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Vancouver, BC
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Two-time Grey Cup winner Maven Maurer embracing life as first openly transgender pro football player
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#CFL #BCLions #RoarLikeNeverBefore #Riders #RiderNation #RNation #Redblacks #GoElks #OurTeamOurCity #LGBTQsports #CourageIsContagious
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I can safely say I am on the youngest end of the #CFL media spectrum at 24 and if you think playing 3 downs or having different rules is even among the top 25 reasons the league is struggling with younger audiences, you have lost the plot.
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Reigning CFL Most Outstanding Defensive Player Mathieu Betts just obliterated veteran QB Carson Wentz on this sack.
#CFL #BCLions #RoarLikeNeverBefore
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A classic CFL playoff game taking place between the Lions and Stampeders, and this is hanging over the end zone at BC Place.
#CFL #GCPlayoffs #BCLions #RoarAsOne
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I hate the way we discuss financial assistance from the government. $150 million looks like a big scary number, but it works out to roughly $4 per Canadian. The cultural and economic importance of the CFL to this country, whether you watch or not, is worth way more than $4.
CP NewsAlert: The CFL is asking the federal government for up to $150 million in financial assistance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Social distancing is just the whole world adopting #CFL kicking rules.
COVID-19 is the worst No Yards penalty in history.
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This is an objectively ridiculous deal.
I know people who will spend thousands next year to drive to Seattle multiple times and watch Drew Lock stink.
There is a better QB right here and you can watch him 7 times for less than your Seattle gas money. #BCLions #CFL
ICYMI: No, that's not a typo 🤯
You read it right: for only $129.00 you can catch the remaining 7 home games at BC Place! 🏈
Get 'em while they last! 🎟 bit.ly/3I8AzHd
*corner inventory is limited
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A certain type of fan loves to pretend that the talent gap between the CFL and NFL is a chasm, but this usually happens a couple times a year.
The top 10% of NFL players are in a different stratosphere. Everyone else is mixed up in the middle, waiting for fit and opportunity.
Chicago Bears sign LB Barrington Wade, who was cut by Winnipeg in training camp
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#DaBears #Bears #Chicago #NFL #Bombers #CFL
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OneRepublic doesn’t start for another hour and a half but it is already electric outside BC Place.
I haven’t seen it like this since I was a kid. Absolutely fantastic effort from the entire #BCLions organization.
#CFL #RoarLikeNeverBefore
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Nathan Rourke will be reunited in Jacksonville with CFL Hall of Famer Henry Burris, who was supposed to coach him in B.C. this year before accepting a job with the Jags.
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#CFL #BCLions #RoarLikeNeverBefore #NFL #Jags #DUUUVAL
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Mike Rose, after winning the Grey Cup with Saskatchewan, insisted on ending our interview with one unsolicited message.
“Tell Dave I said thanks.”
Dickenson and the Stampeders can’t catch a break at these things.
#CFL #GreyCup #Riders #Stampeders
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Snoop Dogg has arrived at BC Place and he has definitely not been censored!
#CFL #BCLions #RoarAsOne
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Personally, I consider three downs to be a more important national symbol than the maple leaf. #CFL #PlayOurGame
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But guys, he put his hands up after so it’s ok…
#CFL #Riders #Bombers #ForTheW #RiderNation #BringIt #LDClassic
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Without this play, the #Bombers aren’t in the Grey Cup. For those that say the #CFL Draft and Canadian content don’t matter, I present to you a 4th round, backup LB from northern Quebec tackling a SEC champion to save a season.
Shayne Gauthier #44 #Winnipeg #BlueBombers #SpecialTeams #Tackle #CFlL #LCF #ForTheW #BlueAndGold #Bombers #GCPlayoffs
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This was circulating a bit yesterday, but I opted not to say anything until until the news in Jacksonville confirmed it.
Lin-J Shell died of COVID.
At 39.
As a former pro athlete and two-time #CFL All-Star.
You are not immune. Get your damn vaccine.
Former #CFL all-star defensive back Lin-J Shell passes away at age 39
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#Alouettes #AlsMTL #Redblacks #RNation #Argos #Ticats #Bombers #Riders #Elks #CalStampeders #BCLions
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The CFL must make gaming of some form happen.
