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Special teams players rarely get a lot of recognition, except for kickers who are often under the lights in high-pressure situations as they stare down a potential game-changing field-goal ...
It’s Game Day
Calgary Stampeders vs Winnipeg Blue Bombers
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McMahon Stadium
Friday, July 1
8 p.m. kickoff
Radio: Newstalk 770, SiriusXM 167
TV: TSN, ESPN2
The Stamps kick off their home-opener on ...
Riding off into the sunset
Fresh off a magical Grey Cup season, Wally Buono — a little, no actually a lot, less grey than today — was the redoubtable man at the helm down at McMahon Stadium back then.
Doug Flutie was the ...
About last night …
Here’s a closer look at Saturday’s season-opener at Vancouver’s BC Place:
Big man, great hands
You’ll forgive the BC Lions if they were caught off guard in the fourth quarter when Dan Federkeil ...
Air Jorden
While Kamar Jorden would have much preferred a win in Week 1, the fourth-year Stampeders receiver was able to make his presence felt on Saturday night versus the Lions.
The Darby, Penn., native ...
Marquay’s milestone
Numbers just don’t matter very much to Marquay McDaniel.
Like 50, as in the TSN top 50 CFL player list from which the veteran Stampeders slotback was excluded this week?
McDaniel only shrugs.
How ...
Field of dreams
Many young football players aspire to someday make it all the way to the professional ranks, all while remaining well aware of the highly unfavourable odds.
Moreover, getting drafted by your ...
Ready to rumble
Training camp has come to an end and players’ nerves are starting to return to normal at McMahon Stadium now that the dust has settled from the final big round of cuts.
As some players nervously ...
Catch me if you can
The Lions came up short in their attempt to pounce on the Stamps at BC Place, and at times struggled mightily to lay even a paw on one player in particular.
Despite a strong showing from a ...
Food Friday: Pre-game meal
A pre-season road trip is unlike any trip during the season.
For starters, instead of arriving one or two days before the game, teams are in and out of the host city on the same day the contest ...
Following in his footsteps
Dave Dickenson and Wally Buono spent nine years chasing championships together.
And while both are still striving to be crowned Grey Cup champions nearly a decade later, they’ll find themselves ...
Area 51
A remote region of the Nevada desert has long been heavily secured by the United States Air Force with trespassing strictly forbidden.
And the area of turf guarded by No. 51 of the Stamps is ...
Oh, snap
It was no secret there were more roster cuts to be made by Stampeders brass before Tuesday’s deadline.
Yet after Calgary had narrowed down their player total to the league-mandated figure of 65, ...
Buckley: Room for improvement
Despite finishing with more attempts and passing yards than any of the other three pivots on the Stampeders roster, Andrew Buckley can’t wait for another crack at earning his keep.
The homegrown ...
Getting back to work
They’ve practised and practised and then practised some more.
For the last two weeks – and more for the rookies and quarterbacks – the Stampeders players have gone up against one another in ...
A rosy situation for Thorn
Cam Thorn admits he was blindsided.
After two full seasons with the BC Lions that saw him appear in each and every game — 36 in the regular season and two in the playoffs — the offensive lineman ...
Stamps’ quarterback Mitchell inspired by the greats
From the Olympians he saw working out during off-season training to some of the best quarterbacks that ever played, Bo Levi Mitchell is inspired by the greats.
Watch and learn
Some of the Stamps’ most prized off-season acquisitions won’t be running out of the tunnel on game day before thousands of Red-and-White clad fans.
Or sporting a headset while frantically sifting ...
The yearn for a return
Mark Kilam has seen a lot since becoming Calgary’s special-teams coordinator way back in 2010.
But one thing he has yet to witness in his current role is a Stampeders kickoff return for a ...
Joe steals the show in mock game
Veteran receiver Joe West carried the offensive load in Sunday’s annual Red and White mock game at McMahon Stadium.
The intra-squad game was highlighted by the fifth-year pass catcher and former ...
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