Steve Chamberlain Steve Chamberlain A sparsely-attended “anti-headshot” demonstration held outside of the Bell Centre on Tuesday, March 15 demonstrated little aside from pettiness and partisan fanhood. The rally, held before a game between the Montreal Canadiens and the Washington Capitals was organized in response to the year’s rash of head[Read More…]

Andrea Bever Karen Lacombe At the beginning of 2009, the only time Andrea Bever had ever rafted was during Frosh. Two years later, she became a Pan American Rafting Champion after winning the gold medal at the Pan American Championships in Brazil with her team, the Filles de la Rouge.[Read More…]

The triathlon and distance running community recently lost one of its brightest stars when Sally Meyerhoff, a 27-year-old triathlete, world class marathoner and Olympic hopeful failed to yield at an intersection while biking. She was hit by a pick-up truck and died on impact. Police reports showed no signs of[Read More…]

Martlets Game Even indoors, McGill’s women’s soccer team dominated their Quebec competitors. The McGill Martlets are heading to the Indoor Soccer Provincial Championships after defeating the University of Sherbrooke in a nail-biting game that was finally decided by penalty kicks. Entering the semifinal undefeated, McGill came to play. They scored[Read More…]

EAST Preview: Ohio State is, as Kanye would say, a monster. The Buckeyes, led by freshman centre Jared Sullinger, should be able to drop step their way over and through the Big Dance. Combined with the outside shooting of Jon Diebler, OSU has the inside-outside combination that so many other[Read More…]

Over reading week, I had the pleasure of going to an NHL game. It was my first Maple Leafs game. Living up to their reputation, the Leafs were outplayed by the Pittsburgh Penguins third-stringers. While I didn’t see Crosby, I had the honour of sitting next to one of the[Read More…]

Max Sawicki The McGill Martlets are National Champions once again. The team capped a perfect 33-0 season against CIS opponents with a commanding 5-2 victory over the St. Francis Xavier X-Women on Sunday night at the Waterloo Memorial Recreational Complex. The championship marked the third time in four years that[Read More…]

For the second straight year, the McGill Redmen travelled deep into Ontario and emerged Queen’s Cup champions. The Redmen put an exclamation point on their final OUA match with a 6-2 rout of the Western Conference champion University of Western Ontario Mustangs, the fifth time in eight playoff matches that[Read More…]

Holly Stewart Through three quarters, Laval was so hot from the field that it’s excusable if anyone thought they were the cause of the alarms ringing in Currie Gym. The culprit was in fact a faulty detector, but that didn’t stop the entire complex from being evacuated for 20 minutes[Read More…]

Adam Scotti Earn a berth in the CIS National Championships: check. Take out a bitter rival: check. Finish the season perfect at home: check. The McGill Redmen ticked all of these things off their to-do list for the 2010-2011 season this past week as they defeated the UQTR Patriotes two[Read More…]