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‘A Walking Miracle’: Claybrooks opens up about brush with death
The doctors called him a walking miracle. DeVone Claybrooks recalls his life-and-death situation, and why he’s thankful to be alive. CFL.ca’s Chris O’Leary writes.
Landry: When opportunity knocked, Unamba was ready
From a door-to-door salesman to a CFL East Division All-Star, Don Unamba sat down with CFL.ca’s Don Landry to tell the story of his journey back into football.
Landry: Sam Eguavoen has the make of a superstar
CFL.ca’s Don Landry lays out why Saskatchewan’s Samuel Egauvoen should be viewed as a league superstar ahead of Sunday’s Semi-Final against Winnipeg.
O’Leary: An exclusive Q&A with Maritime Football’s Anthony LeBlanc
CFL.ca’s senior writer Chris O’Leary had an exclusive Q&A with Maritime Football’s Anthony LaBlanc.
Keeping the school game safe: TDSB prioritizing equipment certification
Putting together an amateur football team requires more than just players and qualified coaches teaching the sport. There’s the equipment – and making sure the key items, like helmets, meet ...
Ferguson: Sinopoli inching closer to legendary status
After making the transition to receiver after serving his entire collegiate career as a quarterback, Brad Sinopoli is inching closer to legendary status as a pass-catcher.
Landry: Ackie relishing unlikely transition in Ottawa
Since being traded to Ottawa at the trade deadline, Chris Ackie has relished a shift from being ‘the guy’ in Montreal to being a rotational player in Ottawa’s defensive scheme.
Divergent Paths: Two rookies, connected by the past
Five years ago, William Stanback collided with Anthony Cioffi in a college game. Now, they strap up in the Canadian Football League.
High school football program leveraging historic past
They talk about “the dynasty” – and quite a lot, too.
When the topic is football, the discussions about the many achievements, the fame, the triumphs, even the disappointments, tend to last ...
‘The Story of My Life’: Alden Darby embracing versatility
Since high school, Toronto Argonaut Alden Darby has proven to be versatile and that has carried on into in his second season in the double blue. CFL.ca’s Kristina Costabile explains.
The Waterloo record-setter: Young pivot taking OUA by storm
They are often tagged as “sleepers”.
For many young football players, coming up through the summer leagues and the high school game, they have been the no-name athletes trying to make the roster, ...
O’Leary: CO2 united in Toronto
No, no… not that CO2. It all kicked off with a simple follow on social media several years back. Now, a friendship routed simply for the fact they share the same name.
Mike Labinjo was a homegrown star since day one
Weeks after his sudden death, people still speak about Mike Labinjo, but the focus has been on his tenure with professional football.
Whether it was seeing action for three National Football ...
Long Read: Perspective helped Duke re-route harrowing path
For Eskimos receiver Duke Williams, a new perspective in life saved far more than just his career. Chris O’Leary has the story on Williams’ harrowing path to the CFL.
O’Leary: Trestman, Nurse benefiting from coaching wisdom
Marc Trestman doesn’t go to a lot of Raptors games, but when he does his routine is always the same.
The head coach of the Toronto Argonauts gets to Scotiabank Arena a few hours before tip-off ...
O’Leary: Bowman believes he’s ’98 per cent done’
As CFL.ca’s Chris O’Leary writes, Montreal’s John Bowman is just about ready to hang up his cleats for good after a lengthy 13-year career.
Morris: McCluster feeling ‘like a kid in a candy store again’ in Toronto
The Argos are indeed disappointing with the way their season has unfolded but one playmaker is just happy to not only be back on the field but with a team he believes in. Jim Morris has more on ...
Moore lands in Riderville thanks to a game that wasn’t supposed to happen
Thanks to a game that wasn’t supposed to happen, Kyran Moore is now living his dream playing professional football. CFL.ca’s Don Landry has the story.
How the late Mike Labinjo catapulted the ’08 Stampeders to a Grey Cup
Chris Jones, Geroy Simon and Anthony Calvillo open up about a magical 2008 playoff run where the Mike Labinjo led his defence to a Grey Cup. CFL.ca’s Chris O’Leary reports on the ...
O’Leary: Brescacin aims to make most of new found opportunity
Juwan Brescacin went to Culver, Indiana, with the same sports dreams that the majority of athletes have in the Hoosier State. He wanted to play basketball.
“Basketball is my first love,” ...
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