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Pan Am Bid Fails the CFL

The above photo looks like the answer to one of the CFL's dreams. It is the proposed new Pan American Stadium to be built in Hamilton, Ontario should Toronto be successful in its bid to host the 2015 Pan American Games...

Written by Steve Thompson about about 1 month ago 339 reads 10 comments
2009 Grey Cup: Ken Miller's Saskatchewan Roughriders Blow It

This will go down in team history as a completely wasted opportunity. You can only wonder if Kent Austin was really making the right decision to take the offensive coordinator position at the University of Mississippi...

Written by Jo-Ryan Salazar about 2 days ago 1,220 reads 8 comments
CFL: Why The Saskatchewan Roughriders Will Win The Grey Cup

With 2009 being considered a year with a lack of talent in the CFL, the league sure has had it's fair share of intresting games and last minute victories. One team that has had more than enough of these is the Saskatchewan Roughriders...

Written by TJ Zwarych about 16 days ago 73 reads 5 comments
What Would Happen If the CFL Failed?

I was studying the correlation between poorly attended Canadian Interuniversity Sports sponsored football games and Canadian Football League teams and getting annoyed, as I often do...

Written by Tobi Writes about 28 days ago 150 reads 4 comments
The CFL's Christmas Wish List

Now that the Grey Cup is over and the Saskatchewan Roughriders lost Don Cherry-style, it's the offseason and I am down to writing one CFL article a week. I have to think of things to write about...

Written by Steve Thompson about 1 day ago 109 reads 3 comments
Rider Report: Living the Saskatchewan Roughrider Experience

This article also appeared in The Carillon: The University of Regina Newspaper Husain Aboghodieh recently got his first taste of the Saskatchewan Roughrider experience...

Written by Jonathan Hamelin about 21 days ago 128 reads 3 comments
Stimulus to CFL Expansion, No. 5: Get Some Imaginative Leadership

The recent article I wrote on the stupid proposal of the CFL to limit further the participation of Canadians in their own league leads me to write the next installment of the "Stimulus to CFL ...

Written by Steve Thompson about 21 days ago 175 reads 2 comments
Look Out Hamilton, the Tiger Cats Are in the CFL Postseason

It's an exciting time here in Hamilton as Ivor Wynne plays host to its first playoff game in eight years. Yes, that's right, the last time a playoff game was held in Hamilton was 2001...

Written by Brad Norton about 21 days ago 53 reads 2 comments
Montreal Alouettes: Between Thoroughness and a Choke

The Saskatchewan Roughriders face a daunting task if they want to emulate the celebration in the above photo from 2007 at this year's Grey Cup...

Written by Steve Thompson about 6 days ago 64 reads 1 comments
Why the CFL's Final Four Are There

It's no secret why the CFL East-West match-ups are B.C.-Montreal, Calgary-Saskatchewan. It can be summed up in one word: quarterbacking...

Written by Steve Thompson about 15 days ago 83 reads 1 comments
CFL: A Year To Remember For The Saskatchewan Roughriders

For the first time since 1976, the Saskatchewan Roughriders finish first place in the CFL Western Division. Although this is a huge feat and means a lot to the Roughriders' organization, they aren't near happy yet...

Written by TJ Zwarych about 23 days ago 45 reads 1 comments
Last Week CFL Predictions

With the final week of the regular season arriving, the CFL couldn't have much better matchups to finish up with. With the exception of the two extremes, Montreal and Toronto playing a meaningless ...

Written by Steve Thompson about 27 days ago 83 reads 1 comments
Dramatic Victory for the Montreal Alouettes

The Montreal Alouettes won the 97th edition of the Grey Cup by the score of 28-27 in dramatic fashion during the last play of the game...

Written by Francois Gendron about 1 day ago 27 reads 0 comments
Anthony Calvillo: Montreal QB Wins Another CFL MVP Award

For the second year in a row, Anthony Calvillo, QB for the Montreal Alouettes, was awarded the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award at the CFL Players Awards on November 26th. Calvillo received 44 first place votes of the 55 possible votes...

Written by Chris Allen about 2 days ago 55 reads 0 comments
Last-Second Penalty Gives Montreal Aloutettes Grey Cup Victory

In a game where big mistakes are costly, the Saskatchewan Roughriders learned the hard way that this saying is all too true...

Written by Chris Allen about 2 days ago 91 reads 0 comments
Saskatchewan-Montreal: Betting on the CFL's Grey Cup

The Super Bowl is in February and the BCS title game is in January, but you can satisfy your championship football cravings this Sunday with the Grey Cup...

Written by steve tisch about 5 days ago 51 reads 0 comments
A Surreal Grey Cup Story

Since Grey Cup Week is upon us, I would like to relate a CFL story that happened to me in the mid-1980s. Back then I worked for the Provincial Government in its Sports and Fitness Branch...

Written by Steve Thompson about 9 days ago 40 reads 0 comments
Rider Report: Armstead Helps Riders Break Out of Third-Quarter Slump

It is official; Jason Armstead has made the most out of the second chance with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Armstead played a huge role in the Roughriders’ two third-quarters touchdowns ...

Written by Jonathan Hamelin about 9 days ago 33 reads 0 comments
Weston Dressler Is The Best Receiver In The CFL

Ever since his emergence into the Canadian Football League, Saskatchewan Roughrider receiver Weston Dressler has been a force to be reckoned with. He is unfortunately out for the rest of this season (his second in the CFL) with a broken leg...

Written by Derek Dittmer about 11 days ago 27 reads 0 comments
The CFL Will Return To Ottawa

The CFL can breathe easier today about its expansion plans to Ottawa because the city council finally approved the Lansdowne Live Project by a vote of 15-9 on Nov. 17...

Written by Steve Thompson about 12 days ago 77 reads 0 comments
Former NFL Player Stabbed

The National Post is reporting that former NFL tight end Teyo Johnson was stabbed at a concert. Johnson, who now plays for the CFL's Calgary Stampeders, was at a DJ Tiesto concert Friday morning...

Written by Bryan Brackney about 17 days ago 25 reads 0 comments
CFL Forgets Where It Is Playing

The CFL has just done another Toronto Raptor impersonation—the basketball team that has tried and failed to commit suicide so many times...

Written by Steve Thompson about 23 days ago 123 reads 0 comments

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CFL Article Archive

Pan Am Bid Fails the CFL

2009 Grey Cup: Ken Miller's Saskatchewan Roughriders Blow It

CFL: Why The Saskatchewan Roughriders Will Win The Grey Cup

What Would Happen If the CFL Failed?

The CFL's Christmas Wish List

Rider Report: Living the Saskatchewan Roughrider Experience

Stimulus to CFL Expansion, No. 5: Get Some Imaginative Leadership

Look Out Hamilton, the Tiger Cats Are in the CFL Postseason

Montreal Alouettes: Between Thoroughness and a Choke

Why the CFL's Final Four Are There

CFL: A Year To Remember For The Saskatchewan Roughriders

Last Week CFL Predictions

Dramatic Victory for the Montreal Alouettes

Anthony Calvillo: Montreal QB Wins Another CFL MVP Award

Last-Second Penalty Gives Montreal Aloutettes Grey Cup Victory

Saskatchewan-Montreal: Betting on the CFL's Grey Cup

A Surreal Grey Cup Story

Rider Report: Armstead Helps Riders Break Out of Third-Quarter Slump

Weston Dressler Is The Best Receiver In The CFL

The CFL Will Return To Ottawa

Former NFL Player Stabbed

CFL Forgets Where It Is Playing

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