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WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed American offensive lineman Drew Richmond.  The six-foot-five, 315-pound went undrafted by the NFL in 2020, after spending a graduate year playing right tackle for the USC Trojans. The 25-year-old played in The Spring League this year. The Bombers also released o-lineman Nolan Ulizio and moved Canadian d-lineman

The weight loss/gain story can be a cliche of a training camp in any sport. The standard is a good 10 to 15 pounds, up or down. Players add muscle or trim fat. It’s an easy this-person-looks-different-than-they-did-the-last-time-we-saw-them story that you find at the start of a season. Over the last year, Brayden Lenius has worked

TORONTO — As teams work their way through the first full week of training camp, the rust is being shaken off and being replaced with chemistry. Teams are getting hungry for some meaningful competition and while that’s still almost three weeks away, actual, meaningful football games are on the horizon. It’s an exciting time. It’s

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American linebacker Michael Pinckney. Pinckney (six-foot-one, 220 pounds) comes to the Roughriders after signing with the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent. He spent the 2020 season on the practice roster. RELATED » On The Way Up: Riders hoping for a spark on special teams » Despite key

CFL.ca will be previewing the 2021 season, breaking down special teams, defence and offence for all nine teams as they get set to hit the field. Nick Arbuckle is penciled in as the No. 1 QB, but McLeod Bethel-Thompson has experience and will push the new Argo for the job (Adam Kreuger/Argonauts.ca) Just like they

This piece was originally going to be about 10 players with new teams for the upcoming season whose stories I find the most fascinating. I could easily bang out 1,000 words on Ryker Matthews in BC, Larry Dean in Saskatchewan, Ciante Evans in Hamilton and about half of the Argonauts roster. But instead, I have

TORONTO — The Canadian Football League (CFL) today released the following statement on COVID-19 testing: Through pre-training camp and quarantine, the league administered approximately 6,000 COVID-19 tests to Tier 1 personnel, which includes players, coaches and support staff. Those tests resulted in a total of 10 individuals returning a positive test result for COVID-19. Five of

“I’ve got a story to tell. I was shot in the head.” That’s not how you expect to start a conversation with a Lions training camp hopeful. With that, we present you the story of rookie defensive back Nydair Rouse. It goes without saying that most players on any given football field have had to

WINNIPEG — The 2021 CFL season will kick off on Aug. 5 in Winnipeg and the Blue Bombers will be allowed 100 per cent fan capacity at IG Field when they host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Manitoba health authorities made the announcement Wednesday, pointing out that fans will be required to be fully vaccinated in order

There are potentially worse nicknames, we suppose, for a kicker. ‘Shanks’ comes to mind. Or ‘Whiff’, ‘Wide Right/Left’ or the football/soccer combo ‘Lionel Missy.’ So ‘Legs’ – the nickname new Winnipeg Blue Bombers kicker Marc Liegghio has owned for years – absolutely fits for all the right reasons. There’s the obvious play on and abbreviation

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced Wednesday the football club has signed national defensive tackle Austin Fordham-Miller. Fordham-Miller spent four years at Western University (2017 to 2020), capturing the Vanier Cup national championship in 2017. He also helped the Mustangs reach the Vanier Cup final again in 2018 and the Ontario University Athletics final in

WINNIPEG — After leaving practice early on Monday, Blue Bombers’ running back Andrew Harris watched his team work from the sidelines on Tuesday as a non-participant. Bombers’ head coach Mike O’Shea told reporters on Monday that Harris left practice early because he had an appointment. After Tuesday’s workout, he said that Harris would be taking

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed American running back Devonte Williams. The 24-year-old Southeastern Louisiana product rushed for 892 yards and 12 touchdowns through the 2018 and 2019 seasons with the Lions. He added 720 receiving yards and three touchdowns and dabbled in punt and kick returns as well.

TORONTO — It’s the age old question that many sports fans have been debating for what seems like forever: Michael Jordan or LeBron James? The Toronto Argonauts asked their players that question during camp this week and here’s their answers in the team’s first episode of ‘Camp Cam’: Jordan or LeBron? 🏀 pic.twitter.com/2k1ON2JS1j — Toronto

CFL.ca will be previewing the 2021 season, breaking down special teams, defence and offence for all nine teams as they get set to hit the field. Cody Fajardo heads into the 2021 season as the Riders No. 1 QB (Arthur Ward/CFL.ca) In 2021, we finally get to see what Cody Fajardo has for an encore.

The CFL’s Amateur Officiating Diversity and Inclusion Committee is on a mission, and that mission is spelled out right in its name; to ensure that avenues toward becoming an official in Canada, right up to the pro level, are open to absolutely everyone. “We want to target grassroots, amateur officiating,” says Laurence Pontbriand, the CFL’s

It was awesome to see training camp get underway across the country this weekend. We’ve been anticipating and preparing for this season for a long, long time, but to see players back on the field made it feel real. Last week we asked one camp question for all five West Division teams, so this week

MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes announced on Sunday that National offensive lineman Jason Lauzon-Séguin has be placed on the retired list. Lauzon-Seguin, who signed with Montreal as a free agent earlier this year, played in two Grey Cups in his first three seasons in the CFL, winning it all as a rookie in 2016 with