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I just got this question; Commenter name: Jordan There are rumours that the game is blacked out. Is this true? No. I called the Ticats media guy and he said there is no TV blackout. Generally, if teams are going to black out games, they want the public to know in advance so they buy [...]

Columnist Steve Milton did the main set up piece for today's Ticat game – which unfortunately isn't online – while I did a story on Calgary kicker Rob Maver . I've also got a package of information and stats regarding today's game. Jeff Blair did a good piece on Simeon Rottier who is rapidly developing into a thoughtful, articulate interview. Getting [...]

An important release from the Lions came out late in the day Friday, especially those living near the PNE: –   (Vancouver)  The BC Lions Football Club is pleased to announce that a Canadian Forces F-18 Hornet fighter jet will perform a fly-by at approximately 7:05 pm (two minutes prior to kickoff) for fans attending the club’s first regular season [...]

VANCOUVER  — The Riders just wrapped up their media availability at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Vancouver. Strange atmosphere here, at least with the media. Just one TV network was on hand and representatives from the Globe and Mail, the Vancouver Sun and me. Not quite the excitement you would expect in a big city. That could be [...]

HAMILTON — There’s plenty of focus on the kickers going into Saturday’s game in Hamilton, and with just cause. Ticats kicker Sandro DeAngelis, as you may be aware, has a history with the Stampeders, while Stamps rookie kicker Rob Maver is making his first return to Ontario since heading to Calgary prior to training camp, and was [...]

SURREY/VANCOUVER  — The trials and tribulations of covering pre-game in a big city involves travel. Vancouver is among the easiest, at least it was for my visits last year. This year? Not so much. I got the trains mixed up to Surrey and Rod Pedersen and I had to double back to get on the right train. We [...]

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The rules are still as muddled as ever, but the outcome cannot be debated. The Lions-Riders regular season home opener will be seen locally on TSN. Lions president Dennis Skulsky will make it official when he addresses the media masses out to watch the Lions put the finishing touches on their home-opening game plan Friday. Though conventional thinking [...]

Columnist Ed Willes, reporter Lowell Ullrich and sports editor Jonathan McDonald will be on hand today at 2 p.m. as we talk football ahead of Saturday's home opener. To ask questions or tell us your thoughts, click the 'Make a comment' bar at the top of the chat wiindow below.

  The ad budget for the Fifth Quarter is, well, still under review, so we have to resort to cheap tactics like pandering for an audience. So drop by this here blog Friday at 2 p.m. and we will be around to talk Lions-Riders and anything else CFL in advance of the home regular season opener. [...]

There's no depth to which we won't sink to promote the product, but with a change in format we thought it would be wise to point out the first edition this season of Blitz! takes on a different look in The Province. The bosses decided that previewing a weekend game on a Wednesday or Thursday had its [...]

Ticat pre-game live blog

  Remember the scenario at training camp about how an injury on the offensive line would eventually make a starter out of Angus Reid again? It's about to work that way for Brent Johnson. The other Lions veteran who lost his starting spot over the winter will likely get it back Saturday. DL Keron Williams [...]

  You want to get a reporter's attention at a football practice? Let four rather sizable uniformed RCMP officers show up on the sideline in Surrey for over an hour on the day Jerome Messam is scheduled to make a court appearance in London, Ont. That was the scenario Thursday in Surrey as Messam couldn't [...]

Here's the release from the Roughriders: The Saskatchewan Roughriders announced today they have added defensive lineman Montez Murphy to the practice roster. Murphy (6’6 – 256 lbs) played in eight regular season games for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats last season and recorded ten defensive tackles and two quarterback sacks. He dressed in 12 regular season games with Edmonton in [...]

It was a beautiful day in the neighbourhood for the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Thursday as they prepared for Saturday's contest against the host B.C. Lions. Here are some of the things that stood out. — Dominique Dorsey, who tweaked a hamstring the other day, didn't return kickoffs but he was back to receive punts. Head coach Ken [...]

By Stan Peters Looking Back It may not have been the complete game Coach Huff wanted in week one’s 30-16 victory over Toronto, but there were enough positives — plus the fact the Big Red are now 1-0 — to keep Huff and the Stampeders with a sense of momentum. The Stamps offence moved the ball the length of [...]

My story this morning is on Ticat WR Mo Mann who will likely make his debut against the Stamps on Saturday, and there is more stadium news with Emma Reilly reporting that councillors appear to be leaning in support of the east Mountain site. And we have a match made in Hamilton heaven: Tim Hortons and the Tiger-Cats .Crazy busy couple [...]