Tag Archives: football

Zach Collaros isn't the same quarterback who signed a million-dollar contract with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. It showed in 2017 when he was winless as a starter before being relegated to backup duty des...

The National Football League is a crazy business ... you can go 9-7 and be fired or have one win in two years and still have a job. That is the story of Jim Caldwell, fired in Detroit and Hugh Jackson...

With Vince McMahon looking to reincarnate the XFL, it reminded me I once attended a real, live XFL game. It coincided with a family vacation to Disney World, so as a Regina Leader-Post sports writer I...

There were no NFL games played on TV Thursday night. Although I enjoy watching NFL games, for once that was a good thing. It meant no complaining about Thursday games, no arguments about the league's ...

Give me a couple thousand bucks and I'll produce a better schedule than the CFL produces. It's not that difficult to draw up a decent schedule. Use a computer spreadsheet. Or don't. You can work aroun...

The Canadian Football League has a change at the top of the officiating hierarchy with Glen Johnson retiring. If you were the new guy, where would you put in work? Johnson's exit didn't come without r...

Brandon Bridge, Kacey Rodgers and Nic Demski have jumped on the NFL treadmill. Wish them luck. Players have for decades been trying to parlay their CFL careers into NFL contracts. Some, like Cameron W...

In Taylor Field's old press box, the working media used to sit beside the CFL's officiating supervisors. Gord Johnson was one, who became especially proud when he was supervising games officiated by h...

The status of Roger Goodell and Gary Bettman tells you all you want to know about owners of major sports leagues. They don't care about you. They don't care what you think about Bettman's continued st...

Player safety is the number one priority... blah blah blah blah blah. I've heard that come out of the mouths of football leadership for the last five years as they get sued for the impact of the sport...