Reigning Grey Cup champion QB leaves CFL for USFL; sign of talent drain?
Bethel-Thompson is the highest-profile player to recently leave the CFL for an alternative American league, and that has some concerned about talent drain.
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CFL backup thinks he’s better than ‘50%’ of current NFL starters
"I feel like I know the game a lot more than a lot of people because I started at such a young age."
Insane Grey Cup ending saw two blocked field goals in final minutes
A Winnipeg Blue Bombers' field goal block kept them in it, but Robert Smith then came up with a block of his own to give the Toronto Argonauts victory in the 109th Grey Cup.
CFL’s Montreal Alouettes miss 21-yard field goal in final seconds, lose by one
This was a painful miss from Montreal kicker David Côté, who had made all four of his previous field goal attempts on the night.
Backup QB Dane Evans’ 16/16 passing performance leads Ticats to 27-19 CFL Eastern Final win on road against Argos
Evans rushed for two touchdowns, threw for another, and completed all of his passing attempts.
Crazy CFL play saw a fumble, a defensive recovery and lateral, and then QB Dane Evans forcing and recovering a fumble
This was some great awareness from Evans to stay involved in the play.
Five Argos players’ playoff status in question after attending Raptors game, with CFL altering protocols but requiring more tests
The CFL decision here to alter protocols and give these players (starting QB McLeod Bethel-Thompson and starting HB Jeff Richards in particular) a chance to play Sunday after consistent negative tests is drawing a lot of comment.
Argos beat Ticats 24-23 on 51-yard walkoff field goal from Boris Bede
After a close call on an earlier FG, Bede made this one an obvious success.
Argos’ end-of-half field goal against Ticats looked wide on every broadcast angle, but was called good
This prompted some questions from TSN's broadcasters and from fans on Twitter.
CFL linebacker Jeff Knox Jr. charged with two counts of attempted murder after a shooting in Pittsburgh
The charges against Knox stem from an Oct. 23 shooting.
CFL on-field brawl breaks out between Redblacks and Argonauts
This saw a lot of pushing and shoving, a head-slap, and a takedown.
The 0-6 Argos put up 20 straight points and beat the 5-1 Bombers, helped by a Chris Rainey return, a PI challenge, and...
The CFL's Toronto Argonauts stormed back from a 20-0 deficit against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Thursday, eventually winning 28-27.
The BC Lions earned the strangest CFL first down in a while, gaining -10 yards thanks to a interception, fumble and fumble recovery
B.C. gained a first down despite losing 10 yards on the play, thanks to the changes of possession.
The Argonauts-Eskimos CFL game saw two tip-drill interceptions and a pass off a helmet in the first half, then got Ludacris
The Argos-Eskimos game saw lots of first-half weirdness.
Famed CFL QB Ricky Ray has feeling in his extremities after scary hit Saturday, but there are still worries for his career and...
Ray was down for almost 20 minutes after a hit Saturday and was taken to hospital, where he remained as of Sunday evening.
