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By John MacKinnon It’s accurate to say Edmonton Eskimos fans never were unanimous about the Ricky Ray “brand.” The Eskimos quarterback for most of the last decade was beloved by many, including his teammates, certainly, but regarded as one-dimensional by others. To some he was cool, unflappable, a brilliant pocket passer, a Grey Cup hero ... Continue reading
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Sean Fitz-Gerald: Argos keep focus on the field
In 2001, the men who ran the Toronto Argonauts believed the team would find its salvation in pre-game bikini contests. The original plan was to have employees from a local exotic dance club participate in wet T-shirt contests, but pressure from the Canadian Football League head office prompted the downgrade, which was defended by one of the team’s executives at the time: “I think we’re doing the right thing here.” Continue reading
Cam Cole: Lions, Blue Bombers rivalry has some laughs
VANCOUVER — After five days of pre-game chatter, some of it inane, a little of it informative, the great Joe Kapp/Angelo Mosca dust-up landed a direct hit on the Grey Cup’s funnybone. It was everywhere in Vancouver on Saturday — the impossible story of the two 73-year-old Hall of Famers, still harbouring grudges from the ... Continue reading
Gary Lawless: Pierce’s season not complete without Grey Cup
By Gary Lawless VANCOUVER — The story so far is nice and all but without a win on Sunday, Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Buck Pierce’s season is no different than that of any player from the seven CFL teams that won’t be crowned as 2011 Grey Cup champions. Second place or eighth place, those stories ... Continue reading
Cam Cole: Grey Cup could be Brown’s swan song
VANCOUVER — It is the morning of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ team breakfast with the media, and Doug Brown is pinned against a wall in the corner of the ballroom, towering over wave after wave of reporters. For a change, says the six-foot-eight, 302-pound defensive tackle, he doesn’t have to write the year-round daily column ... Continue reading
Cam Cole: B.C. Lions legend Matt Dunigan haunted by 1988 Grey Cup
VANCOUVER — “The ones you win, you forget,” said Wally Buono, after his B.C. Lions booked their ticket to the Grey Cup game. “The ones you lose sting forever.” Amen, says Matt Dunigan. “I think I’ll tweet that,” said the Hall of Fame quarterback turned TSN football panellist. He’d been asked to reflect on 1988, ... Continue reading
Cam Cole: Lions’ Lulay continues to impress
VANCOUVER— The last time someone other than the B.C. Lions won a Grey Cup on home field, it was … well, home ice. The 1977 Montreal Staplettes, with a guy named Wally Buono in uniform, on a Big O pebbled surface better suited to a Brier than a Canadian Football League championship game, clocked the ... Continue reading
Bombers’ trash turns into Ticats’ treasure
WINNIPEG — There is something in the air here that may ultimately be as insubstantial as the snow that whirled and twirled and raced along every avenue of this fine Prairie city on Friday. It’s conspiracy. It’s intrigue. It may, in the end, be nothing. On Wednesday, four days before playing the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in ... Continue reading
Cam Cole: Lions’ storybook season could have trick ending
By Cam Cole VANCOUVER — As fairy tales go, the B.C. Lions’ run from an 0-5 start to possibly starring in their own Grey Cup game is now starting to look a little like the tale of The Ugly Duckling, except that after a promising adolescence, this unattractive neophyte is in some danger of falling short ... Continue reading
Cam Cole: Hint of conspiracy in Argos’ dealings
February 16, 2012. 8:00 am • Section: Toronto Argonauts
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