Author: The Maestro

CFL Beat: Week 4

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It appears the CFL was kind enough to wait until I was home from vacation in order to start giving us some more significant league-wide news stories this week. Just as well, since I burned through an unreal amount of data in the last two weeks! The things we do

Return of the Prodigal Son: Your 2021 New England Patriots Preview

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[EXT. CATHEDRAL OF THE HOLY CROSS, BOSTON.]  [Cut to INT. The archbishop, Sean Patrick Cardinal O’MALLEY, stands at the pulpit, calmly delivering Sunday Mass to a full crowd.] O’MALLEY: I wish to call upon one of our own flock to deliver the next reading for today’s Mass. [A loud belch echoes through the

CFL Beat: Week 3

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As my second week of vacation winds down, I look forward to hopefully giving some more space to pontificate a bit further on the state of Canadian football. In league news this week: The BC Lions released international kicker Takeru Yamasaki, a Japanese citizen, and signed two replacements - American Jimmy

CFL Beat: Week 2

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Even my vacation won't stop the CFL Beat from getting written. Thanks to mobile data hotspots and cheap beer for allowing to continue the writing process from anywhere on earth - I don't know what I'd do without either of you. In league news this week: The Argos signed former NFL

CFL Beat: Week 1

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We've finally arrived at Week 1 of the regular season! Buckle up with a few Molsons and a bag of all-dressed chips and make yourself comfy for the late summer and fall of 2021, folks. In league news this week: Montreal Alouettes co-owner Sid Spiegel passed away on July 28th; his

CFL Beat: East Division Preview

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Another year, another set of team previews! As per usual, this week features the four East Division teams, while next week features the five teams of the West Division. If you'd like to study up before making your picks in this year's [DFO] CFL Pick 'Em Pool, I highly recommending

Hue Jackson’s Hall of Fame Scammers: John Law

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Welcome back to another exclusive sneak preview of the Hue Jackson School of Scam Artistry! Well, friends, we've seen just about everything in our time together... cryptocurrency, pickpockets, card sharks, art thieves, midgets, quacks, forgers, escape artists, and more. But I had to leave this one for just now. The timing

Hue Jackson’s Hall of Fame Scammers: Trofim Lysenko

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Welcome back to another exclusive sneak preview of the Hue Jackson School of Scam Artistry! Big news out of the Supreme Court late last week... looks like college sports are gonna be in for a time trying to avoid paying athletes. It was inevitable, really. Some schools were just better than

Hue Jackson’s Hall of Fame Scammers: Jerry and Marge Selbee

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Welcome back to another exclusive sneak preview of the Hue Jackson School of Scam Artistry! I've been reading a lot about these vaccine lotteries lately. Seems like a cool way of getting reluctant folks to do something for the common good... but it does make one wonder whether or not people

Hue Jackson’s Hall of Fame Scammers: Jerome Jacobson

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Welcome back to another exclusive sneak preview of the Hue Jackson School of Scam Artistry! School is almost out, summer is almost here... for some people, the warm weather means focusing on your beach bod, and for others, it means the siren song of delicious treats. I'll be the first to