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CFL Report: November 27, 2008

November 27, 2008

There are at least 12 NFL clubs interested in signing the CFL’s top scorer. And, sources tell us, there may be four or five more interested in Sandro DeAngelis by the time he starts testing the NFL market.

CFL Report: November 20, 2008

November 20, 2008

Seven reasons that explain why the Calgary Stampeders will defeat the Montreal Alouettes in Sunday’s Grey Cup game at Olympic Stadium:

CFL Report: November 13, 2008

November 13, 2008

The Calgary Stampeders and Montreal Alouettes will buck a weird CFL trend if they win their division finals at home tomorrow.

CFL Report: November 6, 2008

November 06, 2008

So Wally Buono knew exactly what he was talking about when he suggested the other day that “only fools think” there’s a home-field advantage for playoff football in the CFL.

CFL Report: October 30, 2008

October 30, 2008

Reports this week have suggested star defensive end Cameron Wake of the B.C. Lions is nearing the end of his CFL career.

CFL Report: October 24, 2008

October 24, 2008

It pains me to write this but I would be shirking my responsibility as a journalist if I didn’t.

CFL Report: October 16, 2008

October 16, 2008

There’s a CFL game Saturday night worth watching on TSN. Don’t worry. It doesn’t mean you must pay attention to the bafflegab of that Chris Schultz guy in the network’s studio. Simply change the channel when you see him.

CFL Report: October 9, 2008

October 09, 2008

Big name quarterbacks appear in predictions from Southern Ontario that you can hang your hat on.

CFL Report: October 3, 2008

October 03, 2008

Marty York is ill and cannot provide his CFL Report this week. Here, however, are his picks for Week 15. He was 3-1 against the spread last week and is 28-24 on the season.

CFL Report: September 25, 2008

September 25, 2008

I’m daring the Football Reporters of Canada to be different this season.

CFL Report: September 18, 2008

September 18, 2008

CFL Heaven has picked up its captain. Its bona fide, irrefutable leader. Its superstar quarterback. Its Little General.

CFL Report: September 11, 2008

September 11, 2008

As a coach, Don Matthews really has nothing to prove. He’s won more games than any coach in CFL history.

CFL Report: September 4, 2008

September 04, 2008

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have the best record in the CFL, but the Edmonton Eskimos and Montreal Alouettes would be runaway winners of the individual awards if voting were conducted at the halfway point of the season.

CFL Report: August 28, 2008

August 28, 2008

A 45-year-old grandfather who happens to be the leading passer in CFL history is ready to return to the league.

CFL Report: August 21, 2008

August 21, 2008

Back in training camp with the Montreal Alouettes this season, Avon Cobourne was generally viewed as a longshot at best to beat out Jarrett Payton for the team’s running back position.

CFL Report: August 14, 2008

August 14, 2008

Doug Berry, who coached the Blue Bombers all the way to the Grey Cup game last season, will be fired by Winnipeg management within the next 48 hours if his team loses to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats tonight.

CFL Report: August 7, 2008

August 07, 2008

Running back Joe Smith will be a healthy scratch Friday night – and fully intends to be gardening or something like that -- when the B.C. Lions entertain the Edmonton Eskimos.

CFL Report: July 31, 2008

July 31, 2008

It was 1979 when I first met Leif Pettersen. I was a rookie CFL reporter for The Globe and Mail. He was a lanky receiver for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

CFL Report: July 25, 2008

July 25, 2008

He has, in his 12 CFL seasons with the Montreal Concordes, Toronto Argonauts, B.C. Lions, Ottawa Renegades and Saskatchewan Roughriders, received a black eye from a boss, a public insult in which he was called a “red-headed piss ant” by a rival and a pink slip from an organization whose head coach stopped speaking to him.

CFL Report: July 17, 2008

July 17, 2008

CFL games run considerably longer than they used to last decade – an average of 11 minutes longer, in fact – and that’s largely because video replay was instituted.

CFL Report: July 10, 2008

July 10, 2008

The Saskatchewan Roughriders won the Grey Cup last season. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats finished dead-last in the CFL. And yet, when the two teams clash at Hamilton’s Ivor Wynne Stadium on Saturday, the Ticats will be favoured by oddsmakers to win.

CFL Report, July 4, 2008

July 04, 2008

They were trounced 34-13 in Saskatchewan in their 2008 lid-lifter last week – their seventh regular-season loss in a row, dating back to last year – and they couldn’t even score a touchdown against the Roughriders.

CFL Report: June 26, 2008

June 26, 2008

The CFL simply must be more entertaining this season than it has been the past few years. It must be explosive again. It must be exciting again. It must be high-scoring again. Or else.

CFL Report: November 22, 2007

November 22, 2007

 

CFL Report: November 15, 2007

November 15, 2007

 

CFL Report: November 8, 2007

November 08, 2007

 

CFL Report: November 1, 2007

November 01, 2007

 

CFL Report: October 25, 2007

October 25, 2007

 

CFL Report: October 18, 2007

October 18, 2007

 

CFL Report: October 11, 2007

October 11, 2007

 



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