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Pandemic planning keeps Canadian Football League commissioner busy; league start now hot topic
It should not surprise anyone that the Canadian Football League’s movers and shakers, unable to move out of self-isolation, are beginning to shake at the...
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Appreciation for front-line COVID workers grows in football community
By CHRIS O’LEARY, SENIOR WRITER, @OLEARYCHRIS Through this winter, Juwan Brescacin was living his best off-season life. The Mississauga native had returned home in free agency, signing with...
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CFL Global Draft rescheduled as lead-in prior to training camp
Global Combine and Draft to welcome top international prospects to Toronto The Canadian Football League (CFL) has rescheduled the 2020 edition of the CFL Global...
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CFL: O’Leary – Teams leaning on technology as draft approaches
By CHRIS O’LEARY, SENIOR WRITER, @OLEARYCHRIS The world has in most regards come to a stop as we try to get a handle on COVID-19. Most of us...
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B.C. Lions’ coach, former CFL linebacker Travis Brown diagnosed with COVID-19, lands in hospital
Current B.C. Lions linebackers coach and former CFL linebacker Travis Brown has been diagnosed with the coronavirus. His mother Mindy Brown posted the news on Facebook:...
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B.C. Lions staff member tests positive for COVID-19
A member of the B.C. Lions football operations department has tested positive for COVID-19. The Lions issued a statement Friday night announcing they were made...
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League office orders CFL teams to close facilities
The Canadian Football League office has sent a direct order to its nine franchises: close your facilities amid the coronavirus pandemic. The @CFL has ordered...
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A statement from the CFL on the coronavirus situation
CFL Commissioner Randy Ambrosie released the following statement on Thursday afternoon: “This is a difficult time for so many people in so many countries around...
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Calgary Stampeders sign Braunschweig New Yorker Lions LB Basil Jackson
The Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League have announced the signing of linebacker Basil Jackson (Tarleton State University Texans, NCAA Div. II, Braunschweig New...
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O’Leary: A year after historic game, women refs look to the future
By CHRIS O’LEARY, SENIOR WRITER, @OLEARYCHRIS No matter how big the dream and no matter how many times you may have tried to speak it into...
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Inside view of the CFL’s first South American Combine in Brazil
By Santino Filoso Brazil is a country best known for samba, sun and soccer. But Saturday morning in Belo Horizonte, the focus was rain, football...
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LIVESTREAM: CFL Combine in Brazil – Saturday, March 7, 9a local time (7a ET, 1p CET)
The Canadian Football League Global scouting contingent has arrived in Belo Horizonte, Brazil where it will hold the second to last Global CFL Combine at the Centrol Esportivo...
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Denmark’s Michel ‘Junior’ Konate & Norway’s Leo Krafft headed to CFL Combine
Running back Michel ‘Junior’ Konate from Denmark and defensive lineman Leo Krafft from Norway have been extended invitations to showcase their skills for Canadian Football...
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Final European CFL Combine kicks off in Denmark
The seventh and last CFL Combine to be held in Europe kicks off today at Hafnia Hallen outside of Copenhagen, Denmark. In cooperation with the...
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CFL’s way too early Power Rankings
We’re now three months past the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ historic, dry-spell-snapping Grey Cup win. Since that confetti-filled night in Calgary, we’ve seen widespread change across...
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Final CFL Global Combine in Europe set for Denmark this weekend
The Canadian Football League heads back to Europe for a seventh and final European combine this Saturday, February 29 where, in cooperation with the Danish American...
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Japan’s Tomoya Machino embarks on a journey of a lifetime
For a Japanese country boy who didn’t start playing football until college, Tomoya Machino cut an impressive figure at the CFL Global Combine held in...
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Italy’s Lorenzo Dalle Piage switched from swimming to football and never looked back
When Lorenzo Dalle Piagge was picked from among 26 hopefuls at the CFL Global Combine in Italy to travel to Toronto in late March for...
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Spain 14th gridiron league to team up with CFL
Spain’s Federación Española de Fútbol Americano (FEFA) has partnered with the Canadian Football League (CFL) to become the 14th nation to join the global movement....
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A British take on the CFL Global Combine in Great Britain
The Canadian Football League has launched a global outreach program unlike any other. Throughout January, scouts and coaches from Canada crisscrossed Europe to assess some...
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Japan’s Taku Lee and Tomoya Machino advance to CFL Combine
Running back Taku Lee and offensive lineman Tomoya Machino have become the first Japanese players to be extended invitations to showcase their skills for Canadian...
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Germany’s Sven Breidenbach man on a mission
Grit, determination, and single-mindedness could be used to describe the character of any number of highly successful athletes, but maybe not a 30-year-old offensive lineman...
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British linebacker David Izinyon thrilled to get picked
When British linebacker David Izinyon was told at the end of the CFL Global Combine in Bristol, England that he would be headed to Toronto...
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Italian DE Lorenzo Dalle Piagge invited to CFL Combine in Toronto
Defensive lineman Lorenzo Dalle Piage has been extended an invitation to showcase his skills for Canadian Football League (CFL) general managers, coaches and scouts in...
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British linebacker David Izinyon earns invite to the CFL Combine
Linebacker David Izinyon has been extended an invitation to showcase his skills for Canadian Football League (CFL) general managers, coaches and scouts in Toronto for...
