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CFL Most Outstanding Player: Jon Cornish vs. Chad Owens

• Frank Doyle
• November 9, 2012

The CFL has named Calgary Stampeders running back Jon Cornish and Toronto Argonauts wideout/kick returner Chad Owens as the finalists for this season’s Most Outstanding Player award. The winner will be announced on Nov. 22 in Toronto and it could be a tight race. Jon Cornish Cornish broke a 56-year-old season rushing record for a...

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CFL Record Breakers and Confidence Shakers!

• Al Dannity
• November 8, 2012

[slideshow gallery_id=”7″] With the Division Semi-Finals ahead this weekend, Al Dannity breaks down the key players to watch out for in an exciting pair of CFL playoff match-ups. From the record breakers to questionable starters and a player likely favoured by Clay Davis from The Wire, Al’s picked his six most important players to watch...

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Eskimos Face Big Questions Before Semi-Final in Toronto

• Dale Perth
• November 7, 2012

Since the Edmonton Eskimos shocked the CFL by firing general manager Eric Tillman just after the end of the regular season a few days ago, the other guessing game has revolved around the key on-field personnel for Sunday’s Eastern semi-final — specifically, who would take the snaps from centre and what the offensive backfield would...

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Stampeders to Announce Starting QB Tuesday

• Frank Doyle
• November 5, 2012

The Calgary Stampeders will announce who their starting quarterback will be for this weekend’s playoff game against Saskatchewan on Tuesday. Stamps coach John Hufnagel has had a lot of time to think about it, but choosing between Drew Tate and Kevin Glenn isn’t going to be easy. Tate vs. Glenn Tate and Glenn are two...

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Cornish and Harris Lead New Canadian Class in the CFL

• Dale Perth
• November 5, 2012

With the Canadian Football League preparing for the playoffs, it’s time to look at the state of the game — especially from the perspective of homegrown players. If the nominees for top Canadian are anything to go by, the game is in good hands. Tailbacks Jon Cornish of the Calgary Stampeders and Andrew Harris of...

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Tiger-Cats Shut the Doors on 2012 Season and Stadium

• Dale Perth
• November 2, 2012

They came so close. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats looked lost in the early going, down 20-3 after the first quarter and looking like they couldn’t find the playoffs with a GPS and a flashlight. Then they managed to climb back into the game against their provincial rival Argonauts at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, actually tying...

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Argos to Rest QB Ricky Ray Against Hamilton

• Frank Doyle
• October 31, 2012

The last thing the Toronto Argonauts wanted was to watch their starting quarterback Ricky Ray suffer another injury in a meaningless Week 18 game. The team announced Ray would be on the sidelines Thursday, while backup Jarious Jackson gets the call as the Argos host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Not Worth the Risk If the Argos...

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CFL Hands Out Fines to Alouettes Players

• Frank Doyle
• October 25, 2012

Two Als Avoid Suspension Montreal Alouettes linebacker Shea Emery and defensive end John Bowman will be a little lighter in the wallet, but will be allowed to play in Saturday’s game against Edmonton. The CFL fined both players for incidents surrounding last week’s win at Saskatchewan. Emery, who has now been fined three this season,...

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Edmonton Eskimos Release Tailback Cory Boyd

• Dale Perth
• October 11, 2012

For the second time this season, Cory Boyd finds himself without a job. Mere weeks after being picked up by the Edmonton Eskimos after getting his walking papers from the Toronto Argonauts, the onetime leading rusher in the CFL is on the outside looking in once again after being released on Thursday along with defensive...

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With Ray Injured, Jackson Is the Argonauts’ Main Man

• Dale Perth
• October 1, 2012

The last time Jarious Jackson started a game in the Canadian Football League was more than two years ago. He’s better known as a 2nd-and-1, goal-line pivot. But he did an admirable job last Friday in throwing a touchdown pass and running for another score as the Toronto Argonauts downed a desperate Winnipeg team 29-10,...

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A CFL Version of Madden?

• Al Dannity
• September 14, 2012

On Thursday we posted an image to our Facebook page of a doctored video game cover for a ‘CFL 2014’ game. The original image was found on Reddit and while EA has no plans to add CFL to its catalogue, the idea of a CFL game for Xbox or Wii got Al Dannity thinking. It’s...

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Besieged Blue Bombers GM Has No Plans to Leave… Yet

• Dale Perth
• September 6, 2012

If Winnipeg Blue Bombers general manager Joe Mack thought that firing Paul LaPolice as head coach would take any pressure off him or the club — or change the fortunes and direction of the team — he shouldn’t be under any such illusions now. The “Sack Mack” campaign has only grown stronger since one of...

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Paul LaPolice Fired as Head Coach of Blue Bombers

• Dale Perth
• August 25, 2012

After a 2-6 start to the 2012 season including a tough, last-minute 20-17 loss at home to the B.C. Lions, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have dismissed head coach Paul LaPolice. “This was an extremely difficult decision to make, especially when dealing with the kind of quality individual as Paul is,” Bombers’ general manager and vice-president...

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Als’ Calvillo Ready to Cage Ticats on Milestone Birthday

• Dale Perth
• August 23, 2012

How does he keep doing it? Every year, the demise of Montreal Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillo is predicted by someone, somewhere. Every year, he keeps proving the pundits wrong. Not many athletes his age can lead their teams, or the league they play in, the way Calvillo does. After seven games in 2012, he’s on...

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B.C. Lions Take Top Spot in Rout of Reeling Roughriders

• Dale Perth
• August 20, 2012

Going into Sunday, there might have been some debate on which team deserves to be at the head of the class at this point of the season in the Canadian Football League. Now there’s no doubt: the B.C. Lions scored 17 points in the second half on their way to a 24-5 rout of the...

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Argos Cut Tailback Boyd; Eskimos Pick Him Up

• Dale Perth
• August 13, 2012

It was a release whose shock waves were felt around the CFL. On Sunday the Toronto Argonauts booted Cory Boyd, the league’s leading rusher. Almost as quickly, it turned out to be a bonus for the Edmonton Eskimos, who have reached a verbal agreement with the tailback. Boyd in 2012 had amassed 82 carries for...

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Chad Simpson Is a Bright Spot for Road-Weary Bombers

• Dale Perth
• July 19, 2012

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ season of frustration continues, but a ray of light may have emerged. Defeated by the Toronto Argonauts 25-22 on Wednesday to stay as the only winless team in the CFL at 0-4 and seeing one more keystone player get injured, Big Blue needed a feel-good story. It looks like they might...

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Blue Bombers Stick to Plan Despite Losing Pierce Again

• Dale Perth
• July 18, 2012

It’s the kind of news that has become all too common when it comes to Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Buck Pierce: he will be unavailable to the Canadian Football League club for an indefinite period as he attempts to recover from his latest injury. This time, he has torn ligaments and a muscle in his...

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Stamps Join Sports Great Pantheon of Collapses Against Als!

• Al Dannity
• July 13, 2012

Calgary’s shocking defeat in the final minutes against the Montreal Alouettes got Al Dannity thinking and that’s always dangerous. Here’s Al’s look at some of the greatest ever collapses in sports inspired, for want of a better word, by the Stampeders. Setting the scene Memorable failures where defeat is snatched from the jaws of victory...

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Odell Willis, Corey Chamblin Bring New Hope to Riders

• Dale Perth
• July 13, 2012

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have been around since 1910, and the fervour found in the fan base has never been in doubt. When it came to winning, though, that was another story. It would take the team 56 years before they captured the Grey Cup; they’ve appeared 18 times in the final game since 1923, and...