CFL
CFL commissioner Cohon gets extension
Canadian Football League commissioner Mark Cohon has signed a three-year contract extension, the league announced Friday.
Saskatchewan
Riders not re-signing Wes Cates
The Saskatchewan Roughriders will not be offering running back Wes Cates a new contract, the CFL team has announced.
CFL
Eskimos re-sign veteran WR Nowacki
The Edmonton Eskimos re-signed veteran receiver Andrew Nowacki on Friday. Nowacki was slated to become a free agent next week. Nowacki, entering his ninth CFL season, had 24 catches for 233 yards and a touchdown in 14 games last year.
CFL
Buono, LaPolice, Reed up for CFL coach of year
B.C.'s Wally Buono, Winnipeg's Paul LaPolice and Edmonton's Kavis Reed are the finalists for CFL coach of the year, the league announced Thursday.
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Offensive lineman Jovan Olafioye will be returning to the B.C. Lions. Olafioye was cut by the NFL's St. Louis Rams on Thursday, allowing him to rejoin the Lions, who hold his rights in the CFL.
Beeston's declaration the Toronto Blue Jays were considering installing natural grass at Rogers Centre was enough to prompt suggestions that such a development would force the CFL's Toronto Argonauts to look for an alternate venue when their current lease expires after this season.
Baltimore Ravens running back Ricky Williams, who played in the CFL with the Toronto Argonauts in 2006, says he's retiring from football with a year left on his NFL contract.
Defensive lineman Rashad Jeanty is returning to the Edmonton Eskimos after an NFL stint and comeback from a serious injury.
Wide receiver Paris Jackson signed a contract extension with the B.C. Lions on Sunday.
The Montreal Alouettes have hired former the former Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach Jeff Reinebold as their defensive co-ordinator.