Tag Archives: CFL

The Calgary Stampeders have added some intrigue to November football with the CFL playoffs right around the corner. Calgary has lost two of its last three games going in to the final weekend of the re...

Pro sports teams don't always put their crowd counts in game summaries anymore. I discovered that while researching how many consecutive games the Saskatchewan Roughriders had sold out before Friday, ...

It's somewhat fitting that the Grey Cup, to be held in our nation's capital next month, is sold out. Football fans in Ottawa have embraced the CFL since its return to that city in 2014. Ottawa is one ...

The trial for the suspect in last year's shooting death of former Saskatchewan Roughrider and NFLer Joe McKnight set for Jan. 16. Ronald Gasser, 55, is charged with second-degree murder in McKnight's ...

The most successful coaches in professional sports have a certain degree of swagger. It has to be that way. To keep the chain of command in place, coaches need to impose their will in locker rooms. Mo...

Even though it happened over ten years ago, Herm Edwards' "you play to win the game" news conference still resonates. Edwards' quote was ringing through my head Wednesday as Chris Jones spoke about pu...

I've often said the beauty of the Canadian Football League is that 66% of the teams get in to the playoffs. If a team is playing decent football for most of the regular season, then playing their best...

On Wednesday, the always engaging CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie took questions from the fans. The first question was about officiating. Consider this a pre-emptive strike against a tired - and, quit...

You never want head coaches, in any sport, to second guess themselves. With a great deal of conviction, Chris Jones immediately said Kevin Glenn was his starting quarterback on the heels of Saturday's...

As you will hear over the next few days on the Green Zone with Rider reporter Arielle Zerr, CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie has a passion for this league that is strong, and a managerial quality that ...