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Next year is finally here.
The 2010 Canadian Football League season gets under way with a Canada Day kickoff tonight at McMahon Stadium as the Calgary Stampeders entertain the Toronto Argonauts. Game time is 8 p.m.
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The contest comes 220 days after the Stampeders’ 2009 campaign came to a disappointing end with a West Final loss in Regina and the Red and White are determined to return to their 2008 championship form.
If you can’t make it to the stadium, you can follow the action by getting exclusive live updates on the Stampeders’ Game Day Twitter feed.
>> Calgary Stampeders’ Game Day Twitter
Also, AM 770 has the call on radio with Mark Stephen and Greg Peterson.
For even more updates, follow media relations director Mitch Bayliss’ tweets from the Stadium.
>> Mitch Bayliss on Twitter
Our regular Twitter feed has all the news and updates throughout the rest of the week, so diehard fans will want to follow all three feeds.
>> Calgary Stampeders’ official Twitter
Our SIRIUS/StampsConnect photo contest is back for another season, which means more chances to win a satellite radio with six months of free service. And it’s so easy to enter, too — just snap and send some Stamps-related photos to share with your fellow fans.
There’ll be lots of action at the stadium today including a halftime ceremony honouring Canadian Olympic athletes and a post-game fireworks display.
On the field, Calgary is hooking up with a couple of familiar faces as longtime Stampeders coach and front-office exec Jim Barker is the Double Blue’s new head coach and Jeremaine Copeland is wearing No. 80 for Toronto after wearing those digits with such distinction for so many seasons in Calgary.
Here is some reading and viewing to get you ready for all the action:
News and blogs
>> Game preview (includes links to PDF downloads of depth chart and game notes)
>> Game Day Blog from Dwight Anderson
>> Locker-Room Blog by Rob Maver
>> Locker-Room Blog by Landan Talley
>> Legacy feature on Doug Flutie
Video
Check out our new Multimedia section where all of your favourite Stampeders content, including videos, photo galleries and audio, looks and performs better than ever. If you’ve been in our video room previously, you may have to clear your cache or temporary internet files (see the Tools/Options section of your browser) to get the full effect of the improvements, which include a larger viewing area for videos and photos and simpler sorting.
>> Are you ready for 2010?
>> Pre-game comments by Henry Burris and Mike Labinjo
Other stuff
>> Stampeders roster
>> Depth chart