CFL

Benevides not a believer in resting key players for precautionary reasons
VANCOUVER – The BC Lions are bucking the CFL trend of resting key players for precautionary reasons.

Hamilton season ends in Toronto loss, players wonder what went wrong
TORONTO – The Ticats’ season has been long on what might have been and Thursday’s finale was no different.
Hamilton season ends in Toronto loss, players wonder what went wrong
TORONTO – The Ticats’ season has been long on what might have been and Thursday’s finale was no different.

Waters’ field goal earns Argonauts wild 43-40 victory over arch-rival Tiger-Cats
TORONTO – Chad Owens broke the CFL’s single-season all-purpose yards record but it was Swayze Waters’ 51-yard field goal on the game’s final play that earned the short-handed Toronto Argonauts a wild 43-40 win over Hamilton on Thursday night and eliminated the Tiger-Cats from playoff contention.
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Stampeders’ Edwin Harrison II reconnects with grandfather in The Crash
Football led Edwin Harrison II to the CFL, and ultimately, his roots.

Edmonton Eskimos have to avoid slow start in regular-season finale vs. Stamps
EDMONTON – If the Edmonton Eskimos are to get past the Calgary Stampeders on Friday in a game that may determine if they get a CFL playoff spot, they say two things have to happen.

Booted ‘Bachelor Canada’ hopeful says show taught her to filter herself
TORONTO – The latest love seeker eliminated from “The Bachelor Canada,” Gabrielle Dipersico, says the experience has taught her to think before she speaks.

Blue Bombers announce interim coach Tim Burke will remain head coach next season
WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are taking the interim tag off Tim Burke’s title.

Ticats face another must-win situation in regular-season finale against Argos
TORONTO – The huge diamond ring that adorned George Cortez’s right hand Wednesday was proof anything is possible once a team reaches the CFL playoffs.

Canada’s Lyndon Rush to make a push in four-man bobsled this season
An “all-star” crew and a new sled have bobsled pilot Lyndon Rush feeling bullish about the upcoming season.

Need a Jumbotron for the media room? Blue Bombers have one for sale
WINNIPEG – Forget the 70-inch flatscreen, how about a Jumbotron for that new media room?

CFL suspension Argos linebacker Brandon Isaac for helmet-to-helmet hit on Durant
TORONTO – The third time proved very unlucky for Toronto Argonauts linebacker Brandon Isaac.

Hamilton heads into final week of season clinging to playoff aspirations
It looks like the Hamilton Tiger-Cats will need all nine of their lives to make the CFL playoffs.

Alouettes hang on for 27-25 win over Edmonton, prevent Esks from clinching
MONTREAL – Anthony Calvillo threw touchdown passes to Bo Bowling and Ryan Bomben as the Montreal Alouettes held on to down Edmonton 27-25 on Sunday afternoon, preventing the Eskimos from clinching a playoff berth.