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CFL announces plans to return to play
Canadian Football League (CFL) Commissioner Randy Ambrosie issued the following statement announcing the League’s Return-to-Play plans for the 2021 season: “We will play CFL football...
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O’Leary: No. 1 pick Jake Ford has big opportunity in BC
By Chris O’Leary The name may have been unfamiliar and the location may have been something of a surprise to others, but the BC Lions...
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Japan’s Les Maruo: ‘I’m trying to compete against the best of the best’
WINNIPEG — After spending the first few years of his life in Shizuoka, Japan, he experienced a complete culture shock when he moved across the...
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BC Lions take Aussie punter Jake Ford 1st overall in Global Draft
TORONTO — The BC Lions have selected punter Jake Ford with the first overall pick in the 2021 CFL Global Draft. The six-foot-two, 225-pounder from...
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Swedish DB William James ‘A top three Global DB’
By Chris O’Leary As the CFL Global Draft looms April 15, we have been putting a spotlight on our prospects, focusing on some interesting background...
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A pair of potential first-rounders in Thursday’s CFL Global Draft
By Chris O’Leary With the CFL Global Draft a day away, we’ll wrap up our spotlight series with a two-for-one, some bang for your reading...
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British LB David Izinyon draws an impressive comparison ahead of CFL Global Draft
By Chris O’Leary If you followed the CFL’s combine workouts last year, David Izinyon’s name may be familiar to you. The six-foot-one, 240-pound linebacker was...
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Representing Finland in the CFL would be ‘A dream come true” for Mulumba
TORONTO — Chris Mulumba has certainly had a different path to get to the professional football ranks. The native of Helsinki, Finland grew up studying Judo...
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Maruo ready to bring aggressive, violent game to CFL
By Chris O’Leary Les Maruo has had one of the most complete football experiences of any player in this year’s CFL Global Draft. Born in...
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O’LEARY: Danish OL Steven Nielsen leans on US experience in Global Draft
By Chris O’Leary As Steven Nielsen continues to train and prepares himself for the possibility of traveling across the Atlantic to play Canadian football, he’s...
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Cauz: A guide to the biggest moments of the ’94 Grey Cup
If you’re a Canadian sports fan (and if you are reading this I’m going to assume that you are), I imagine you view the Grey...
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Winnipeg Blue Bomers’ Thiadric Hansen discusses most memorable game as a pro
By Ed Tait WINNIPEG — Each week, a Bombers player visits with Ed Tait of BlueBombers.com to reminisce about a particular game, or games, that are...
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O’LEARY: Ambrosie on CFL-XFL talks, the Rock & more
By Chris O’Leary As the news emerged on Wednesday of the CFL’s alignment with the XFL, the reverberation across Canada was immediately evident. Within an...
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Watch 11 Grey Cup Games from the 1940s and 1950s for free; soon all games will be available
TORONTO (January 28, 2021) – Today, the Canadian Football League (CFL) released the first installment of Grey Cup games on the Grey Cup On Demand Portal...
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CFL Combine presented by New Era goes virtual in 2021
Video testing, drills and interviews to replace traditional in-person gathering of prospects and club personnel The Canadian Football League’s combine is going virtual for 2021.Testing,...
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Canadian Football League releases “Comeback” schedule for 2021
TORONTO – (November 20, 2020) – The Canadian Football League (CFL) is planning to return to play in 2021 with a full slate of games...
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O’LEARY: A Q&A with Canadian Football League Commissioner Randy Ambrosie
In a year that has been about adjustments and compromise, about making the most of an unforeseen situation, Randy Ambrosie wants optimism to shine through...
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Calgary Stampeders QB Bo Levi Mitchell: ‘This is one of those times where we need to band together’
CALGARY — 2019 was a roller coaster year for Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell, and after going through an extensive off-season to work back...
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Statement from the Canadian Football League
TORONTO (July 31, 2020) — The Canadian Football League (CFL) released the following statement: We appreciate the intense interest in our league and whether we...
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Winnipeg tentatively chosen a Hub City for possible CFL season
Following an extensive process, the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba has been tentatively chosen as the “Hub City” for a possible 2020 Canadian Football League season,...
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Ed Hervey: The fatigue of racism
When Chris O’Leary asked if I would be interested in sharing my thoughts about racial discrimination by writing this piece, I was hesitant at first....
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A STATEMENT FROM CFL COMMISSIONER RANDY AMBROSIE
The Canadian Football League has released the following statement, attributed to Commissioner Randy Ambrosie: We are in this together, all of us who love and...
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Amazing CFL QB skills: The art of throwing to the sticks
By Marshall Ferguson, CFL.ca, @TSN_MARSH We’ve all heard it before, from a high school sideline to a mic’d up CFL coach chasing a player down...
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Mexican WR Andres Salgado working hard for a bigger role with Calgary Stampeders
By Austin Owens, CFL.ca, @_AUSTINOWENS Mexican receiver Andres Salgado had a chance to experience the Canadian game for the first time in 2019 during his...
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Looking at CFL vs NFL quarterback running styles
By Marshall Ferguson, CFL.CA, @TSN_MARSH CFL-NFL comparisons are often pointless. I don’t have to explain to the already educated why the parallels are few and far between,...