CFL Beat: Week 11

BallsofLacrosseAndMapleSyrup - August 17, 2023August 16, 2023

So, remember when last week Don T stepped in for the still vacationing Maestro and did a great job. Well, prepare to be underwhelmed. So, we've now got a Canadian talking about a Canadian league and playing Canadian music. This will make the CTRC (Canadian TV and Radio watchdog) happy. And

CFL Beat: Week 10

Don T - August 10, 2023August 10, 2023

Well, hello. Your friendly neighboUrhood Maestro is on sabbatical in Europe with Lady Maestro. You get me for a sub on this instalment of CFL Beat, for which I gladly volunteered my talent. Which won’t be necessary after all. Maestro, being generous and dutiful, left a post skeleton (great), and

CFL Beat: Week 9

The Maestro - August 3, 2023August 2, 2023

Some personal news: I am headed off on vacation to Europe for three weeks tomorrow with Lady Maestro! It's my longest and furthest trip ever - greatly looking forward to Paris, Normandy, Brussels, the Austrian Alps, and Munich. It also means that for the first time since the [Door Flies

CFL Beat: Week 8

The Maestro - July 27, 2023July 27, 2023

We're officially through the first third of the CFL season, and since my complaint recently about the lack of parity in the league, we've had some steps to return to a bit more equilibrium. We've been fortunate to have some really good ball through these first seven weeks, even as

CFL Beat: Week 7

The Maestro - July 20, 2023July 19, 2023

After today, I have just one more day of summer band camp left to direct. I'm so close to freedom, I can almost taste it. Lady Maestro is away camping having her bachelorette weekend, and I fully intend to catch every spare second of sports I can from the peace

CFL Beat: Week 6

The Maestro - July 13, 2023July 12, 2023

Boy, we sure seem to have a lot of crappy teams at this point in the season. In a nine-team league, it feels like it shouldn't be a huge ask to see a bit more parity, but this year it feels like the league is more divided into haves and

CFL Beat: Week 5

The Maestro - July 6, 2023July 5, 2023

It's been a stinking hot week thus far in eastern Canada, and I, for one, am lucky that I'm not the one who has to be practising in this intense heat and humidity. For a lot of Americans, particularly those who grew up in the South, a high of 34

CFL Beat: Week 4

The Maestro - June 29, 2023June 28, 2023

School is finally out for me, and we're heading into a long weekend with a short ticket of CFL action this week. Just three games coming up on this weekend's calendar, but no shortage of drama to recap from a few days prior. Let's go! In league news this week: Calgary

CFL Beat: Week 3

The Maestro - June 22, 2023June 21, 2023

As we sit here and discuss the beautiful game of Canadian football, I am so looking forward to the end of the school year. Just a few more days until these report cards are done and dusted once more, and I can enjoy my summer precisely how it was meant

CFL Beat: Week 2

The Maestro - June 15, 2023June 14, 2023

I want to give you all some insider info on how the CFL Beat is made; I have a perfect workflow, honed from over seven years of doing these articles. At least, it was perfect, until PFF stats fucked me. Looks like live stats are totally down on CFL.ca, which