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TORONTO — Many of the country’s most highly touted football prospects will take centre stage at the 2021 CFL National Draft on Tuesday, May 4. Those who become most impactful, however, are not necessarily the most talked about. While offensive linemen dominate prospect analysis — 52 per cent of first round picks since 2014 were

TORONTO — During the 2021 CFL Global Draft, Montreal Alouettes defensive and special teams assistant Greg Quick felt right at home. Over the previous year, Quick had been preparing for the draft, but in a different capacity. In 2019, he was brought in by the CFL to be the league’s first director of global scouting,

CALGARY — Dave Dickenson is one of the most competitive individuals in the Canadian Football League — that comes with the number of victories he’s accumulated as both a player and coach. In the wake of the cancelled 2020 CFL season, the head coach of the Calgary Stampeders was able to pick up a different

We aren’t able to get into CFL stadiums quite yet, but a Vancouver-based fan is doing his part to bring our favourite stadiums to us digitally. Aaron, an 18-year-old student, has built a number of CFL stadiums through the video game Minecraft and is sharing his work on his YouTube channel. [embedded content] He spoke

For my final travel back in time to previous Grey Cups in conjunction with CFL.ca releasing all the Grey Cups on the Grey Cup on Demand Portal powered by Mark’s, I’m going back to the game I’ve written about more than any other Championship, the 2016 Grey Cup that saw Ottawa upset Calgary 39-33. I

Brian Wood was in Hamilton, working his first job in broadcast on Dec. 3, 1972, when the Tiger-Cats won the Grey Cup at Ivor Wynn Stadium. He was on the air at contemporary rock station CHAM and witnessed the city celebrating its team’s win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders. “It wasn’t bad. There wasn’t a lot

Imagine if the Toronto Argonauts signed Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence, the presumed No. 1 overall pick in this year’s NFL Draft. It would send shockwaves throughout the pro sports world, especially in an era where stories with much less significance are amplified via social media. Thirty years ago this week, the Argonauts did just that

Stock assessments continue as we shift to some of the draft’s receivers and defensive backs. Scouts and general managers have a few more weeks to process the virtual testing results they’ve gathered on the country’s top draft-eligible prospects. Then it’s time for the draft, where many of these amateur athletes make the leap to the

‘Elation in Rider Nation!’ Those were the first words that came out of my mouth as I began the most exhilarating post-game show after the 2013 Grey Cup. Calls and texts came in from the United States, Europe, Asia and across Canada and the province. And when George Reed calls this game the biggest moment

CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders have signed a pair of global players – kicker Gerard Laws and running back Nico Leonard. Laws (five-foot-11, 202 pounds) is a product of the Prokick Australia program. In 2015, the Sydney, Australia native played for the California Sharks in the AAA Professional Football League and from 2016 to 2019,

TORONTO — Grey Cup games from the 2010’s are now available on the Grey Cup on Demand Portal powered by Mark’s, the Canadian Football League (CFL) announced on Thursday. The seventh and final installment includes ten games from the 2000’s including, teams winning the Grey Cup on home soil, Canada celebrating the 100th Grey Cup,

Stock assessments continue as we break down some of the draft’s linebackers and running backs. Scouts and general managers have a few more weeks to process the virtual testing results they’ve gathered on the country’s top draft-eligible prospects. Then it’s time for the draft, as many of these amateur athletes find new homes on May 4.