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The noise level had picked up around Camp Surrey Saturday and so had the level of activity, hardly surprising given an uplifting win in Montreal and a sudden surge of player transactions. Wally Buono had plenty to ponder on his job through the dazzling streets of Surrey, once he had met with his coaches to discuss the [...]

　 Timing is everything, and it is about to work in favour of the Lions. Even before they knew they would likely lose Dean Valli for the season with the broken leg, a deal had been reached with the Calgary Stampeders to acquire fellow offensive lineman Jesse Newman. The Lions will announce the deal Saturday. Newman, a former [...]

The good, bad and ugly from a road win by the Lions in Montreal:
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Walter Stith, meet Damane Duckett. You two are the latest to fall into the black hole known as the left tackle spot with the Lions. The inability of the Lions to adequately replace Rob Murphy on the blind side spot on the offensive line is one of the cornerstone problems which has been experienced by this team [...]

The plan is set: Our weekly live Lions chat will go at a different time this week, 12 noon on Friday, in both official languages. Make a plan to drop by and join the discussion

  It's Labour Day weekend, which means something across Canada when it comes to football every place but one. Well, two; if you want to get mad about something, cast over our picks for the week. FRIDAY B.C. at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. The thought of facing any quarterback other than 38-year-old legend Anthony Calvillo has to be uplifting to the [...]

A trip to the far east is always a season highlight for the Lions, not for what nightlife awaits them and those who follow along but who might be able to help them. Dr. Frank Lodato was waiting for the Lions long before the club's arrival in Montreal Wednesday and because you might recognize the name perhaps [...]

This is what a 1-7 record brings on for a team like the Lions. Truth becomes a casualty. Factless suggestion comes from everywhere. And there's little this team can do at moment but absorb the punishment, though you are also led to wonder at times how much they choose to bring it on themselves. It was to [...]

Funny how a team looks at a player when they still have a shred of cohesion and when they are 1-7 looking for help anywhere. The talk coming from the Lions Monday upon learning that Ricky Foley has been put on waivers by the Seattle Seahawks seemed considerably different than before he gave the NFL a shot [...]

Just in from the Lions: The BC Lions Football Club announced today that import defensive lineman Jeremy Geathers has been signed by the team and placed on the practice roster. Geathers appeared in 23 games over two years with UNLV (’06-’07) and registered 18.5 sacks before being signed as an undrafted free agent by the New Orleans Saints [...]

How attractive are a 1-7 team to free agents right now? Shawn Gore is talking to teams in the United Football League while the Lions are preparing a contract offer. Perhaps the club's most coveted player in the May Canadian college draft partly came on the market Saturday night when he was cut by the NFL's Green [...]

Sombre. Morose. Sad. It's hard to pick just one word to describe the sense of hopelessness watching the Lions pick through the ashes at Camp Surrey the day after enduring more corporal punishment at the hands of the Calgary Stampeders. How about all three. So what do they do? Well, for starters you know what they will not [...]

    How's this for irony. Our high-tech video camera worked about efficiently as, well, the Lions Friday. So instead here's our game-over web story to pick apart: – It would be an acceptable outcome if it was the first game of the season or an exhibition contest, as such was the nature of many of the mistakes. Overall, it was [...]

This piece was headed to the electronic waste basket, so we'll charge our regular fee and instead post this in advance of our larger than life Blitz! package Friday:       He is the face of the franchise, star of TV and bus advertising and no more obvious choice to sell their product for the B.C. Lions than [...]

  It's probably one of those things that only hits when you stop to think for a moment, which doesn't happen very often on the business end of this keyboard. But has there been a tougher sell for the Lions the last several years than their game Friday? Start thinking. Wally Buono has never beaten John Hufnagel. The offence [...]

No attempt here to write about trick plays, just another attempt at trickery trying to get the odd prediction right in the latest mini-edition of CFL This Week.   FRIDAY Calgary at B.C., 7:30 p.m. It's a wipeout, right? One team can't score. The other has a brick wall built in front of their goal line. That kind of talk is [...]

  The job of running a CFL team can be all about making conversions a fan at a time. Wally Buono apparently made one last week while the Lions were on their bye. All too aware of the justifiable criticism his 1-6 team is taking on a daily basis, Buono apparently took matters into his own hands, though [...]

The idea of team-building was top of mind among several connected with the Lions on the weekend. It might have been better for Jason Arakgi had he stayed with the concept the entire weekend. Arakgi was off to get an MRI and was not present for practice Monday due to a knee injury suffered on the weekend [...]

  Timing is everything, and what happens in the next few days has the potential to reshape the Lions roster. Or not. Wally Buono Saturday spoke to Ryan Grice-Mullen, late of the Miami Dolphins, and was told his former Lions receiver/returner could remain with the NFL club if it comes through on a suggestion a practice roster spot [...]

In case you didn't catch the story on Joe McGrath coming to the Lions inThe Province on Friday, it's here