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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
Story Turned out the upstart earned the spotlight along with the win. With Tate at the helm battling flu-like symptoms, the Stampeders took it to Montreal from start to finish on Sunday, turning an early lead into a punishing 38-10 final at McMahon...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
The Globe and Mail Published Sunday, Jul. 01 2012, 2:32 PM EDT Last updated Sunday, Jul. 01 2012, 2:32 PM EDT It was a celebratory night for the Lions. Their 2011 Grey Cup banner was hoisted before the game, receiver Geroy Simon set the CFL's all-...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
Story Ray made his return to Edmonton on Saturday after his off-season trade to the Toronto Argonauts, but couldn't make it a triumphant one as the Eskimos came away with a narrow 19-15 victory. Despite a shaky pre-season performance, it was the...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
The Canadian Press Published Saturday, Jun. 30 2012, 5:19 PM EDT Last updated Saturday, Jun. 30 2012, 5:19 PM EDT Larry Taylor knows better than most how dangerous the Montreal Alouettes can be. Calgary's veteran receiver won a pair of Grey Cups...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
Story BC Lions slotback Geroy Simon celebrates his touchdown against the Edmonton Eskimos during the first half of their CFL Western Conference Final game in Vancouver, British Columbia, November 20, 2011. Ebner Simon, a 36-year-old Johnstown, Pa.,...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
Story The Ticats were one of the CFL's most active teams this off-season, acquiring the 37-year-old Burris the 2010 CFL's outstanding player from Calgary and also making the biggest splash in free agency by signing Fantuz, the six-foot-four, 220-...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Jun. 29 2012, 7:41 PM EDT Last updated Friday, Jun. 29 2012, 7:41 PM EDT It's a Zen parable which means it isn't the sort of thing pro football players are accustomed to hearing. Then again, Montreal Alouettes...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
The Canadian Press Published Friday, Jun. 29 2012, 7:57 PM EDT Last updated Friday, Jun. 29 2012, 7:57 PM EDT Ricky Ray isn't banking on any love from Edmonton Eskimo fans when he leads his new team, the Toronto Argonauts, against his old one...
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Star Phoenix
| 11 months ago
The Grey Cup, which is being held in Regina next year, is the most important annual event in Canada, according to a survey from BMO Financial Group. It's also one of the most lucrative for the host city and province, as a recent economic impact study...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
BC Lions slotback Geroy Simon celebrates his touchdown against the Edmonton Eskimos during the first half of their CFL Western Conference Final game in Vancouver, British Columbia, November 20, 2011. Lion legend In the process, he and the rest of the...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
Story With Wally Buono now working solely as general manager, the spotlight settles on rookie head coach Mike Benevides. Fortunately for the long-time assistant, he's not just familiar with the personnel; he has experienced co-ordinators in Jacques...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
Story BC Lions slotback Geroy Simon celebrates his touchdown against the Edmonton Eskimos during the first half of their CFL Western Conference Final game in Vancouver, British Columbia, November 20, 2011...They're either poised for one of the...
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Star Phoenix
| 11 months ago
The real challenge in setting up the 2012 Canadian Football League season wasn't trying to come up with 10 compelling storylines to follow, it was whittling them down to 10...Former Stampeder Henry Burris looks re-energized in Hamilton, and you could...
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Star Phoenix
| 11 months ago
Andy Fantuz can't wait to play against the CFL team he called his own for six years. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats receiver kicks off the regular season with his new team against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, the team he left in the off-season. Fantuz said...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
The Canadian Press Published Thursday, Jun. 28 2012, 6:40 PM EDT Last updated Thursday, Jun. 28 2012, 6:40 PM EDT Drew Tate is brimming with confidence heading into his first season as a starting quarterback of the Calgary Stampeders. Tate won all...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
The Canadian Press Published Thursday, Jun. 28 2012, 3:19 PM EDT Last updated Thursday, Jun. 28 2012, 3:22 PM EDT A lot of players on the Montreal Alouettes defence spent training camp just getting to know one another. Major changes were expected...
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Vancouver Sun
| 11 months ago
Lions ended practice Wednesday with an onside kick, which is how they started their march to the Grey Cup game in 1983. It was the home-opener 29 years ago when a bold, new era for the Canadian Football League team began with a spectacular onside...
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Star Phoenix
| 11 months ago
But as the 32-year-old veteran defensive tackle ages, he finds the level of his consumption decreasing...It's still hard to believe Hunt's in Montreal and not on the west coast. He was a Lion for six seasons, the Canadian Football League's...
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Star Phoenix
| 11 months ago
Darian Durant, 2012 version, could prove to be more dangerous than some of Mosaic Stadium's northend seats...A daring approach helped Durant guide Saskatchewan to West Division titles in each of his first two full seasons as a starter...He ran less...