The statistical revolution caught on film

Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane had just witnessed one of his favourite prospects, catcher Jeremy Brown, pick himself up off the dirt and circle the bases after tripping over first base on a home run he didn’t realize he had just hit. “It’s hard not to be romantic about[Read More…]

Summer 2011: When sports spun out of control

Two years ago I spent months engaged in a heated debate about why I love sports. “You should be doing something more important and worrying about the many problems facing the world today,” argued my friend. I responded by saying that sports are a way to escape the trials and[Read More…]

Redmen Basketball – B

Alice Walker When McGill brought in Head Coach David DeAveiro to lead the men’s basketball team, it was hoped that he would recreate the consistent success that he found at the University of Ottawa. The combination of a new coach and an exciting young core contributed to a season that[Read More…]

Redmen Hockey – A

Holly Stewart Holly Stewart What used to be an anomaly is now the norm: the McGill Redmen are perennial National Championship contenders. The 2010-2011 season was a historic one for the Redmen hockey team as McGill qualified for its fifth National Championship in six years and played in the national[Read More…]

A McGillian Gone South

Elisha Lerner Elisha Lerner Tall, stern, and with a prominent scar on his right cheek, Guy Boucher looks like the prototypical hockey coach. He speaks in short, to-the-point sentences, yells at his players and uses phrases like “all piss and vinegar”—things you could only hear in a hockey dressing room.[Read More…]

Redmen cruise to OUA title

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…]

Burgeoning Redmen upset seventh-ranked Stingers

Ryan Reisert The McGill Redmen made a statement Thursday night, knocking off the number seven seed Concordia Stingers at Love Competition Hall. In front of a large crowd left over from the Martlets’ “Shoot for the Cure” game earlier in the evening, the Redmen (4-3) dispatched their cross-town rivals by[Read More…]

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