A touch of the theatrical.
A sense of occasion.
The chance, with a veer here, a cut-back there, to turn the best-laid plans all topsy-turvy.
That’s what Roy Finch prides himself on most.
“There ...
They can’t help but hear the talk.
The unfamiliar undercurrent of scepticism. About sudden vulnerability, surprising fragility.
Chinks in the armour. Flaws in the design.
About how manifest ...
It’s an impressive accomplishment.
However, in the wake of Friday night’s 23-5 loss to the visiting Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the shine of the moment was expectedly dulled.
Jerome Messam ran for 30 ...
Here’s a closer look at Friday’s 23-5 loss to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at McMahon Stadium in the Stampeders’ regular-season finale:
Three down
On Nov. 3, 2007, the Stamps were shaded 25-24 at BC ...
There’s too much at stake moving forward for Rob Cote to conveniently sweep the past three weeks under the rug.
That easy dismissal would, in his mind, be the most dangerous reaction ...
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will host their first playoff game since 2011 thanks to a dominant win over the Calgary Stampeders who have now lost three-straight games.
Over 24 years of living here and dealing with the stuff, whether on skis, hoisting shovels, trudging to school knee-deep or tearing down hills on toboggans, Andrew Buckley understands its ins and ...
If you believe you’re the best, you become the best.
It’s all about how much you trust in your game.
Stampeders offensive lineman Ucambre Williams followed this mindset and took it upon himself ...
Here’s a closer look at Saturday’s 29-20 loss at Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium:
Historic streak snapped
For the first time in 1,935 days, the Stampeders are on a losing streak.
Since Week 3 of ...
In the Random House Webster’s Dictionary, Revised and Updated version, page 447, the entry for ‘meaningless,’ an adjective to ‘meaning,’ falls between ‘meander’ and ‘meant.’
Nowhere in the Joshua ...
“It’s up.
“It’s good.”
More often than not, that’s been the call when Rene Paredes takes aim.
With a pair of field goals in Friday’s game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, the seven-year ...
Not so very long ago, the television in the Dalton family home was dialled in to ESPN3. On screen, unsurprisingly, a football game.
“My wife,’’ reports Andy Dalton, three-time NFL Pro Bowl ...
Chalk it up to being one of those days at the office.
Everyone’s acutely familiar with them.
Car didn’t start getting out of the garage. Boss on a gasket-blowing rampage. Elevator stalled between ...
Here’s a closer look at Friday night’s home-field loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders:
Streaks busted
A number of lengthy runs of success were halted on Friday night.
Snapped were an 11-game ...
Perfection is the ideal. The aim.
“We want to be perfect,’’ said Micah Johnson, in an uncharacteristically, eerily subdued Calgary Stampeders locker room on a cool, rainswept Friday night. “Or at ...