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  Let The Gaelic Games Begin

  Julian McKenzie – Updated January 27, 2015 at 12:59am

  Formed in the 19th century, the Gaelic Athletic Association has over one million participants worldwide and features numerous Irish sports, including Gaelic football and hurling. Both sports are huge hits in their native country of Ireland and games are played in front of tens of thousands of fans.

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  A Never-Ending Rivalry

  David S. Landsman – Published January 26, 2015

  Every time the Concordia Stingers women’s hockey team gets their schedule at the beginning of the season, the dates that usually stick out are those against their bitter crosstown rivals, the McGill Martlets.

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  Imposing Their Will

  Yacine Bouhali – Updated January 23, 2015 at 11:45pm

  Ten different Concordia players scored in the Stingers 72-57 win over the Citadins Thursday night, with five of them scoring at least 10 points or more. This storyline wasn’t what Concordia men’s basketball team head coach John Dore was most proud of though.

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  ‘Deflated’ Bees

  Yacine Bouhali – Updated January 23, 2015 at 11:27pm

  For the fifth consecutive time in the past two seasons, Concordia’s women basketball team came up short against UQAM as they lost 60-44 this past Thursday night. Following the game, Stingers head coach Keith Pruden expressed his displeasure with the officiating. Again.

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  The Right Fit

  Yacine Bouhali – Updated January 20, 2015 at 6:00am

  Concordia student and two-time Olympic gold medalist Alexandre Bilodeau understands the struggle of growing up with physical or intellectual disabilities. The former freestyle skier has a younger brother, Frédéric, who was diagnosed at a young age with cerebral palsy, an illness that causes permanent movement problems.

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  The Pope of Peace Park

  Shaun Michaud – Updated January 20, 2015 at 5:54am

  “Boots” sits as if he has just realized the full weight of his decade-long labour of love. He won’t even crack a smile. I cannot fathom how such a curmudgeonly man could be so admired.

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  Movie Review: Arctic Swell

  Erik Trudel – Updated January 19, 2015 at 10:11pm

  The Arctic is not only rough but magical. The film, Arctic Swell – Surfing the End of the Earth, immediately instills this sense right from the opening overhead shot of an individual carrying a surfboard through sub-zero snowy conditions.

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  Flag Plus Ingenuity

  Peggy Kabeya – Updated January 19, 2015 at 2:50am

  About 10 years ago, flag football had no home in Montreal. The ability for a casual fan to partake in a non-violent rendition of the game responsible for the patronage decline of Sunday church service was lacking and, in some cases, non-existent.

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  Stingers Survive the Gaiters

  Vince Morello – Updated January 18, 2015 at 7:49pm

  Fans at the Concordia Gymnasium received a treat last Thursday night when the Concordia Stingers and the Bishop Gaiters men’s basketball teams clashed. Despite missing two starters, Mukiya Post and Michael Fosu, the Stingers still beat the Bishop’s Gaiters 86-84 in overtime.

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  Beyond A Sting Of Doubt

  Vince Morello – Updated January 18, 2015 at 7:46pm

  The Stingers women’s basketball team wasted no time showing off their talent versus Bishop’s Thursday night, blowing out the Gaiters with a score of 69-32.