§ BC Lions
It’s odd. When the team you support has been so dominant all season long, it just seems as if the football gods are just baiting you before eventually handing you a playoff upset. The British Columbia Lions were comprehensively the best team in the CFL this season, and they proved it by never letting Montreal get any sustained success in... more
§ CFL
Jesus Christ. Will somebody please teach Rod Black the CFL’s rules. It’s the end of the first quarter between the Lions and Roughriders and the broadcaster most famous for his pornstache has demonstrated his deep ignorance regarding Canadian football by claiming that Chris Czarka’s rush with 0:14 seconds left in the quarter will be the last play of the quarter.... more
§ BC Lions
The owner of the B.C. Lions, David Braley, has quietly put his Canadian Football League team up for sale, according to two league sources. …. During this past off-season, the club announced it had turned a profit on operations for the first time since Braley took over. “David made money for the first time … and we didn’t make much,”... more
§ CFL
Joe Theismann is right about Ricky Williams, the running back’s continuous drug problems are an insult to professional football and allowing him to play while under an NFL drug-suspension is a disturbing non-decision on the CFL’s part: Williams joined the Argos on Sunday after being suspended by the NFL last month following a fourth violation of the league’s substance-abuse policy.... more
§ BC Lions
Recently announcing his retirement after 21 seasons of professional football, Doug Flutie remains the most electrifying playmaker that I have ever seen play in person. I remember my father and I siting in the upper deck of a sold-out BC Place in 1991, having witnessed the BC Lions go into the 2nd quarter down by 21-3 to the Toronto Argonauts.... more