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Noah Sidel
examiner@transcontinental.ca
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The value of sports is in the lessons learned, not...
Of course, they were discussing this at the pro level with the debate focusing on guys like Patrick Roy being known as a "winner" because of his ... -
Sam Etcheverry will be dearly missed
It’s not that I think athletes are all that special because they’re athletes, rather, it’s the characters that come with the team, the alumni, ... -
Vick & Rose suffering from the same rush to judgement
What Vick did was a horrible thing, but the point of my last column wasn’t to give him a free pass, rather, it was to say people make mistakes ... -
Welcome back, Michael Vick
We don’t need to get into the details of Vick’s well-documented transgressions, but the quick summary is that at the peak of his career – and ... -
Kane the latest in a series of dumdum pros
By now, everyone’s heard of Kane’s alleged attack of a Buffalo cabbie last weekend and the blowout from it is bound to keep grabbing headlines ... -
People like Frank Martinez are why minor league...
There are many, many great volunteers in all of our community’s leagues and associations, and we at the Monitor think it’s important to highlight ... -
NDG juniors off to nationals; Raising money for a...
The Lynx will now move on to Little League Canada's Junior National Championship in Langley, BC, from Aug. 6 through 12. The winners of the ... -
Grande was wrong, but unlike Zidane, eventually got...
The long story short is that I criticized Zidane when he visited Montreal for a charity soccer game and spent an afternoon talking to kids in ... -
So long Saku – Good riddance Kovalev!
Let me preface this by saying that I am a lifelong Canadiens fan and I’ve always said they could go 0-82 and I’d still cheer for them. I think ... -
Zidane is as low as they come in sports
I remembered his cowardly and completely unacceptable head butt to the chest of Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup, I remembered his cowardly ... -
NDG Baseball hosting two tournaments
Vermont wins the Michelin, NDG gets set to host second Senior ClassicNDG’s sixth annual Robert & Steve Michelin memorial baseball tournament was ... -
Crosby’s no-shake really isn’t a big deal & NDG...
What’s in a shake?With all the hullaballoo about Sydney Crosby not shaking Nicklas Lidstrom’s hand following Pittsburgh’s Stanley Cup win last ... -
Dragon boating on the canal and a live hit from...
Kids take to the canalWhen I think “phys ed,” I’m instantly brought back to the gym at Montreal West’s Edinburgh School to memories of running ... -
The sky hasn’t fallen – let’s give Jacques...
I’m a sports fan, just like all of you, and like what I’m sure is the majority of you, I’m a fan of the Montreal Canadiens. That said, I’ve been ... -
Coaching women is extremely rewarding
Again, just for the record – I’ve never argued in favour of fighting in the women’s game, but I do believe firmly that taking bodychecking out of ... -
Round 3: Canes & Hawks will move on to the Stanley...
After going a dismal three-for-eight in the opening round, I nailed three of four in the semi-finals, correctly picking Detroit, Carolina and ... -
The game is still bigger than the cheater
Manny – who cares?Blah, blah, blah… A Major League Baseball player has tested positive for some banned substance and has been suspended for 50 ... -
From NDG to Lower Westmount, via the World Series of...
Somehow over the course of Canada’s first hockey-less season since the invention of artificial ice, the country turned to poker of all things to ... -
Endigee Clothing sends a positive message about this...
I first met Roberto Foz and Jelani Hinkson about 16 years ago when we were all entering our first year at Côte St. Luc’s Wagar High School. The ... -
A look at the playoffs
The playoffs are always a crapshoot and there are many pratfalls awaiting those of us who venture into the world of fantast pooling. That said, ... -
Right, wrong and somewhere in between – a look...
There are still a couple of games left before the conclusion of the 2008-09 NHL season, but now’s as good a time as ever to look back on the year ... -
A look at hockey’s A-division finalists; NDG...
Novice A Panthers win league championshipOne of the most successful teams in all of NDG Hockey this winter, the Novice A Panthers were able to ... -
The wonderful world of fishing, cricketing and the...
Cricketing, you ask? Yes, that’s what you’re doing when you’re playing cricket – which is basically the national sport of Antigua & Barbuda, ... -
There’s something to be said for Lac St-Jean
With the Alouettes, I’ve travelled as far north as the Lac St-Jean region, Abitibi and Rimouski, and all over the south-west of the province. But ... -
NDG Hockey playoff roundup… doing well so far!
NDG Hockey is well into playoff season with the second round underway. The following is the Monitor’s annual checkup on how the community’s teams ... -
Keep your head up on the ice…
I play goal in Concordia’s intramural league and have been with the same core of guys for going on nine seasons now. There have been plenty of ... -
NDGSA fee increases seem to be on the up-and-up
I’ve always had a sense of a lack of cooperation and transparency from the NDGSA and have long begrudged its ability to communicate with both the ... -
Liquid Nutrition World Outdoor Hockey Championships...
Or, at the request of his sponsors… the Liquid Nutrition World Outdoor so on and so forth… Actually, it’s fun to joke about corporate ... -
Some good news and some bad…
First the good…The atom B Panthers are having quite the year… “We are currently in first place in our division with a record of 12-2-4 and we ... -
Going, but definitely not gone
I wanted to convey my love for the printed word and my passion for journalism. I wanted to share my thoughts and dreams for a future in the ...
