The NHL’s Western Conference has reigned supreme over the Eastern Conference for the better part of a decade. Since the end of the 2004-05 NHL lockout, Western Conference teams have consistently gotten the better of Eastern Conference opponents, winning close to 60% of inter-conference games in each season. In addition, the West had produced 5 of the last 7 Stanley Cup Champions. However, the...
What is the biggest issue facing sports today? Is it doping? Head injuries? If you ask investigative sports journalist and recent Osgoode guest Declan Hill, he would tell you that there is no bigger issue in sport than corruption and match-fixing. Match-fixing refers to the practice by which sports are played to a pre-determined result in order to earn a profit by betting on the match. One...
Like many Canadians, I can remember exactly where I was when Sidney Crosby scored the “golden goal,” propelling the Canadian men’s Olympic hockey team victory over the United States at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics (it was at a hotel in the Dominican Republic, in case anyone is curious). The 2010 Olympic hockey tournament was by far the most invested I have ever been in a sporting event in which I...
Halloween is just around the corner and with it comes another Osgoode Hall Athletics Association Halloween pub night and the opportunity to be whatever you want to be for just one night. Whether that happens to be a sexy bumblebee or flirty nurse is your call. While it’s easy for a female to dress as a “sexy” version of just about anything, there is a lot of pressure on dudes to come up with...
EVAN IVKOVIC <Staff Writer> For Chris Bosh, his dream of headlining a major motion picture is finally coming true. Bosh, harnessing his knack for looking like a dinosaur, is headlining the new Jurassic Park movie as a brachiosaurus. Bosh informed reporters: It was either this or a movie where I play an ostrich that learns to love his owner. There was also a promising role as a giraffe...
ANDREW CYR
<Sports Editor>
Canadian hockey fans had more to cheer about than usual in the lockout-shortened 2012-13 NHL season, as four Canadian teams made the playoffs for the first time in seven years.
DANIEL STYLER
<Staff Writer>
In 1996, following a loss to the New York Yankees, the long-time manager of the middling Minnesota Twins, Tom Kelly, said this about Yankees’ reliever Mariano Rivera: “We don’t need to face him anymore.
ANDREW CYR
<Sports Editor>
Of all the major professional sports, NFL football may be the least predictable.
DANIEL STYLER
<Staff Writer>
During my early elementary school days, my wardrobe almost exclusively consisted of sports-related clothing.
DANIEL STYLER
<Staff Writer>
Shortly before Christmas, two friends and I discussed the possibility of running a marathon.
ANDREW CYR
<Sports Editor>
A few issues ago, I made predictions as to the fortunes of the NHL’s Canadian franchises this season.
DANIEL STYLER
<Staff Writer>
I love a lot of sports, but none of them have ever been able to surpass my love for baseball.
ANDREW CYR
<Sports Editor>
DANIEL STYLER
<Staff Writer>
Prior to the end of the indefensible NHL lockout, I wrote that the work stoppage had forced me to quit the Toronto Maple Leafs in a way that I couldn’t have done myself, and that I was happy with it.
DANIEL STYLER
<Staff Writer>
According to the NCAA, college athletic programs in the United States generate $6.1 billion from ticket sales, radio and television receipts, alumni contributions, guarantees, royalties, and NCAA distributions.
DANIEL STYLER
<Contributor>
I made a comically large bet with a co-worker this past summer that Tiger Woods wouldn’t break Jack Nicklaus’ record for major wins.
Andrew Cyr
<Sports Editor>
From January 3-7, 2013, Osgoode sent a contingent of 27 of its boldest and bravest to represent the school at the Canada Student Law Games hosted by Windsor Law. At most law schools, Law Games is an event that needs no introduction.
CITLALLY MACIEL
<Staff Writer>
What is it about Oprah that always makes people spill the beans to her? Indeed, this week we saw Lance Armstrong admit to Oprah that he used performance-enhancing drugs. Armstrong’s admission will of course unleash many aftereffects.
ANDREW CYR
<Sports Editor>
During the NHL lockout, many hockey fans claimed that they would seek retribution for what the NHL and the Players’ Association did to them.
DANIEL STYLER
<Staff Writer>
The Kentucky Wildcats are the defending champions in NCAA Basketball. What is happening at the University of Kentucky, though, goes beyond winning championships.
ANDREW CYR
<Sports Editor>
As the temperatures drop and the days get shorter, many people’s thoughts shift to the splendor of fall foliage, changes in their wardrobe, and the inevitable approach of winter (and exams). For me, however, the cold, crisp, autumn air means just one thing. It’s football season.
DANIEL STYLER
<Staff Writer>
In 2004, I was significantly younger than I am now. I was at that stage where sports probably mean a little bit too much, and whether my favourite teams won or lost felt like the end of the world.
DANIEL STYLER
<Staff Writer>
In Major League Baseball, there is only one situation where replay is permitted to review an umpire’s decision: on debatable home runs, where it is unclear whether or not the ball actually went over the fence.
DANIEL STYLER <Contributor> Yunel Escobar, the talented but underperforming shortstop for the last-place Toronto Blue Jays, has been suspended by the team for three games for having the Spanish words “tu eres maricon” written in his eye black. These words, translated to English, mean the following: “you are a faggot.” A few weeks earlier, Scott Diamond, a pitcher for the Minnesota Twins...
ANDREW CYR <Sports Editor> Greeting Sports Fans! The OHAA would like to thank everyone who came out to the Clubs Fair and signed up for intramurals. If you didn’t make it, don’t fret; you can still join a team by e-mailing osgoodeintramurals@gmail.com. We are currently registering teams for hockey, soccer, softball, volleyball, basketball, Ultimate frisbee, and inner-tube water polo. ...