CFL Beat: Week 16

The Maestro - September 21, 2023September 20, 2023

The fall is now officially here. The leaves start to turn, the plaid shirts are out, and the den is fully kitted out for just lying underneath a couple of blankets to watch football all weekend long. I know that your basic fall girls enjoy the season for different reasons

CFL Beat: Week 15

The Maestro - September 14, 2023September 13, 2023

September may honestly be the perfect month. With the back-to-school routine now established and with football Sundays in session, I can also now fill out my Fridays and Saturdays perfectly. Some people tell me the weekend weather is beautiful, but as all good football fans know, I have no idea

CFL Beat: Week 14

The Maestro - September 7, 2023September 6, 2023

School is back, and I'm still in denial about it. Unlike in the South, it's highly unusual to be teaching when the humidex hits 104 degrees... so the start of this school year has been especially unpleasant from a weather perspective. I sure hope some In league news this week: The

CFL Beat: Week 13

The Maestro - August 31, 2023August 29, 2023

Hi folks! It's me! I'm finally back from my whirlwind European vacation, and let me tell you - the jet lag has been REAL. Perhaps it had to do with all the cheap Euro booze or the desire to keep avoiding the reality of getting back to the classroom for

No Exit: Your 2023 New England Patriots Season Preview

The Maestro - August 24, 2023August 23, 2023

SCENE: A locker room in retro Foxboro Stadium style. A massive, oversized, but dinged up Lombardi Trophy stands alone in a dusty display case. ROBERT KRAFT [enters, accompanied by the LOCKER ROOM ATTENDANT, and glances around him]: Hm! So here we are? LOCKER ROOM ATTENDANT: Yes, Mr. Kraft. KRAFT: And this is what

CFL Beat: Week 12

BallsofLacrosseAndMapleSyrup - August 24, 2023August 23, 2023

It's your last week for the replacement (me) for the replacement writer (Don T) of the CFL beat. Maestro should be back and refreshed and mad at how bad I did. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back and since this gig don't pay in anything but a few likes, sucks

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