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CFL Beat: Playoffs – Division Semifinals

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It's the time you've all been waiting for; family, friends, and loved ones are gathered together and spending some quality time with copious food, drink, laughter, and, most importantly, football. That's right... the CFL playoffs are finally here! As we all know, the real Thanksgiving was weeks ago, and the current

CFL Beat: Week 16

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We made it to the final week of the regular season! There's only really two meaningful games left to play, as the playoff picture is almost complete. Winnipeg and Toronto have clinched their respective West and East divisions, with Saskatchewan and Calgary facing off next week in the West semifinal.

CFL Beat: Week 15

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Two weeks to go in the regular season... and fortunately still some intrigue left. The East playoff picture has its three qualifying teams (Toronto, Hamilton and Montreal), but no clear order yet on seeding. In the West, Calgary and BC duke it out for the final playoff spot, though the

CFL Beat: Week 14

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With just three weeks left in the regular season, it's fairly quiet on the news front around the CFL; only a few transactions to report on. All the excitement is on the field - where it rightfully should be at this time of year. With Jimmy Camacho performing inconsistently, the

CFL Beat: Week 13

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With the trade deadline having come and gone yesterday, it was a fairly quiet week on the transactions front across the CFL. With 75% of the schedule having been played, the East remains wide open, and the West's real contests will be for the second and third playoff spots, as

CFL Beat: Week 12

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It was a big week for signings and trades in the CFL; with the league's Oct. 27th trade deadline creeping ever closer, I would imagine we might see a few more transactions shortly after this weekend's slate of games. More importantly, we're back to a more regular schedule of four

CFL Beat: Week 11

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With just six weeks left in the regular season, the playoff races are now starting to tighten up. Winnipeg has the potential to clinch a spot as early as this week with a victory over Edmonton, but we'll have to be patient for a while longer yet with every other

CFL Beat: Week 10

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Canadians get to celebrate Thanksgiving early this coming weekend... and just like the NFL's usual tripleheader slate of Thursday games for the American holiday, so too will the CFL have a few games available for the holiday Monday turkey coma. This of course will wreak havoc on the REDBLACKS and

CFL Beat: Week 9

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Yes, another unusual scheduling week for the CFL week, with another early start - that said, still won't be as weird as Week 10, when Toronto has to play twice in six days - a rough setup indeed. But that's a problem for next week's Beat to deal with. In

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