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Rob Murphy, the star CFL offensive lineman with the biker image, had 14 medical procedures on his knee during his professional career. Two-time CFL most outstanding lineman has announced his official retirement.
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Six Als named to CFLPA all-star team
The Canadian Football League’s players’ association announced its all-star team Thursday night during Grey Cup festivities at Vancouver.
Six Montreal players have been named, including quarterback Anthony Calvillo, who failed to win the league’s most outstanding player award. Nor was Calvillo voted a CFL all-star by members of the Football Reporters of Canada. He lost both [...] Continue reading
Four Als all-stars
The CFL announced its 2011 all-star team on Wednesday. The Alouettes, inconsistent all season with a 10-8 record, had only four members.
Conspicuous by his absence is quarterback Anthony Calvillo, the East Division nominee as most outstanding player. He lost to B.C. QB Travis Lulay – coincidentally his competition in the outstanding player award.
Three Als were [...] Continue reading
Another new returner for Als
Unless Marc Trestman and his coaching staff has a last-minute change of heart, look for Tim Maypray to return as the Alouettes’ return-specialist this Sunday, in the East Division semifinal against Hamilton at Olympic Stadium.
That’s what a source told Als Inside/Out on Thursday.
Maypray, who began the season in the job, would be the fourth different [...] Continue reading
Three Als move on to finals
The Canadian Football League is about to announce the division finalists for the most outstanding player award categories.
Three Alouettes will represent the East Division.
Quarterback Anthony Calvillo is the nominee for most outstanding player. Calvillo, a three-time winner, was the division finalist in 2010, runner-up to Calgary quarterback Henry Burris.
This year, Calvillo’s up against his British [...] Continue reading
CFL Picks, Week 19: QB circus between Ticats and Argos
HAMILTON AT TORONTO Thursday, 7:30 p.m. ET This game could see as many as five different quarterbacks with Toronto head coach Jim Barker saying he will start Dalton Bell and eventually bring in B.J. Hall, and Hamilton coach Marcel Bellefeuille confirming Kevin Glenn, Quinton Porter and Jason Boltus will all get snaps. Although desperate for ... Continue reading
Bo knows returning
Bo Bowling is about to be rewarded for his patience.
The rookie receiver, who has spent the entire season on the Alouettes’ practice roster, told Als Inside/Out in an exclusive interview on Wednesday that he’ll be handling punt returns this Saturday, at British Columbia. He’ll share kickoff returns with Diamond Ferri.
Bowling becomes the third different Montreal [...] Continue reading
Watkins, Bourke done for year
The Alouettes announced on Monday that wide-receiver Kerry Watkins and offensive-tackle Josh Bourke both sustained season-ending injuries on Sunday, against Calgary, and have been placed on the nine-game injured list.
Watkins suffered a fractured left fibula in the second quarter, but won’t require surgery. Bourke, meanwhile, tore his pectoral muscle in the fourth quarter and is [...] Continue reading
Alouettes’ notebook
Ten years ago today, Marc Trestman was sitting in his office at the Oakland Raiders’ complex, the sun just beginning to rise, when someone told him to turn on a television set.
Quickly.
“There was a buzz around the office. People were saying to turn on the TV, that we wouldn’t believe what we were going to [...] Continue reading
CFL Picks, Week 5: Bombers look to build momentum
B.C. AT WINNIPEG Thursday, 8 p.m. ET Bombers slotback Terence Jeffers-Harris, who has had trouble holding onto passes this season, had five catches for 107 yards and two touchdowns in Saturday’s win in Toronto. “I still didn’t play half as well as I know I could,” he told the Winnipeg Free Press this week. The ... Continue reading
