Stories By Ryan Ballantine
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Calgary Stampeders
/ November 9, 20203DownNation top 100 CFL players: No. 55 OL Sean McEwen, Calgary Stampeders
Stampeders’ president and general manager John Hufnagel has been known to say that you will “never find a bargain on the...
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Calgary Stampeders
/ November 1, 20203DownNation top 100 CFL players: No. 63 DB Jamar Wall, Calgary Stampeders
Consistency, thy name is Jamar Wall. Next up on our list is the new elder statesmen of the Stampeders’ secondary, following...
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Calgary Stampeders
/ October 19, 20203DownNation top 100 CFL players: No. 74 REC Kamar Jorden, Calgary Stampeders
Kamar Jorden is a patient man. He’s had to be. Signing with the Calgary Stampeders in 2013, Jorden watched year after...
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Calgary Stampeders
/ October 12, 20203DownNation top 100 CFL players: No. 81 DE Cordarro Law, Calgary Stampeders
As we continue this holiday long weekend, we are giving thanks for the next entry on our top 100 list: Calgary...
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Calgary Stampeders
/ September 7, 2020BALLANTINE: Lost on Labour Day without being at McMahon Stadium
As COVID-19 has taken things away from me over the last few months, including the CFL season, I have been able...
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Calgary Stampeders
/ July 4, 2020BALLANTINE: Choosing Bo Levi Mitchell over Doug Flutie for Stampeders all-time team
TSN announced its all-time Calgary Stampeders team and if it had come out two or three years ago, I would have...
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Toronto Argonauts
/ June 13, 2020Monopoly: CFL edition — league does not pass go, does not collect Argo fines
I don’t know what the game of Monopoly was like in your house growing up — in mine, we played by...
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Calgary Stampeders
/ April 28, 20202020 CFL draft examination: Calgary Stampeders
In the midst of a global pandemic, the Calgary Stampeders are looking to restock the shelves in the 2020 CFL draft....
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B.C. Lions
/ March 26, 2020Condensing the CFL schedule: how many games is enough for the 2020 season?
As I read through the letter sent to the CFLPA from president Solomon Elimimian yesterday, a question — obvious to me...
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News
/ March 11, 2020It’s past time to modernize the rouge
For years I have been beating the drum that the rouge needs to be tweaked. I was thrilled that as a...