CFL Week 10: Games, power rankings
Sun football writer Mike Beamish on this holiday weekend’s slate of CFL games and his power rankings, from first to worst: • FRIDAY B.C. at Montreal 4:30 p.m. Pacific, TSN As the CFL season reaches the...
View ArticleCFL Week 11 matchups, power rankings
Sun football writer Mike Beamish sizes up this weekend’s CFL games and which team ranks where, one through eight: • FRIDAY: Calgary at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Pacific time, TSN Brett Favre announced the first...
View ArticleCFL Week 12 games, power rankings
The Sun’s Mike Beamish sets up this weekend’s slate of games in the Canadian Football League and which team stands where on the power pole: • FRIDAY: Winnipeg at Calgary, 6 p.m. Pacific time, TSN Even...
View ArticleCFL Week 13 games, power rankings
Vancouver Sun football writer Mike Beamish sets up Week 13 in the Canadian Football this weekend and nails down which team ranks from first to worst: • FRIDAY: Hamilton at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Pacific...
View ArticleCFL Week 17 picks, power rankings
Vancouver Sun football writer Mike Beamish predicts Week 17 results in the Canadian Football League and ranks the circuit’s teams, from first to worst. • FRIDAY: Winnipeg at Toronto, 4 p.m. (Pacific...
View ArticleCFL final regular season weekend picks, power rankings
Sun football writer Mike Beamish offers up his final weekend picks and powers in the Canadian Football League: • THURSDAY: Hamilton at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Pacific time, TSN A current Toronto Star series...
View ArticleB.C. Lions losing on the field — and at box office
The B.C. Lions sit last in the Canadian Football League’s West Division with a 2-3 record. They also sit last in average attendance among the league’s five western teams. Now, we can cut the Leos some...
View ArticleCFL should be more pro-active with Argos since it badly needs a strong...
by Michael Hobson Is Toronto too major of a market to support the CFL? The city’s citizens certainly think so as the Argonauts continue to struggle with interest—this year the average attendance fell...
View ArticleCoach Mac calls time out to fix one of the biggest hearts to ever work with...
ABBOTSFORD — There was a simpler time, long before the bums, Bacon brothers, border lineups, Banman and Braun, that the topical Bs when I lived in this cordial City in the Country were Bibles,...
View ArticleCam Cole: Burris's forces fortify for clash with Evil Empire
WINNIPEG – It’s a good thing Winnipeg citizens are grounded in the knowledge that they are at the geographic centre of the country. Because starting in 1958, when the name Canadian Football League was...
View ArticleB.C. sports history: Panning for 50 golden moments
VANCOUVER — The way many (mostly younger) British Columbians live and die with the fortunes of the Vancouver Canucks, their 50 greatest moments in B.C. sports history might start with the first...
View ArticleLions star Solomon Elimimian says Achilles recovery on track
METRO VANCOUVER — Solomon Elimimian was worried his career might be over. The standout linebacker for the B.C. Lions ruptured his Achilles tendon in August against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and...
View ArticleNew Lions thrilled to touch down on West Coast
Hometown discounts, in which players sign or stay put for less than market value, are rare, Wally Buono says. They’re so rare the general manager of the B.C. Lions has trouble remembering the last...
View ArticleLions add Canadian centre Tim O'Neill from Ticats for draft pick
VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions acquired Canadian centre Tim O’Neill from the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Tuesday in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 2016 CFL draft. O’Neill played 72 consecutive...
View ArticleLions like home cooking on Saturdays for 2016 CFL schedule
VANCOUVER — Five of the B.C. Lions’ nine home games in 2016 will be played on Saturdays, as the Canadian Football League unveiled its schedule for the coming season. The Leos kick off their regular...
View ArticleEx-CFL player Josh Boden back in a Surrey court
A troubled former professional football player who played for teams in B.C. and Ontario is once again back in court. Joshua Joseph Boden, 29, was charged last month with assault in connection with an...
View ArticleLions ‘take risk’ in picking top lineman Charles Vaillancourt in CFL draft
Selecting a player who is an invitee to two National Football League rookie mini-camps didn’t dissuade the B.C. Lions from making Charles Vaillancourt their first pick in Tuesday’s Canadian Football...
View ArticleIain MacIntyre: Faster, healthier Lions should be less hairy for restored OC...
In his year of under-employment, Khari Jones got smart. Two seasons ago before he was fired as the B.C. Lions’ offensive coordinator – one and done, we thought – Jones’ quarterback was fading...
View ArticleB.C. at Hamilton: Ticats' season opening win ends decade of futility
Crowned “Canada’s smartest person” on a CBC-TV show of the same name, apparently there are some things that Peter Dyakowski doesn’t know. When informed that the Hamilton Tiger-Cats had not won a...
View ArticleLions forced to scratch and claw past never-say-die Ticats in 45-38 decision
Growth spurt: Jonathon Jennings is on one. With youthful enthusiasm, veteran cool, and precocious athleticism, the B.C. Lions’ second-year quarterback has the potential to turn B.C. Place Stadium into...
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