canada’s best women’s university soccer teams and their fans will descend on McGill University this weekend as the school prepares to host the CIS Women’s Soccer National Championship Tournament. As tournament hosts, the Martlets punched their ticket to the big dance before a ball was even kicked this season. The[Read More…]

The Tribune sat down with star McGill swimmer and London Olympic hopeful Steven Bielby in order to find out what the life of an elite university swimmer consists of. What’s the day-to-day training of a swimmer like? As a swimmer you just fall into a routine. We have training on[Read More…]

mlb.com AL EAST Yankees: The Bronx Bombers won the division, but were bounced from the playoffs in the ALDS. Cano continues his ascent to stardom. #Jeter3000hits Rays: Maddon won manager of the year, as down nine games in September the Rays stormed back and took the wild card. #whoneedsCarlCrawford Red[Read More…]

Ryan Reisert In case you spent your weekend huddled around a Watercan, here’s what people were talking about around the cooler… BASEBALL — Headline writers everywhere had a field day as David Freese (deep freeze/freeze, frame/freezer burn/etc.) led the St. Louis Cardinals to an astonishing comeback in Game 6 of[Read More…]

Sam Reynolds The Martlets came back down to earth this past Friday night. Two weeks removed from a bronze medal finish at the Martlet Invitational where they ended Montreal’s 23-game winning streak, McGill suffered a crushing 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-15) defeat against the Carabins in their regular season opener. Head[Read More…]

Elisha Lerner Elisha Lerner The Redmen wrapped up their 2011 season this past Saturday at Percival Molson Stadium, finishing with an 0-9 record after losing to the Concordia Stingers by a final score of 58-30. The game was preceded by a ceremony honouring former Redmen head coach Sonny Wolfe for[Read More…]

Ryan Reisert It’s tough to write a story about the unthinkable, but that’s exactly what happened this past Saturday afternoon: the Martlets lost a Quebec conference game to the Montreal Carabins, 3-2. The loss capped the Martlets’ RSEQ win streak at 107 games. It was their first defeat since falling[Read More…]

To my delight, my 11th birthday present was a subscription to Sports Illustrated. Being 11 and fairly unaware of my female counterparts, this subscription imparted more than I could have imagined—the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Female models? Fine. Swimsuits? OK. Body Paint? Wow.   By my 16th birthday, I[Read More…]