WATCH: What CFL looks like in Madden 20 for PC using a Mod program someone created. (Only accessible for PC though). REALLY COOL!
@RodPedersenShow @darrendupont @CTVDarrell @Krista_B_85 @CTVJeremy @CTVBlair @PatMckayCTV
#cfl #gaming #ps4 #xbox
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What an absolute cop out…
The lessons in leadership that Theresa Hanson is teaching SFU student athletes: quit early, don’t look for solutions, don’t fight for things, never listen to criticism.
She gets paid $150k a year to deal with complex issues. She is refusing to try.
Final decision: Simon Fraser A.D. Theresa Hanson didn't apply to U Sports due to 'incredibly complex' process
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#SFU | #SimonFraser | #NCAA | #USports
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After a summer of angst, infighting, disappointment, anger, sadness and division, it’s great to see the whole #CFL world come together for just a moment and cheer for Alex Singleton. I think we all needed this and nobody deserved the success more than him.
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Leave it to the #CFL to have their website crash whenever something remotely interesting is happening. First, the draft, and now preseason streaming. It continues to be utterly disgraceful.
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50 Cent makes his entrance to BC Place in style.
The speakers are literally shaking the stadium.
#CFL #BCLions #RoarLikeNeverBefore
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Let me be very clear, as someone who grew up cheering for the Green and Gold and who’s family continues to, this would be a horrifically backwards move.
If you are still clinging to the old name, you are ignorant — plain and simple. The CFL cannot allow this to occur.
Very intrigued for the Elks press conference on Thursday introducing Larry Thompson as the new owner.
I’ve heard there will be a desire to rebrand over the next 1-2 years to Esks or back to Eskimos.
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This is Oleksandr Posunko.
A year ago, he was busy training for the #CFL Global Combine in the hope that he might live out his dream of playing pro football in Canada.
Last night, he sent me this message while seeking shelter from the Russian attack on Kiev. #FreeUkraine
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‘It starts from the top guy’: Argos’ McLeod Bethel-Thompson takes aim at CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie for negative league narratives
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#CFL #GreyCup #GreyCup2022 #GreyCup109 #Argos #PullTogether
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BREAKING: Son of #CFL All-Star Jim Burrow carries former #Bombers third-string QB to the #SuperBowl #WhoDey #Bengals
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Anti-vaxxer understanding of the vaccine is a lot like the way drunken football fans view offensive line play.
They only see the rare breakdowns in protection & immediately view the entire thing as useless. They don’t care about the other 99 times the protection works perfectly.
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Superfan Bobby Dubeau attends game in all nine CFL stadiums over 15 days to set Guinness World Record
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#CFL #BCLions #RoarLikeNeverBefore #Elks #Stampeders #Riders #Bombers #Argos #Ticats #AlsMTL #RNation
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In just a few hours time, 36 young men from across the globe will receive the news that against all odds their football dream has become a reality.
I don’t care if the you think 2.0 is the dumbest thing the #CFL has ever done, that is absolutely beautiful. #CFLGlobalDraft
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Pretty packed house for tonight’s UBC game against Manitoba. As big as I’ve ever seen it for a non-Homecoming game and still long lines to get in to the stadium at the end of Q1.
#USports #CanadaWest #GoBirds #UBC
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Everyone repeat after me: Nathan Rourke leaving for the NFL is not a bad thing.
#CFL #BCLions #RoarLikeNeverBefore
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This line of logic is nonsense. 🇺🇸 #CFL players are no different than any other foreign worker. They pay 🇨🇦 taxes and spend that money in the 🇨🇦 economy for 7 months of the year. Should we cut off Canadian snowbirds from government funds because they live 6 months in AZ or FL?
It would be ‘alarming’ if #CFL relief funds went to Americans living in the United States: MP Peter Fragiskatos @PFragiskatos) 3downnation.com/2020/05/12/i… (H/T @RWesthead) #Alouettes #AlsMTL #Redblacks #RNation #Argos #Ticats #Bombers #Riders #Eskimos #CalStampeders #Stamps #BCLions
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One thing I will never understand is the utter hate that seems to be relentlessly directed at Rourke online since he tested the NFL.
