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- Tiger-Cats letting fans call 1st play
- The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are allowing their fans to choose the first play they run Friday night at Ivor Wynne Stadium against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
- preview Confident Ticats welcome Blue Bombers
- Looking for their third straight win, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Winnipeg Bombers meet Friday night (7:30 p.m. ET) at Ivor Wynne Stadium with a share of second place in the East Division on the line.
- Montreal's Whitaker headlines CFL's monthly honours
- Brandon Whitaker, Jerrell Freeman, Paul McCallum and Jon Cornish have earned CFL player of the month honours.
- CFL fines 8 players for on-field incidents
- An undisciplined weekend has cost eight Canadian Football League players. The CFL announced fines against the players Wednesday for on-field incidents in two of last weekend's games.
- Eskimos name new president & CEO
- Len Rhodes, who's better known for his background in the sporting goods industry, will be the next president and CEO of the Edmonton Eskimos.
- Frers: New era begins in B.C.
- CBCSports.ca's Greg Frers was one of the lucky 50,000-plus fans that packed the renovated B.C. Place, and was quite taken by the $563-million facelift.
- Stamps' Cornish grabs 2 CFL weekly honours
- A career performance earned Calgary Stampeders tailback Jon Cornish two CFL weekly honours Tuesday.
- CFL Power Rankings: Week 14
- Despite taking another pounding, quarterback Anthony Calvillo was superb against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, allowing the Montreal Alouettes to remain high on Malcolm Kelly's list.
- Blue Bombers sign Riders' punter Boreham
- The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have acquired non-import punter Jamie Boreham from the Saskatchewan Roughriders in exchange for future considerations.
- Ticats QB Boltus understands life as 3rd stringer
- The job of a third-string CFL QB is often unfair, but Hamilton Tiger-Cats pivot Jason Boltus is ready if he ever gets the call.
- Ticats stay in East title hunt at Argos' expense
- Quinton Porter's fourth-quarter touchdown guided the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to an important 27-12 win over the Toronto Argonauts on Saturday night.
- Stampeders run right through Riders
- Jon Cornish had the best game of his career with 149 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Stampeders to a convincing 40-3 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders in CFL action on Saturday afternoon.
- Lions beat Eskimos at refurbished BC Place video
- Andrew Harris scored the first two touchdowns of his career, one a spectacular 63-yard play, as the B.C. Lions celebrated their return to BC Place Stadium with a 33-24 victory Friday over the Edmonton Eskimos.
- Als hold off Bombers in controversial finish
- Anthony Calvillo threw three touchdown passes Friday as the Montreal Alouettes held off a furious Winnipeg rally to defeat the Blue Bombers 32-26.
- Regina to host Grey Cup in 2013?
- It looks like Regina could be host to the Grey Cup again in 2013.
- Als' Whitaker wins CFL weekly honour
- Tailback Brandon Whitaker, who scored three touchdowns to lead the Montreal Alouettes past the Edmonton Eskimos on Friday night, was named the CFL's offensive player of the week.
- Ex-Ticat Mariuz comes out of retirement
- Ray Mariuz is coming out of retirement to rejoin the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
- Frers: CFL's Touchdown Atlantic has winning formula
- The CFL has a good thing going with its annual Touchdown Atlantic game. Not only do Maritime fans get a closeup look at their pigskin heroes, but the participating CFL clubs win as well, writes CBCSports.ca's Greg Frers.
- Stampeders deal Collins to Ticats
- The Hamilton Tiger-Cats acquired defensive back Milt Collins from the Calgary Stampeders on Monday.
- Blue Bombers lose Reid, Volny for rest of season
- The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have suffered a huge blow to their running game, losing both Fred Reid and Carl Volny to season-ending injuries.
- CFL Power Rankings: Week 13
- Not only are the B.C. Lions riding a five-game winning streak after destroying Saskatchewan, but the CFL's hottest club has also climbed all the way to the top of Malcolm Kelly's rankings.
- Ticats stomp Stampeders in Atlantic game
- Marcus Thigpen caught two of Kevin Glenn's three touchdown passes as the Hamilton Tigercats took this year's Touchdown Atlantic game with a 55-36 victory over the Calgary Stampeders on Sunday.
- Former Ticat attempting to resurrect U of T
- When former Hamilton Tiger-Cat Greg Gary told friends he was going to take over the dormant University of Toronto football program, a few of them were taken a tad aback.
- Injuries could cost Blue Bombers
- Winnipeg's loss to the lowly Toronto Argonauts on Saturday night may have cost the Blue Bombers more than just two points.
- Lions extend win streak after routing Roughriders
- The B.C. Lions extended their winning streak to five games Saturday and took strides to securing a playoff spot, with a 42-5 rout of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
- Prefontaine's single lifts Argos over Bombers
- Noel Prefontaine's 47-yard single with 23 seconds remaining led the Toronto Argonauts to a wild 25-24 win over a battered Winnipeg Blue Bombers squad Saturday night.
- Als' Whitaker rips through Eskimos, Calvillo injured
- Brandon Whitaker was a one-man wrecking crew Friday, scoring three touchdowns as the Montreal Alouettes defeated the Edmonton Eskimos 34-21 at Commonwealth Stadium.
- Montreal RB Carter being sued by teammate: report
- A Montreal newspaper is reporting that one Alouettes player is suing a teammate over a $15,000 investment gone awry.
