Stories By JC Abbott
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NFL
/ August 12, 2021Four Canadians named to 2022 Senior Bowl watchlist
The 2021 college football season has yet to begin, but four Canadians are already beginning to make waves when it comes...
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News
/ August 10, 2021MOP watch: McBeth leads Week 1 Most Outstanding Player rankings
Think the Heisman watch, CFL style. The CFL’s most prestigious individual award has its own unique designation: Most Outstanding Player. The...
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Edmonton Elks
/ August 8, 2021Elks suffer failure to launch & 10 other thoughts on Edmonton’s spoiled season opener
Well, don’t we all look stupid? It was a result that no one predicted, but the Ottawa Redblacks pulled a monumental...
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B.C. Lions
/ August 7, 2021Quarterback chaos and eight other thoughts on the Lions’ loss in Regina
What looked like a blowout — and probably should have been given the circumstances — turned in to a down-to-the-wire thriller...
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Winnipeg Blue Bombers
/ August 6, 2021Brady Oliveira’s ‘childhood dream’ is what makes the CFL special
When the Canadian Football League returned after 620 days away from the field, it was far from the greatest game ever...
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Saskatchewan Roughriders
/ August 5, 2021Fajardo ready to redeem himself after two years living in the shadow of the goal post
Unfinished business. Ask any one on the Saskatchewan Roughriders and they’ll tell you they have it. Even two years later, the...
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B.C. Lions
/ August 5, 2021Ten way-too-early candidates for Most Outstanding Rookie in 2021
The week of CFL kick-off is a time for bold predictions and you’ll see plenty of prognostication from across the media...
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Calgary Stampeders
/ July 30, 2021Dickenson’s ‘hardest’ decision was Stampeders’ returner job
Cutdown day means long hours and difficult choices for CFL head coaches and general managers, but while other team’s are pulling...
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Saskatchewan Roughriders
/ July 29, 2021Riders’ quarterback room ‘still up in the air’ as cutdown deadline approaches
It’s a completely different type of cutdown day from what Cody Fajardo is used to. The Saskatchewan Roughriders’ star quarterback is...
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News
/ July 25, 2021Assembling Canada’s Olympic football team: defence & special teams
From the 100-metre dash to the triathlon, the Summer Olympics show us the human body pushed to its absolute physical limit....