The bruised egos are the fans, not his, and it is a terrible look for the CFL community. 1/3
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‘I know where I’m going to be next year’: Nathan Rourke certain he’ll be with B.C. Lions in 2025
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I’m really glad Canada is finally an exciting team, but it’s stuff like this that will prevent me from ever getting truly invested in men’s soccer.
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B.C. can clinch a playoff spot with a Saskatchewan victory today, but Nathan Rourke remains adamant he will not even temporarily support the Green and White.
"I don’t think I’d ever want to root for the Roughriders, to be honest."
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#CFL #Riders #BCLions
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Argos’ QB Nick Arbuckle calls out Montreal fans for ‘laughing and chanting’ following Chad Kelly’s injury
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#CFL #Argos #PullTogether #AlsMTL #Alouettes #GCPlayoffs
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It has since been deleted but the @Ticats tweeted a video of Bo Levi Mitchell being sacked with the caption “SACK CITY.”
You won’t get a better indication of where this franchise is at.
#CFL #Ticats #TheHammer
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‘Obvious it’s not a catch’: B.C. Lions believe wrong call was made on Riders’ West Final-winning TD
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Craig Dickenson going for it on 3rd and one in his own end was good process and bad execution by the players.
Bob Dyce kicking a field goal on 3rd and goal to go up 1 was good execution and inexcusable, cowardly process.
If you don’t understand that, we can’t be friends. #CFL
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This memo is the bombshell to end all bombshell.
The proposal the players are facing is embarrassing and the league’s intentions are borderline treasonous.
#CFL leadership should be ashamed of itself at every level and fans should let them hear it.
CFL wants to eradicate Canadian ratio in CBA proposal to players’ association
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#CFL #CFLPA
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If there is any sense on both sides, they will agree to allow training camps and preseason to continue without a CBA while they quickly reach a solution on what appears to be a single issue rejection of the last deal.
Another strike or a lockout would simply be horrific. #CFL
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‘I have a responsibility as a Canadian QB’: Nathan Rourke still at odds with CFL commissioner over rule changes despite conversation
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Way to grow the product and invest in your exclusive property!
TSN eliminates two CFL preseason games from 2023 broadcast schedule
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#CFL | #TSN
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Bold prediction: Khari Jones wins more games with whichever team hires him next than Danny Mac ever will on the Montreal sideline. #CFL #AlsMTL
BREAKING: Montreal Alouettes' GM Danny Maciocia taking over head coaching duties from Khari Jones
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#MontreALS #Alouettes #AlsMTL #Montreal #CFL
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I’m calling it right now, this is the catch of the year. Nothing about this score makes any sense, but somehow Daniels pirouettes with an inch of space along the sideline while completely blanketed and gets in. Absolutely unbelievable. #CFL #Argos
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Today is my 24th birthday.
If anyone is looking for a good gift, may I suggest the return of the #CFL to the field, the preservation of its rules and history, and the guaranteed protection of the ratio.
Seems reasonable enough.
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Me escaping the four-down debate only to have to fight about the ratio again… #CFL
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Whichever member of the Stampeders' front office found Jaylon Hutchings deserves a pay raise.
He's so unbelievably disruptive. Might be the most underrated part of their defensive turnaround thus far.
#CFL #Stampeders #TogetherWeRide
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It is hard to overstate just how incredible this is or what it means for U Sports football.
Elgersma is not a gimmick or a media creation. He is a unicorn with the potential to do things that were previously unprecedented.
#NFL #NFLDraft #SeniorBowl #USports #Laurier
BREAKING: Canadian QB Taylor Elgersma accepts invite to Senior Bowl, marquee all-star game in NFL Draft process
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#Laurier #GoldenHawks #OUA #USports #NFL #NFLDraft
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Every single discussion I’ve seen regarding what an XFL/NFL partnership means for the CFL seems to ignore the reality that the NFL already had a feeder league for more than a decade not that long ago and it didn’t cripple #CFL talent at all.
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Please stop with the NFL-CFL thing. It is a bad idea with no basis in reality and frankly doesn’t even work logistically as a concept.
