Monthly Archives: June 2008
Lansdowne Park update
Lifted from this morning’s Citizen: The city is expecting the Shenkman business plan-CFL proposal in mid-July, which will detail expectations the partnership has of the city. In the fall, the business proposal from the partnership will be put forward at a meeting of city councillors, with a recommendation from city staff whether to reject or [...]
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Rough Riders photography
My most recent e-bay acquisitions have reminded me of a subject that I’ve been meaning to post about for several weeks now but that continually slips my mind. I bought two Rough Riders CFL Illustrated programs, seen here. If the opportunity presents itself to you, I would not recommend purchasing the one with Reggie Barnes [...]
Deslauriers elevates his game
I don’t watch the CFL if it doesn’t include an Ottawa team, but if I could single out one player to follow, I think it would be Montreal’s Eric Deslauriers. I admit that this is largely based on his college numbers. I only saw him play a little with that team and not at all [...]
Learning process continues for rookie cornerback
The Toronto Star gives Gee-Gees cornerback Delroy Clarke a little attention. The story is by Chris Zelkovich. There are times when Delroy Clarke looks around the Toronto Argonauts training camp and wonders how he ended up here. After all, the West Hill Collegiate graduate hadn’t played one minute of football until his final year of [...]
Griffons 2008 Schedule
The Cegep de l’Outaouais’ 2008 schedule was released recently, and it has been posted on their page. I have yet to attend a Griffons game but I may attempt to do so this season if only to get my own photography and perspective on the quality of play. There have been changes to the divisional [...]
Holness determined to make Bombers
Here’s an article from the Winnipeg Sun on Gee-Gees DB Steven Holness and his bid to become (or rather, remain) a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. It’s written by Jim Bender. Certainly, you would never expect such brashness from an undrafted Canadian rookie. But Steven Holness is relishing his first taste of action at [...]
Nelson remembers season spent with the CFL
I don’t spend a lot of time tracking former Renegades, but I came across this article about Reggie Nelson that I thought was interesting. Besides, it’s a slow time of year. LAKE CHARLES – It’s about this time of the summer McNeese State offensive line coach Reggie Nelson remembers the year he spent as a [...]