McGill announces live webcasts of varsity sports
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MONTREAL -- McGill Athletics and Recreation has teamed up with the Streaming Sports network to webcast all home football games in addition to selected varsity home events in other sports for the 2010-11 season, which can be watched free of charge, courtesy of Dominos Pizza, Ye Olde Orchard Pub, Red Bull and Molson's.
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Student broadcasters will be filming and providing play-by-play and colour commentary during the live webcasts, which will be archived on the SSN site.
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The Ï㽶ÊÓƵ football home opener against Bishop's on Saturday (Sept. 11 at 1 p.m.) will be webcast live on SSN. The game can be viewed at the following link and will feature Matt Chesser doing play-by-play with Kamran Aryah providing analysis.
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For all McGill webcasts, a direct link to SSN is posted on the McGill Athletics and Recreation home page (www.mcgill.ca/athletics) and all varsity team pages.
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McGill is one of six new institutions in the SSN lineup and brings the number of schools webcasting with SSN to 20, including Acadia, Bishop's, Brock, Carleton, Concordia, Dalhousie, Lakehead, Laurentian, McGill, St. Francis Xavier,Ìý UQAM, Alberta, Guelph, UNB, Ottawa, Toronto, Waterloo, Western Ontario,Ìý Windsor and York.
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"We are excited to add more schools to our network this season," says SSN president Bengt Neathery. "More and more schools are realizing the positive impact of webcasting games. Our goal is to have every school on our network in the near future and we have taken another step toward that this year."
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Here are the dates for the fall semester that McGill is planning on streaming home games:
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Football:
Sat Sep 11 @ 13h00
Fri Sep 17 @ 19h00
Sat Oct 2 @13h00
Sat Oct 16 @ 13h00
Sat Oct 23 @ 13h00
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Redmen Hockey:
Mon Oct 18 @19h00
Sat Oct 23 @19h00
Sat Nov 6 @19h00
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Martlet Soccer:
Thurs Sept 16 @18h30
Fri Sep 24 @18h30
Fri Oct 1 @18h30
Fri Oct 15 @ 19h00
Fri Oct 29 @18h30
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Redmen Soccer:
Thurs Sept 16 @20h30
Fri Sep 24 @20h30
Fri Oct 1 @20h30
Fri Oct 15 @ 20h00
Fri Oct 29 @20h30
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Martlet Basketball:
Sat Nov 13 @18h00
Fri Dec 3 @18h00
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Redmen Basketball:
Sat Nov 13 @20h00
Fri Dec 3 @20h00
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Martlet Volleyball:
Fri Nov 12 @19h00
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Martlet Hockey:
Fri Oct 8 @19h00
Sat Oct 30 @14h00
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Martlet Rugby:
Fri Oct 15 at Bishop's @20h00
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Redmen Rugby:
Wed Oct 13 at Bishop's @20h30
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
514-398-7012
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