CFL football

Former Bomber Guice signs with Colts

Thursday, January 7th, 2010 | 1:41 am

Canwest News Service

WINNIPEG – Wide receiver Dudley Guice agreed to terms with the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts Wednesday after spending last season with the CFL’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Guice had six catches for 76 yards in three games as a rookie with…

Riders GM gets absolute discharge for sexual assault

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 | 9:00 am

Canwest News Service

REGINA — Saskatchewan Roughriders general manager Eric Tillman avoided a criminal record Tuesday, when a judge granted him an absolute discharge for sexual assaulting a teenaged girl.

Judge Murray Hinds of Regina Provincial Court said the sentence was appropriate…

NFL's Lions sign former Bomber Hefney

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 | 1:41 am

Canwest News Service

WINDSOR, Ont. – Just a day after the club’s ninth straight losing season was complete, the Detroit Lions were back to work Monday.

As players went through exit meetings, club officials were putting the finishing touches on signing cornerback…

Lions end another dismal season

Monday, January 4th, 2010 | 5:40 am

Canwest News Service

DETROIT – Appropriately riding downward to the basement in one of the Ford Field elevators, a dismal 2-14 campaign just completed, two members of the Detroit Lions’ coaching staff sought a silver lining to another sorry season.

“St. Louis…

Unlucky 13 highlights year in CFL

Monday, December 28th, 2009 | 10:00 am

Canwest News Service

The 2009 edition Grey Cup is bound to go down in history as one of the most bizarre finishes in the 97-year history of the big mug. The infamous 13th man the Saskatchewan Roughriders had on the field…

B.C. Lion Angus Reid has some words for Dean Valli

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 | 1:40 am

Canwest News Service

Angus Reid has a message for you Dean Valli. Congratulations on coming to terms with the B.C. Lions on Wednesday. He’s genuinely happy for you and thinks the new two-year deal (with a team option) is well-deserved. He…

Rider Nation stunned; ‘Als win Grey Cup

Rider Nation stunned; ‘Als win Grey Cup

Sunday, November 29th, 2009 | 5:18 pm

Damon Duval’s 33-yard field goal with time gone gives Montreal 28-27 in 97th Grey Cup.

Aging Grey Cup a story in survival

Friday, November 27th, 2009 | 9:05 am

Like most aging folks, the ol’ Grey Cup has some medical challenges on the cusp of its second century on Earth.

In Calgary, it's `anyone but the Riders'

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 | 1:41 am

Canwest News Service

CALGARY – You can get a mighty flavourful “Montreal” smoked meat sandwich at The Palace of Good Eats in Calgary, but the restaurant hasn’t become Grey Cup headquarters for Alouettes fans.

A mid-afternoon visitor on Tuesday chowed down happily…

Riders not feeling like nine-point underdogs

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 | 1:41 am

Canwest News Service

CALGARY – The Saskatchewan Roughriders find themselves in a familiar role after arriving in Calgary on Tuesday.

The Riders are the underdogs to the Montreal Alouettes in Sunday’s Grey Cup game. It’s not a label they are happy about…