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With the retirement of longtime Vermont coach Mike Gilligan last May, one of the highest-profile positions in collegiate hockey was suddenly open. Everyone seemed to be interested in what was one of the most sought-after college jobs in years. New athletic director Bob Corran could’ve picked almost anyone he wanted...
...Vermont—Harvard alum, and former Union coach, Kevin Sneddon ’92 takes over for Mike Gilligan. He inherits some up and coming players, including offensive spark...
...investigative reporter who in 1994 joined the Sunday Independent, Ireland's top newspaper, Guerin made headlines with stories about Dublin's underworld. Within months of her first scoops, assailants fired gunshots into the cottage she shared with her husband and their son. In 1995 she confronted drug lord John Gilligan, who smashed her face in. The next day he told her, "If you write a word about me, I will find your boy and kidnap him and rape him. I am going to kill you if you write a word about me." (Of course, she published the threat.) Guerin...
...builds a pyramid of culpability--the street thugs who push the drugs; the middlemen who cover their malefactions with bluff charm ("We don't sell drugs," protests one, played by Ciaran Hinds, "we're just ordinary decent criminals"); and the top dog (Gerald McSorley, stern and scary as Gilligan), who comes out of hiding only to brutalize the innocent...
...various supporting cast members give memorable performances as well. Ciaran Hinds as John Traynor, Guerin’s inside source, effectively conveys a sense of struggle as he finds himself torn between his loyalty to Guerin and to the world of crime, while Gerard McSorley as drug lord John Gilligan delivers a chilling performance as a ruthless, calculating criminal...