CFL Beat

CFL Beat: Week 8

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We're now officially into the second half of the CFL regular season! Yes, this update is a day early, I know - it's one of those weird weeks where three teams will be out on bye, hence necessitating a bit of a shakeup away from more typical Thursday/Friday/Saturday scheduling. Hamilton

CFL Beat: Week 7

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A whole bunch of news from around the league to kick off this week's CFL Beat. In lieu of any creative intro, we're just gonna jump right into things. Montreal Alouettes coach Khari Jones has COVID-19. He was notified on Tuesday of his positive test, and as a result, he'll

CFL Beat: Week 6

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It's rematch week! In usual quirky CFL fashion, the league insists on having as many teams play each other back-to-back to really enhance those local rivalries as much as possible near the beginning of September. With this week seeing most Canadian children heading back to school, we'll also need to

CFL Beat: Week 5

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It's Labour Day weekend (or LaboUr, if you're a regular reader of this fine website!), and with that comes some of the marquee rivalry games that the CFL has to offer. School is just around the corner - and, unfortunately, the potential for a dangerous fall with rising COVID case

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

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