- New Brunswick fans gearing up for CFL game
- Football fans in New Brunswick are gearing up for Sunday's CFL game between the Calgary Stampeders and the Hamilton Tiger Cats.
- 'Rocket' Ismail part of Argos folklore
- Raghib (Rocket) Ismail will forever be part of Grey Cup folklore. It was the former Notre Dame star's electrifying 87-yard kickoff return that anchored the Toronto Argonauts' 36-21 win over the Calgary Stampeders in the '91 title game.
- Blue Bombers offer 3D peek at new stadium
- The Winnipeg Blue Bombers unveiled a three-dimensional view of their new stadium on Wednesday, giving fans a peek at the $190-million facility set to open next summer.
- No new stadium without Riders, documents show
- Saskatchewan tried to do an end-run around rules that would prevent the province from tapping into a pot of more than $1 billion to build a new CFL stadium in Regina, new documents indicate.
- Pierce named CFL's top offensive player of week
- Quarterback Buck Pierce, who led the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to an important win over the Grey Cup-champion Montreal Alouettes, was named the CFL's offensive player of the week Tuesday.
- O-lineman Heenan is CFL's top-ranked prospect
- Offensive lineman Brian Heenan of the Saskatchewan Huskies is the top-ranked prospect for the 2012 CFL Canadian college draft.
- CFL Power Rankings: Week 12
- After watching their teammates on defence grab the headlines for most of this year, Winnipeg's offence stepped up in a big win at Montreal that propelled the Bombers back to the top of CBCSports.ca's weekly ratings.
- Frers: Ticats wasting Baggs's talents
- Stevie Baggs has the talent to be an elite pass rusher, but Greg Frers wonders in his weekly look at the CFL whether Hamilton is deploying Baggs in a way that maximizes his considerable skills.
- Pierce leads Bombers past Alouettes
- Buck Pierce threw touchdown passes to Greg Carr and Terrence Edwards as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers won a showdown for first place in the CFL East Division with a 25-23 victory over the Montreal Alouettes on Sunday afternoon.
- Lions beat Stampeders, extend win streak to 4
- Travis Lulay tossed touchdown passes to Akeem Foster and Arland Bruce as the B.C. Lions downed the Calgary Stampeders 32-19 for their fourth straight victory Saturday.
- Romero leads Roughriders over Argos
- Dario Romero recovered a Steven Jyles fumble late in the fourth quarter and Chris Milo kicked the deciding field goal as the Saskatchewan Roughriders extended their winning streak to three games on Saturday with a 30-20 victory over the Toronto Argonauts.
- Eskimos roll over Tiger-Cats
- Jerome Messam ran for 140 yards and two touchdowns Friday as the Edmonton Eskimos thumped Hamilton 38-23 to hand the Tiger-Cats a second straight blowout loss.
- For Williams, it's not the weight, it's the wow
- As the Toronto International Film Festival winds down, it seems appropriate to provide this sneak peak at the debut season of Hamilton Tiger-Cats wide receiver Chris Williams.
- Blue Bombers QB Pierce back at practice
- Buck Pierce was back throwing long passes and moving around the field with his Winnipeg Blue Bomber teammates Thursday.
- Blue Bombers great Buddy Tinsley dies
- Winnipeg Blue Bombers legend Buddy Tinsley has died at the age of 87. The offensive lineman and Canadian Football Hall of Famer played for the Bombers from 1950 to 1960, making five Grey Cup appearances and winning two of them — '58 and '59.
- McManus heads Canadian Football Hall inductees
- Danny McManus, Darren Flutie and Ron Lancaster are together again, permanent fixtures on Canadian football's greatest team.
- Whither Big Owe? Public to ponder stadium's future
- Quebecers are being invited to come up with ideas for the future of the billion-dollar Olympic Stadium — the seldom-used building with the unstable roof they're still paying for.
- Bombers' LB Lobendahn lost for season with knee injury
- Winnipeg Blue Bombers linebacker Joe Lobendahn will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury.
- Khalif Mitchell named CFL's top defender of week
- Defensive tackle Khalif Mitchell of the B.C. Lions was named the CFL's defensive player of the week Tuesday after he had three sacks and tied a career high with five tackles against Toronto.
- Stampeders sticking with kicker Paredes over Maver
- The Calgary Stampeders are sticking with rookie Rene Paredes for Saturday's game against the B.C. Lions even though incumbent Rob Maver is ready to kick again.
- Frers: Roughriders finally hitting stride
- Despite their 3-7 record, the Saskatchewan Roughriders are for real and will be a force that other teams will need to take note of, writes CBCSsports.ca's Greg Frers.
- CFL Power Rankings: Week 11
- Don't look now, but the Calgary Stampeders are back on top of Malcolm Kelly's rankings. Find out which other teams are making a climb up his board.
- Riders dispatch Bombers in Banjo Bowl
- Darian Durant threw two of his four touchdown passes to Chris Getzlaf on Sunday as the Saskatchewan Roughriders defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 45-23.
- McCallum's success raises questions about Lions' offence
- The most consistent member of the B.C. Lions this season is also the oldest player in the CFL. Placekicker Paul McCallum has been Mr. Automatic during a year where the Lions have sometimes struggled to find the right gear.
- Lions say goodbye to Empire Field with win over Argos
- Slotback Geroy Simon had over 100 receiving yards, including a 33-yard touchdown catch, as the B.C. Lions said goodbye to Empire Field with a convincing 28-6 win over the Toronto Argonauts in CFL action Saturday.