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CFL Beat: Week 15

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With all the tragedy of the previous week, including the loss of both Jose Fernandez and Arnold Palmer on the same day, a third incident from Sunday, September 25th received a lot of attention north of the border, but might not have made the rounds as much on ESPN and

CFL Beat: Week 14

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With almost every team having now played 12 games in the season, we are now into the home stretch of the CFL season! Based on how terrible the East Division has been so far, come time for the playoffs, we may see the Crossover Rule invoked for the first time

CFL Beat: Week 13

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In case Week 1 of the NFL season hasn't been exciting enough for you, (looking at you, readership segment that enjoys smoking meth then jumping out of cargo planes without parachutes), there's always... BLOCKBUSTER MIDSEASON CFL TRADES! Oh yes, folks, there were two big deals made on Sunday, September 11th,

CFL Beat: Week 12

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It was a busy weekend of drinking for just about everyone last week; a beautiful Labour Day on the eastern part of the continent and some time up at the lake didn't allow me to watch the games live, but fortunately I had time on Monday to sit down and

CFL Beat: Week 11

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With the closure of Week 10, we are officially halfway through the CFL regular season! If you haven't been paying attention thus far, that's fine; the old diehards, such as Gord from Shaunavon, SK, Mitch from Yarmouth, NS, and Gord from Orillia, ON, all swear that "the real CFL season

CFL Beat: Week 10

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After a tough start to the season, my matchup-picking abilities seem to be stabilizing, at long last - one more week of 3-1 and I'll be back at .500 for the year. And as many diehard CFL fans say, "the real season only starts after Labour Day." With Week 10

CFL Beat: Week 9

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So, a cool thing I learned this week: CFL officials will be working NFL preseason games for the first time ever as of Thursday, August 18th, as part of a new joint officials development program between both leagues. NFL officials have worked CFL games so far this season as Side

CFL Beat: Week 8

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So after the Hall of Fame Game debacle earlier this week, I guess I was wrong - real football's return was premature. At any rate, maybe it will give you pause to pay more attention to this week's matchups in the meantime, even with preseason games finally beginning tonight! I

CFL Beat: Week 7

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Real football is back at last! And by "real football", I of course mean the fact that NFL training camps have returned after much anticipation. I'm expecting the Canadian Security Intelligence Service to be knocking on my door to investigate me for treasonous statements any second... though realistically, since CSIS

CFL Beat: Week 5

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Sports are nowhere near as much of a shitshow as the Republican National Convention is this week. Thank you, Cleveland, for containing almost all of the backwards dipshittery of this continent to a few square miles on the banks of the Cuyahoga. On that note, I still feel like the

CFL Beat: Week 4

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Thank you, scheduling dicks of the CFL, for spreading out games over four days this week instead of giving me the doubleheaders I so desperately crave. When a game ends at like 9 or 9:30 EST, what the fuck are you supposed to do? Get drunk to SportsCentre? Absolutely not.