The Commissioner of the CFL is hoping impact of COVID-19 is minimal, but says the league needs to protect players and fans during the global pandemic. Commissioner Randy Ambrosie was on 620 CKRM’s the Sportscage with Derek Taylor Wednesday night. While he didn’t have many answers, he did say the league is taking all precautions […]
TORONTO — The CFL hasn’t pushed back the start of training camps and its 2020 regular season due to the COVID-19 pandemic just yet. But new CFLPA president Solomon Elimimian is telling players to prepare for the worst. In a letter to players, the Saskatchewan Roughriders linebacker says the outbreak “will impact 2020 training camps […]
The Riders have added another American to their offensive line. One who comes with a tremendous resume. Monday the team announced the signing of tackle Cyrus Kouandjio. The 26 year old was a second-round pick of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills in 2014. Kouandjio spent five seasons in the NFL with the Bills, Broncos and briefly the […]
A member of the B.C. Lions football operations department has tested positive for COVID-19. The Lions issued a statement Friday night announcing they were made aware of an unnamed employee who has the coronavirus. The person is currently at home in isolation. The CFL team says the employee was last at club headquarters on March […]
CFL Commissioner Randy Ambrosie says the league is formulating possible contingency plans as a result of the COVD-19 pandemic. Ambrosie adds he can’t say with certainty that CFL training camps will open on time because of all the unknowns surrounding the novel coronavirus outbreak. A late start to camp could have an impact on […]
Andrew Becker dreams of playing the CFL. As with other young athletes reaching a critical juncture in their athletic careers at this time, Becker is finding the COVID-19 pandemic is somewhat of a nightmare. Because of the outbreak the CFL cancelled its off-season combines–including Friday’s Western Regional Combine. Speaking with Derek Taylor on Tuesday’s Sports […]
The NHL has suspended the 2019-20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. League commissioner Gary Bettman made the announcement in a statement Thursday afternoon following a conference call with the board of governors. The move to “pause” the NHL schedule came after the NBA announced the same measure Wednesday night following the revelation a member […]
Evraz Place will be the place to be in Canada this November when the Grey Cup returns to Regina as the CFL’s championship game will be played for the first time at Mosaic Stadium. On Friday, the Riders let us know some of what will be planned for the Grey Cup festival which will be […]
Saskatchewan Roughriders linebacker Solomon Elimimian is the CFLPA’s new President. The union made the announcement during its annual general meeting on Thursday. Elimimian who has played ten seasons in the CFL, one with Saskatchewan and nine with B.C. takes over for the retired Jeff Keeping, who did not seek to be re-elected after being in […]
It took a while, but Naaman Roosevelt appears to have found a new CFL home. After teasing it during his weekly appearance on the Sportscage, 3 Down Nation’s Justin Dunk is reporting Roosevelt will be signing a deal with the Montreal Alouettes. The 32-year-old Roosevelt, who has apparently agreed on a one-year contract, spent the past […]
