GA Russell Posted May 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Canada has an all-star game for next year's seniors called the East West Bowl. The game gives the scouts an early look of who to pay attention to during the coming year. This year's game was played yesterday. The East won 24-16. http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/2012/05/east-takes-24-16-win-in-cis-showcase-at-western/ http://cfl.ca/video/index/id/74239/autostart/true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted May 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 The Eskimos have released Taylor Inglis. http://www.canada.co...5261/story.html My mistake. Taylor Inglis retired. http://tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=395579 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted May 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 (edited) Davis Sanchez has retired. http://tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=395942 ***** The Argos' first round pick of last year, OL Tyler Holmes, has signed with the Vikings. http://tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=395949 Edited May 14, 2012 by GA Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted May 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Here's an article with great photos about bad uniforms through the years. http://cfl.ca/article/mullin-the-oddest-cfl-uniforms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted May 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 The Ticats have released Jason Boltus. I thought that he had some potential. http://cfl.ca/article/ticats-release-boltus-ink-pair-of-pivots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted May 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Here's an article with great photos about bad uniforms through the years. http://cfl.ca/articl...st-cfl-uniforms Following up on the article regarding the bad uniforms, here's the article with photos of the best uniforms. I've always liked the 1948 Stampeders'. http://cfl.ca/article/mullin-the-16-greatest-cfl-uniforms-of-all-time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted May 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Dave Mann has died. I had his bubble gum card in 1959. I met him in 1980 in Pittsburgh when he was the head coach of the semi-pro Toronto team, whose name may have been the Grizzlies. They were playing the Pittsburgh Colts, who had former Steeler Jack "Hydroplane" Delaplaine on the team. Nice guy. Much shorter than I had imagined him to be. http://tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=396669 ***** Rob Murphy has retired. http://tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=396640 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/argos-tackle-rob-murphy-retires/article2441515/ ***** Eric Wilson has retired. http://tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=396609 ***** The Eskimos have released Andrew Nowacki. http://tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=396663 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted May 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Willie Pile has retired. http://tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=397139 ***** Here's an interesting list of the many Riders with NFL experience. http://www.cflblogzone.com/2012/05/nfl-numbers/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted May 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 The Ticats have hired Paul Osbaldiston as assistant coach for special teams. http://tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=397114 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted May 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Film (just a few seconds) of the first Grey Cup game in 1909 has been found! http://cfl.ca/video/index/id/74417/autostart/true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Hey, Terrell Owens just got cut by the Indoor Football League (whatever that is)...he might be looking to sign with the CFL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted May 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 The new edition of The Canadian Pro Football Encyclopedia came out April 3, and Amazon has it on sale for $21.59. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0983513635/ref=ox_ya_os_product I ordered my copy today. When it arrives, I'll let you know what I think of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted June 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 (edited) Hey, Terrell Owens just got cut by the Indoor Football League (whatever that is)...he might be looking to sign with the CFL! TD, from time to time the CFL has had an owner or two who would sign an NFL name in the attempt to sell a few tickets. Dexter Manley, Andre Rison, Mark Gastineau and Ricky Williams come to mind. None of them panned out. Your link shows that TO was cut because of his behavior. The CFL has just finished with TO's teammate in indoor football named Casey Printers. Printers wore out his welcome in both Hamilton and BC. Because the Printers situation was so recent (2010), I don't think that any current CFL owner or GM would be interested in the headaches that apparently come along with TO. ***** The Stamps have signed a 31 year old Australian Rules Football player (from Australia) named Scott Crough to try out as punter. http://www.calgaryhe...4754/story.html Edited June 1, 2012 by GA Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted June 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 Starting yesterday, single game tickets are now for sale! http://cfl.ca/article/cfl-single-game-tickets-on-sale-now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 The Eskimos released Patrick Kabongo in January, and the Lions have signed him today. http://cfl.ca/article/lions-ink-canadian-ol-kabongo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 (edited) Here are photos of the Lions' 2011 Grey Cup ring. Lots of diamonds! http://cfl.ca/photo_...ry/gallery/6939 ***** Here are photos of the first Grey Cup champion, Varsity. http://cfl.ca/photo_gallery/gallery/6913 Edited June 4, 2012 by GA Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted June 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 The new edition of The Canadian Pro Football Encyclopedia came out April 3, and Amazon has it on sale for $21.59. http://www.amazon.co...x_ya_os_product I ordered my copy today. When it arrives, I'll let you know what I think of it. My copy arrived today. Highly recommended. I wrote a brief review of it on Amazon which you can see at the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted June 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 For 2010, the Riders made a profit of $6.6 million, their best year ever. They have now announced that they showed a profit for 2011 of $3.8 million, their second-best profit ever. http://www.cflblogzone.com/2012/06/riders-make-3-8-million-profit/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted June 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 In 2009, Martel Mallet was the league's Rookie of the Year with the Lions. He kicked around the NFL with three teams the past two years, and signed with the Ticats a few months ago. Today he ruptured his Achilles tendon in training camp, and is likely through for the season. My bet is that his career is over. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=397902 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted June 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Because Mallet is gone for the year, the Ticats have brought back Avon Coburne. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=397927 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted June 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 In a major surprise to me, the Riders have cut Colt Brennan. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=398169 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted June 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 (edited) The pre-season games start tomorrow night. Here is the year's schedule. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/feature/?id=508 PS - I see that that link is for the television broadcasts, which do not include all of the pre-season games. Here is a link for the entire schedule. http://cfl.ca/schedule/year/2012/time_zone/0 ***** Over the next two weeks I'll try to verify the radio stations and their URLs for each of the teams. Edited June 13, 2012 by GA Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted June 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 And so the pre-season starts tonight. In the CFL, the pre-season games are for looking at the rookies, to see who will make the team. The veterans don't play very much. The league has four rookie head coaches this year (out of only eight teams!), and all four made their debut tonight. ***** Toronto Argonauts 29....Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/argos-running-back-boyd-scores-2-tds-in-pre-season-win-over-ticats/article4258112/ http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=398337 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted June 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 British Columbia Lions 44....Saskatchewan Roughriders 10 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=398351 ***** The opponents of the proposed Ottawa stadium have given up the fight, so this means that construction will begin, setting the stage for Ottawa to return to the league. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=398370 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted June 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 22....Montreal Alouettes 10 http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=398419 Neither Calvillo nor Buck Pierce played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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