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The COVID-19 pandemic robbed the Montreal Alouettes of a 2020 season and co-owner Sidney Spiegel the chance to see his franchise play.Mr. Spiegel died Wednesday in Toronto. Both the Alouettes and CFL confirmed Mr. Siegel’s passing in separate statements Friday.Mr. Spiegel’s age wasn’t divulged. But he was listed as being...

Bills general manager Brandon Beane told The Associated Press on Monday he is giving himself before the start of the regular season to negotiate a long-term extension with quarterback Josh Allen before putting off discussions until next year.Beane wouldn’t specify an exact date in saying the two sides have agreed...

The COVID-19 pandemic robbed the Montreal Alouettes of a 2020 season and co-owner Sidney Spiegel the chance to see his franchise play.Spiegel died Wednesday in Toronto. Both the Alouettes and CFL confirmed Siegel’s passing in separate statements Friday.Spiegel’s age wasn’t divulged. But he was listed as being 89 when he...

Aaron Rodgers has made it to Green Bay on the eve of the Packers’ first training-camp workout.Rodgers was seen arriving at Lambeau Field on Tuesday morning, the day after NFL Network and ESPN reported the reigning MVP was closing in on a deal that would keep him with the Packers...

The NFL has informed teams they could potentially forfeit a game because of a COVID-19 outbreak among non-vaccinated players, and players on both teams wouldn’t get paid that week.Commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday the league doesn’t anticipate adding a 19th week to accommodate games that can’t be rescheduled within 18-week...

A lawyer for a suspended CFL player says his client is not a suspect in a possible hate crime.Calvin Barry, the lawyer for Chris Larsen, says the Ottawa Redblacks defensive lineman talked to police and has been cleared for an alleged assault on Toronto Island on June 5.The Redblacks suspended...

He’s vying with youngsters Nick Arbuckle and Antonio Pipkin to be the Toronto Argonauts’ starter but the only quarterback competition veteran McLeod Bethel-Thompson is focused on is the one he faces daily from within.“I don’t think I’m competing for a starting job, I’m competing against myself,” he said. “I’m just...

Training camp is a time for learning for both the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and rookie Jake Burt.Hamilton selected the former Boston College tight end first over all in this year’s CFL draft intrigued by the possibilities his athleticism could bring. Head coach Orlondo Steinauer said the team is seeing first-hand what...

President Joe Biden welcomed Tom Brady and the Super Bowl-winning Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the White House on Tuesday, the first visit by the reigning NFL champions since 2017.It was Brady’s first visit since 2005 with the New England Patriots when George W. Bush was in office. Brady has won...

Mike Filer has called it a career.The Hamilton Tiger-Cats veteran centre announced his retirement Monday after playing eight seasons with the CFL club.Filer, 31, re-signed with Hamilton on May 28 and opened training camp with the team July 10.The six-foot-two, 290-pound native of Brantford, Ont., was originally selected in the...

They understand ultimately a decision will have to be made, but neither Jeremiah Masoli nor Dane Evans feel they’re in a competition for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ starting quarterback job.The two friends are vying for the top spot in training camp after both saw significant time under centre in 2019, when...

Shane Richards is a different man at the Toronto Argonauts’ training camp.The hulking 6-foot-8 offensive lineman reported to Toronto’s camp Saturday weighing about 290 pounds – some 60 pounds less than what he weighed at the end of the 2019 season. His transformation is even more remarkable given Richards, who...

Shane Ray is thankful to be playing football again, even if it’s with a new team and in a new league he knows precious little about.The six-foot-three, 245-pound defensive end is battling for a roster spot with the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts. Just six years ago, Ray was taken in the...

Damon Allen will work with the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders’ coaching staff as part of the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship program.It’s the same program former CFL quarterback Henry Burris participated in last year with the Chicago Bears. The Bears decided to keep Burris on their staff for the 2021...

With partnership talks having ceased with the XFL, the CFL has set its sights firmly on a return to play. Training camps are set to open Friday with a 14-game season slated to start Aug. 5.But the prospect of CFL football finally returning after the 2020 season was cancelled because...

Veteran linebacker Simoni Lawrence and head coach Orlondo Steinauer don’t see the Hamilton Tiger-Cats being burdened by the weight of expectation in 2021.After cancelling the 2020 campaign because of the pandemic, the CFL resumes play Aug. 5 with a 14-game regular season. Hamilton played in the league’s last showcase, losing...

Neither time or the COVID-19 pandemic have diminished Khari Jones’s optimism for the Montreal Alouettes.The Alouettes exceeded all expectations in 2019 by finishing second in the East Division with a 10-8 record in Jones’s first year as head coach. That earned Montreal its first winning season since 2012 and ended...

The CFL-XFL partnership talks have come to an end.In March, the CFL and XFL announced they were poised to begin serious talks about a potential partnership. Neither side said who initiated talks first, only that they’d agreed to collaborating on ways to grow football.But that came to an end Wednesday.“Our...

Canadian defensive tackle Eli Ankou has signed a one-year contract with the Buffalo Bills.The Ottawa native broke into the NFL in 2017 when he joined the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent out of UCLA.Ankou also has spent time with the Jacksonville Jaguars, Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts, Dallas Cowboys...

Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback and No. 1 overall pick Trevor Lawrence signed his four-year rookie contract Monday, clearing the way for him to attend the start of training camp in three weeks.Under the NFL’s rookie slotting system, Lawrence’s deal was projected to be worth $36.8-million and included a $24.1-million signing bonus....