Courtesy Slam Sports:
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are only one game into the CFL season, but trouble is already brewing between head coach Mike Kelly and one of his star players.
Wideout Derick Armstrong, a 1,000-yard receiver the past two seasons, refused to play in Thursday night’s season-opening loss to the Edmonton Eskimos after Kelly made him [...]
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Armstrong unhappy in Winnipeg
Coaches’ calls crucial
Courtesy Edmonton Journal:
Not one, but two coaching calls helped get the Edmonton Eskimos off on the right foot on Thursday.
They came at the expense of Alexis Serna’s right foot.
Serna’s 47-yard field-goal attempt, on the last play of the game, went wide left and the Eskimos managed to elude the visiting Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19-17 in [...]
Clermont ready to face old club
Courtesy Regina Leader Post:
Jason Clermont will not wear his emotions on his sleeve — or anywhere else — Friday at Mosaic Stadium.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders’ slotback maintained Thursday that he isn’t interested in getting revenge on the B.C. Lions — the CFL team which released him during the off-season — when the squads meet Friday at [...]
Calgary: D must be better
Courtesy Calgary Herald:
F or around 44 minutes of game action Wednesday night at McMahon Stadium, the Calgary Stampeders defence was the stifling unit that fans had come to expect after it evolved into the Canadian Football League’s best last season.
Trouble was, it was the last 44 minutes of the Stamps’ season-opening 40-27 loss to the [...]
Vancouver Province: Lions Preview
Courtesy Vancouver Province:
There is a perspective that is gained from playing 11 CFL seasons for Barron Miles. It does not, however, simply come from being old.
Any discussion with the Lions veteran safety this winter started off with the playful caveat that he will not engage in interviews if a specific point is made about his [...]
Blue start off on wrong foot
Courtesy Winnipeg Free Press:
As debuts go, the Mike Kelly Era in Winnipeg Blue Bomber football history could best be described by two words:
‘Gritty’ but ‘forgettable.’
The Blue Bombers’ Pierre-Luc Labbé takes down the Edmonton Eskimos’ Tristan Jackson at Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium Thursday night.
The new coaching/management regime opened up the 2009 CFL campaign with a performance that [...]
Lumsden hurt again
Courtesy Hamilton Spectator:
Jesse Lumsden is hurt, again.
The Burlington-raised tailback’s debut with the Edmonton Eskimos Thursday night was a short-lived one.
Lumsden took a hit on his twice surgically-repaired left shoulder near the end of the first quarter. Eskimo training staff appeared to pop the shoulder back in place before leading Lumsden to the locker room. He [...]
Ticats biggest challenge? Patience
Courtesy Hamilton Spectator:
Hamilton Tiger-Cat players spent yesterday morning watching game film of the 30-17 Canada Day loss to the Argos, searching for that elusive shimmer of silver lining among all that Double Blue.
The issues facing the Ticats are both practical — how to fix a defence that gave up 20 points and 207 yards of [...]
Lots of positives in T.O.
Courtesy Toronto Star:
There’s nothing like the cold light of day to put the night before into perspective.
Before the euphoria of Wednesday’s cathartic 30-17 victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats had even had time to wear off, the Argonauts coaching staff were already studying the things they need to correct.
“All around we’re feeling pretty good right now,” [...]
Bruce fined for MJ ‘tribute’ celebration
Courtesy ESPN.com:
The Canadian Football League fined Toronto Argonauts receiver Arland Bruce for “excessive actions” during his tribute to Michael Jackson after scoring a touchdown.
Bruce was fined an undisclosed amount, the CFL announced Thursday.
After scoring on a 21-yard pass that put Toronto ahead 6-0, Bruce removed his helmet, shoulder pads and uniform top, then laid down [...]
