CALGARY — The 2018 CFL season is down to four teams. And for two of those fanbases, a Grey Cup celebration has been a long time coming. Winnipeg and Hamilton have the two longest Grey Cup droughts in the league — it's been 19 years since the Ticats last tasted football supremacy, while Winnipeg has forgotten what […]
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Eskimos edge Bombers in CFL's 2nd-longest game in history
The Edmonton Eskimos downed the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 33-30 on Thursday in the second-longest game in CFL history. When the final gun sounded at 1:17 a.m. CT, Edmonton kicker Sean Whyte had given his team a three-point victory after lightning forced two weather delays in the action at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg. Kickoff was […]
Akeem Haynes thinks he can be the CFL's fastest man
Akeem Haynes moonlights as an author of self-help books that encourage people to chase their dreams no matter how mighty the obstacles. So, true to his word, the Olympic bronze medallist is following his own heart by trading in his track spikes for football cleats in the prime of his career. The 5-foot-7, 170-pound speedster […]
Grounded: What's happened to the CFL's running game?
Never before in the Canadian Football League have teams abandoned the running game more than they are this season. The list of great CFL running backs over the years is a lengthy one but the game is changing quickly from a heavily focused ground attack to an aerial assault. Normie Kwong. George Reed. Mike Pringle. […]
CFL's 1st Metis referee spends bulk of his life enforcing rules
On Friday, June 30 Brian Chrupalo will put down his badge for the stripes to begin officiating another Canadian Football League season. Chrupalo is the league’s first-ever Metis official and has spent much of his life enforcing the rules. Chrupalo has been a referee in the CFL for the past 13 seasons. He’s also been […]