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Exclusive to Last Word on Sports – an excerpt from the new book on CFL history, Heroes of the CFL: 1955-75, by Matthew Bin and Kevin Myles. The focus of this excerpt is the 1954 Grey Cup. Sixty-five years ago, the Edmonton Eskimos met the heavily-favoured Montreal Alouettes in the 1954 Grey Cup game at […] READ MORE
No surprises here. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats today announced that they had traded quarterback – formerly starting quarterback – Zach Collaros to the Saskatchewan Roughriders in return for the 10th overall draft pick. Also changing hands were an assorted box of Tim Hortons donuts and two six-packs of Pilsener. The question was never whether Collaros would […] READ MORE
The sting of Saturday’s refereeing clownapalooza hasn’t worn off yet. No fewer than three calls in the final Toronto possession of the game – a badly missed offside call on 3-17, an out-of-bounds fumble wrongly awarded to Toronto, and a phantom pass interference call that negated an interception – sealed the Argonauts win. But there […] READ MORE
Don Matthews ended his coaching career in 2008 with eight straight losses. He was hired to helm an already struggling Toronto squad after Rich Stubler stepped down. It’s unlikely that anyone, even Don Matthews, could have turned the team around. So his career didn’t end on a high. But that last season is notable because […] READ MORE
The pre-season churn continues as the Edmonton Eskimos have handed general manager Ed Hervey the mitten after four seasons in the big chair. Hervey saw Edmonton through a tumultuous period of CFL football. In 2013 they had an atrocious season, with four wins to their credit and a fourth-place finish in a four-team West division. […] READ MORE
Although it’s all in the rumour mill so far, it now seems certain that Marc Trestman and Jim Popp will both be joining the Toronto Argonauts today. Trestman will take the head coach position and Popp will be general manager. TSN’s Gary Lawless has gone on the record stating that the deal is done: Deals between […] READ MORE
This year’s free agency day dawns with long lists of unsigned players from each team – something that’s become increasingly common in recent years. But before the big day, a number of major prospects were signed by their current teams. Here’s a roundup of the biggest names who were off the table before they could […] READ MORE
The Saskatchewan Roughriders took Chris Jones and a good portion of his coaching staff away from the West Division rival Edmonton Eskimos mere days after he led the team to the 2015 Grey Cup win. He was the coach who was going to reverse the Riders’ flagging fortunes; this, the green and white faithful were certain, […] READ MORE
Welcome to the latest edition of Three Downs, the Last Word on Sports roundup of what’s to come in CFL Week 9. This week, we’ll look at the Game of the Week, the Player to Watch, and as the Countdown to Kickoff topic: the Montreal Alouettes’ weekly headgear fashion show. Contributions from Casey Dulson, Cole Shelton, and […] READ MORE
Welcome to the latest edition of Three Downs, the Last Word on Sports roundup of what’s to come in CFL Week 7. This week, we’ll look at the Game of the Week, the Player to Watch, and as the Countdown to Kickoff topic: the Montreal Alouettes’ weekly headgear fashion show. Contributions from Thomas Gunther, Casey Dulson, and […] READ MORE
