When told in the wake of the loss that he’d won the Most Valuable Canadian in the 105th Grey Cup, running back Jerome Messam thought it would be best to not go accept his award.
“Basically just ...
As Kamar Jorden stood encircled by interrogators on Sunday evening after a tough Grey Cup loss in Ottawa, constantly being prodded into reliving a waking nightmare, into revisiting that fumble ...
OTTAWA – He had the look coming in.
And left with the hardware, too.
“A hundred percent,’’ said a cowboy-themed Alex Singleton, toting the CFL’s Most Outstanding Defensive Player trophy. ...
OTTAWA – The mini-camp had been set for Bradenton, Fla., April 16, 2016, at IMG Academy.
Nothing more than a try-out. A look-see. The proverbial we’ll call you.
With all its inherent ...
OTTAWA – As the old adage goes, time heals all wounds.
The Stampeders, though, would respectfully disagree.
Even strongly disagree, you could say.
Every player and coach who stood on the ...
OTTAWA – Niceville is a town of 12,000 in Okaloose County, Fla., situated on the Boggy Bayou that opens into Choctawhatchee Bay, home of the locally renowned annual October mullet (the ...
OTTAWA – Like the rest of his teammates, Marquay McDaniel has unfinished business at the 105th Grey Cup.
This whole season is about atoning for last year’s heartbreaking championship loss to the ...
OTTAWA – The first one, back on Nov. 28, 2008, with 66,308 onlookers congregated inside Montreal’s Big O, hurtled by like China’s Shanghai Maglev express train, which whistles along at ...
OTTAWA – Sunday, they go call-for-call, adjustment-for-adjustment, decision-for-decision.
As mano-a-mano as it gets when you’re stapled to the sidelines modelling official club outerwear ...
OTTAWA – The late game of last Sunday’s playoff twin-bill was enough to sway Travis Lulay.
“Calgary,’’ is the pre-kickoff prediction of the B.C. Lions inspirational pivot, here at the 105th ...
OTTAWA – A thicket of misshapen, greying scribblers, well-coiffed on-air talent and sturdy types brandishing TV cameras had Bo Levi Mitchell well and truly hemmed in.
Nowhere to go. No ...
A rolling wave of differing sensations washed over Brad Erdos last Nov. 27 at BMO Field.
Frustration. Helplessness. A mounting sense of disbelief at the cruel, capricious whims of fate.
A week ...
Grey Cup time.
Better-to-give-than-receive time.
Especially when the gift he’s delivering – himself, with a head of steam, straight up the gullet – is wrapped in a ...