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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 summer and fall of 2024, folks. In league news this week: With a civil case against team and player looming overhead, Chad Kelly

CFL Beat: West Division Preview

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We're now just a week away from the kickoff to the 2024 CFL season! Last week, I previewed the four teams from the CFL's East Division - Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto; this week I'll be bringing you a quick overview of each of the five West Division teams. Reminder

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

CFL Beat: Your 2024 Season Overview

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Hello all - after almost six months away, the CFL Beat makes its glorious return this week! I'm looking forward to another year of covering the ridiculous sport of Canadian football for all of you; I have sincerely missed my writing responsibilities this past little while. With the concert calendar

CFL Beat: Your 2023 Season Wrap-Up

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Another season, another end-of-year wrapup. As cliché as it is to write this, the CFL genuinely did leave their best for last, with a barn-burner of a Grey Cup game that provided all of us with a thrilling ending! Before the recap, we'll lead off with the final round of

CFL Beat: Playoffs – Grey Cup

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It's the final weekend of CFL action. I'll miss Canadian football when it's done, of course - but I have so much to do between now and May 2024 that I feel like I'm barely going to have time to catch my breath. Timing this week's column with my report

CFL Beat: Playoffs – Division Finals

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We're down to the final three games of the 2023 CFL season - I certainly hope we have some entertainment left here. I can't think of a better way to celebrate turning 31 this weekend - hope you join me in double-screening your football Sunday! In league news this week: It's

CFL Beat: Playoffs – Division Semifinals

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We made it! The playoffs are here! It's one of my favourite times of year for football; one of the only things that I don't like about the tweaks to the new CFL playoff scheduling is that I can't keep dual-screening NFL RedZone and the Canadian playoff games like in

CFL Beat: Week 21

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The playoff picture is now finally set! We have one "meaningless" week of football - but I do hope all the same that it's mildly entertaining. Not too much on the news this week, but expect to see a few more notes once the regular season officially concludes and we

CFL Beat: Week 20

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We have mostly just the West playoff picture left to settle now that we're down to our final two weeks of the regular season. Thanks to Hamilton's last-minute loss last Friday to BC, Montreal is guaranteed to host the East semifinal, leaving just questions about our West division winner and

CFL Beat: Week 19

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With Canadian Thanksgiving now done and dusted, any vestigial remnants of summer are now completely gone, and with it, the grim reminder of no holidays until late December. It's time like these where we need football more than ever to carry us through the beginning of these long, dark nights.

CFL Beat: Week 18

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With four weeks left in the regular season, there's still a final playoff spot up for grabs. Will it be the Saskatchewan Roughriders? Probably. Will it be the Stampeders or Elks? Almost definitely not. Will it be the Ottawa REDBLACKS making history and earning the CFL's first-ever East to West