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CFL Beat: Your 2022 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

It’s Chucky’s Team Now: Your 2022 England World Cup Preview

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What an absolutely abysmal eight decades eighteen months it's been for England. First, you're already the laughingstock of the planet, still dealing with the aftershocks of a crumbled empire that have been inevitable for the past century. Second, your perennially underachieving football team appears to finally play up to form for the

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'm also immensely glad I won't have to wait as long for its return as I did between November 2019 and August 2021. We'll have one final recap after this one... and

CFL Beat: Playoffs – Division Finals

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We're down to the final three games of the 2022 CFL season - I certainly hope we have some entertainment left here. I can't think of a better way to celebrate turning 30 this weekend - hope you join me in double-screening your football Sunday! In league news this week: On

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 times when I can get away with having a second TV set up to dual-screen NFL RedZone and the CFL postseason without anyone getting mad at me. What a fantastic

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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Every single game from this past week ended as a one-score game. That's the beauty of this crazy, ridiculous league. Even with all of the disparity we've seen this season, seems like we're still thrown a few curveballs to keep our attention going right to the very end of the

CFL Beat: Week 19

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After a couple surprising outcomes last week, the East playoff picture is still not settled; the third spot remains up for grabs, of course, but even Montreal, still occupying the second seed, hasn't clinched just yet. A win in Ottawa on Friday will change that, of course, but at least

CFL Beat: Week 18

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We've got just four weeks left of the season; the playoff picture is now mostly set, but the final playoff spot - which could potentially be a crossover playoff berth by the Saskatchewan Roughriders - remains up for grabs. A quick refresher regarding the crossover playoff rule, for those unfamiliar

CFL Beat: Week 17

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It's fall, the leaves are turning, and the 2022 CFL playoff picture is finally coming together. The West Division will have Winnipeg, BC and Calgary locking up the top three slots - but the exact order remains to be finalized just yet. In the East, Toronto has similarly clinched, leaving

CFL Beat: Week 16

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Fall is officially here, folks. Football weather has finally arrived as well - I haven't run my home A/C in over 10 days and I'm thrilled about this. Not just for the energy savings, of course, but also for the fact that it's the ideal temperature to enjoy this beautiful