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Jemarcus Hardrick carrying undrafted 🇨🇦 Dylan Schrott on his shoulders after his long ball TD is one of my favourite football moments, even if it is preseason. The incredible culture that O’Shea instills in the Bombers locker room really showed in this game
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Sources: Edmonton Elks agree to terms with American DL Jared Brinkman
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The reaction of the average #CFL fan to Andre Proulx always serves as a startling reminder to me that anti-francophone bias is still a thing in this country.
Andre Proulx is the most consistent ref in the CFL. Has been for years. If you haven’t realized that, you’re either not paying attention or have something against his French accent. The fact people in the crowd booed when he was announced shows how clueless the average fan is.
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B.C. Lions confirm Vernon Adams Jr. will be traded, won’t give QB a ‘say’ on destination
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Heartbreaking to see @sfu_athletics axe their football program after years of mismanagement at the highest level. Making this decision right now, with no warning, has harmed all their athletes. Truly disgusting. I hope a strong group of @SFU alumni can fight this to the end.
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⚠️Language warning ⚠️
Alouettes’ head coach Jason Maas addresses his Grey Cup-winning team on his 48th birthday.
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‘I stand by what I said’: B.C. Lions’ QB Nathan Rourke doesn’t regret Chad Kelly harassment comments despite loss to Argos
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#CFL #BCLions #RoarLikeNeverBefore #Argos #PullTogether #BeMoreThanABystander
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It would appear that all the people who were upset with #CFL Command Centre overreach last week would now like them to make more judgment calls in super Slo-Mo without conclusive evidence.
Never change football fans. Never change.
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Kurtis Rourke, younger brother of CFL star Nathan, breaks Ohio Bobcats’ single-game passing record with 500-yard performance
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#CFL #NCAAFootball #OUohyeah #MACtion
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The Vernon Adams Jr. era in B.C. has officially come to a close.
There were some rocky early days (I still have some film to watch😉) but VA's growth as a QB and person has been impressive to witness. Calgary gets a top 3 CFL passer IMO.
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#CFL #BCLions
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When we finally eat the rich, let me be first in line for 🍴 on Tanenbaum.
The #Argos have fallen behind the rest of the #CFL on every marketing front despite having the richest owner, and he complains that franchises aren’t worth hundreds of millions. Look in the mirror, Larry!
MLSE chairman Larry Tanenbaum 'not happy' with structure of CFL
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#Argos #Argonauts #PullTogether #Toronto #CFL
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Time to find out if cutting my feet off would make me a better sprinter.
Seriously guys, as a 24-year-old in an area of low CFL popularity I have heard every reason why people my age don’t watch. Spoiler alert: it has nothing to do with the rules.
Time to find out if four downs would add life to the Canadian Football League torontosun.com/sports/footba… #CFL via @sportsdanbarnes
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This is just a terrible move by the #CFL. They successfully quashed all bad press by swiftly changing the rules, bringing it back up now is nonsensical.
Also, fining a CFLPA VP for speaking out on behalf of players does not seem like a good way to endear yourself to the union.
CFL fines four kickers for blowing whistle on microchipped footballs, including Bombers’ Sergio Castillo
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#CFL #Bombers #ForTheW #Riders #RiderNation #BCLions #RoarLikeNeverBefore #Redblacks #RNation
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Edmonton Elks QB Tre Ford showed off his arm talent earlier today at the University at Buffalo Pro Day.
The eighth overall pick in the 2022 CFL Draft was granted permission to perform at the event as a workout arm.
#CFL #NFL #Elks #GoElks #ElksCharge
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One of the first CFL scouts I met in person and one of the ones I respected most. If the world was a just place, Ted would have been a GM years ago. Instead, he’s gone months after taking over his hometown team. He deserved more time and we all deserved more Ted.
#CFL #Ticats
Hamilton Tiger-Cats GM Ted Goveia has passed away
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#Ticats #Hamilton #HamONT #Bombers #CFL
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God I love the ridiculousness of CFL football ops.
Chris Jones was there to neg list Barrett, then had time to win a Grey Cup, bolt for Saskatchewan, bolt for Cleveland, coach a Tennessee high school, make a surprise return to Toronto, and still get rehired in time to sign him.
Edmonton added QB J.T. Barrett to their neg list on Nov. 10, 2014.
2,636 days later, they have their man.
