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Former Edmonton Eskimo and University of Alberta Golden Bears receiver Brian Fryer is headed to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
The news was announced this afternoon on TSN by another former Eskimo, in 2012 Hall of Fame inductee Damon … Continue reading
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It was time for Geroy Simon to move on
In one dramatic day, the face of the B.C. Lions has been swept away.
Geroy Simon, the Lion in the winter of his career, has been traded to the Saskatchewan Rougriders for import wide receiver Justin Harper, 10 years Simon’s junior, and a pick in the ... Continue reading
Todd Marinovich: The art of going straight
Portrait of retired New York Yankee Bernie Williams by Todd Marinovich.
FANS OF FORMER NEW YORK YANKEE centre fielder Bernie Williams and the anti-art movement known as dadaism might be interested in one of the latest pieces by Todd Marinovich, the... Continue reading
‘Riders add more QBs with B.C. connections
Matt Johnson (left) attended B.C. Lions 2011 training camp. Levi Brown (right) formerly was on the Lions negotiation list. Both quarterbacks have been signed by the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
IT SEEMS CRAZY to think that the B.C. Lions wavered between... Continue reading
Video: CFL alumni duke it out over 1963 Grey Cup
VANCOUVER — Old Grey Cup scars die hard. Evidently, some never do. At Friday’s annual Canadian Football League alumni luncheon — a Grey Cup week staple featuring legends of the game — two 73-year-old icons reprised a 48-year-old feud, leaving attendees gaping in disbelief. Joe Kapp, the storied quarterback of the 1960s B.C. Lions and, ... Continue reading
Hall of Fame rights some wrongs
They didn’t get Tyrone Jones in until the great Winnipeg Blue Bombers linebacker/rush end was dead. If they had waited for David Braley to stop owning Canadian Football League teams to induct him — he’s up to three (two current), and counting — the same might have been true. And they missed the plot altogether ... Continue reading
About time: Allen, 6 others called to Hall
There are days when you just think the CFL isn’t being run by Mark Cohon and Michael Copeland but Jon Hynes and Paul Hemming, the two lead producers for TSN broadcasts of three-down football.
In the middle of a pair … Continue reading
Las Vegas expansion key to start of Calvillo’s career
By Herb Zurkowsky MONTREAL — It’s possible, perhaps even probable, to suggest the career and subsequent legacy of Anthony Calvillo never would have come to fruition had the Canadian Football League, in one last attempt to reach financial solvency, not expanded to the United States in 1994. If Ben Cahoon’s non-import status was his salvation, ... Continue reading
Lemon returns to pilot good ship Argonaut
TORONTO – The Argonauts will have starting quarterback Cleo Lemon behind centre Thursday night when they entertain the Alouettes at the Rogers Centre.
Lemon, in his second season with Toronto, had a tooth split and suffered nerve damage two weeks ago, after Winnipeg linebacker Joe Lobendahn hit Lemon while he was running [...] Continue reading
Bell gets call as Argos’ latest starting quarterback
MISSISSAUGA, ONT — Stanley Jackson blew out his knee when he got his chance to become the starting quarterback of the Toronto Argonauts. Spergon Wynn got his big chance four years later, but he was hammered into the turf just before halftime one day in Regina, and his helmet might still be skittering somewhere across ... Continue reading