#Elks | #ElksCharge | #Edmonton | #CFL
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I hate that this is even a discussion and everyone associated with Canadian football should too.
If they reduce the return game in the CFL, we should riot in the streets.
At its winter meetings in Nashville, TN, the @CFL is discussing measures that would significantly reduce the number of kickoffs and kick returns in its game, in the name of player safety. I will have more tonight on @SportsCentre. #CFL
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I can confirm that Dubeau has officially made it to BC Place!
Superfan Bobby Dubeau attends game in all nine CFL stadiums over 15 days to set Guinness World Record
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#CFL #BCLions #RoarLikeNeverBefore #Elks #Stampeders #Riders #Bombers #Argos #Ticats #AlsMTL #RNation
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Wake is the 33rd player to cross the century sack mark. Him and John Randle are the only undrafted players to do it. He is the only person to do it without taking an NFL snap for 4 years after his draft year. Incredible... #BCLions #CFL #PFHOF
Former #BCLions pass rusher, Cam Wake (@Kold91) records 100th career #NFL sack 3downnation.com/2019/09/08/f… #Tennessee #Titans #TitanUp #Miami #Dolphins #NFL #CFL
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Canadian prime minister Mark Carney backs Saskatchewan Roughriders in 112th Grey Cup
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#Saskatchewan #Riders #CFL #GreyCup
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CFL M.O.P. finalist Nathan Rourke not ‘chasing dollars,’ won’t pursue NFL again without meaningful opportunity
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#CFL #BCLions #RoarAsOne #NFL
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I can’t speak to Mr. Doman’s character and only time will tell his willingness to spend for the #BCLions, but on the surface you couldn’t find a better owner.
Deep pockets, local, a member of the South Asian community vital for growth. Slam dunk. #ThisIsOurPride
Amar Doman 'honoured' to become new owner of B.C. Lions, challenges fans to sell out BC Place on Thursday
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#BCLions | #Vancouver | #CFL
📸: @BCLions
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B.C. Lions save best for last as Sean Whyte kicks walkoff winner in West Semi-Final (& 12 other thoughts)
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#CFL #BCLions #RoarAsOne #GCPlayoffs
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I’m fully in favour of naturalized 🇨🇦 status for 🇺🇸s after 5 yrs, so long as the ratio is expanded to ensure 🇨🇦 citizens continue to have similar opportunities.
I’m not in favour of naturalizing every Joe Blow who finishes his first contract and eating up 🇨🇦 starting roles. #CFL
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In the span of a week and a half, we went from “WPG vs HAM: Grey Cup Preview” to “literally anyone is capable of winning, nothing makes sense anymore”. Good god I love the #CFL
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Is there a sound quite as sweet as hearing Bo Levi Mitchell get picked off by backup DBs? Asking for a friend… #BCLions #Stampeders #CFL
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My interpretation is Alexander’s foot pivoted as he was driving off it, but it’s impossible to tell if the portion over the white is actually in contact with the ground or lifting with his stride.
Inconclusive evidence means call on the field stands. #CFL Command got it right.
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Adam Bighill fine with not 'maximizing value' in exchange for another year on Winnipeg's 'dark side' defence
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#CFL #Bombers #ForTheW #Winnipeg
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I find declining CFL attendance as concerning as the next guy, but any conversation about it that doesn’t include the fact it’s a cross-sport problem is missing the point.
It’s declining for all leagues & it’s never going back up to peak levels. You can’t be gate-driven anymore.
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Both the CFL's public and private media live stats aren't working for this game again.
Just the most important weekend of the regular season. No big deal...
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To be frank, I am only okay with the #CFL bending their rules for the 5 #Argos players because they are already allowing unvaccinated #Ticats to play a road game, which they would be barred from if they were playing literally any other opponent. #CFLPlayoffs
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Dome-field advantage returns (& eight other thoughts on the B.C. Lions’ blowout win over Edmonton)
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#CFL #RoarLikeNeverBefore #BCLions #ThisIsOurPride
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45 minutes to kickoff and the lines are long at every gate for Touchdown Pacific. The atmosphere is anticipatory, with lots of eager Lions fans filing in. A few representatives from all eight other franchises as well.
#CFL #BCLions #TouchdownPacific
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