The Canadian Football League fined Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and BC Lions for surpassing the 2023 Salary Expenditure Cap. These financial penalties highlight the league’s stringent enforcement of the Salary Management System to ensure a level playing field.
Draft day is a day where general managers are full of hope. They’re hopeful their first pick is a member of the organization for a long time. They’re hopeful that their second and third round picks come into camp and make the team.
VANCOUVER — The BC Lions announced Friday the signing of American punter Shane McDonough to the training camp roster. McDonough (six-foot-one, 210 pounds)- the native of Clearwater, Florida earned an invite to the Hula Bowl and attended mini-camp with the Green Bay Packers in 2023 after playing his senior season of college at North Carolina State.
TORONTO — The Canadian Football League has levied fines against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and BC Lions for exceeding the league’s Salary Expenditure Cap in 2023.
TORONTO — As the players had the scenario explained to them, you could often see the pain in their faces. With players from across the league pulled together last week in Hamilton for the CFL’s content shoot, we offered them a handful of questions about the coming year and their thoughts on their peers.
MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes announced Friday that the team has signed a deal with American defensive lineman Jordan Wright. Wright (six-foot-five, 233 pounds) played 54 career games in six seasons with the Kentucky Wildcats.
As the 2024 season approaches, CFL.ca is here to catch you up with the 5 Things To Know series. Each article will look at key storylines facing each team
The time will come when Joel Dublanko and Kevin Mital cross paths on a CFL game day. The key details — where that’ll happen and the colour of the uniforms, for example — are still missing, but that day is in front of us.
CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders have re-signed global linebacker Lino Schröter, the team announced on Thursday. A second-round selection by the Stampeders in the 2023 global draft and a native of Troisdorf, Germany, Schröter attended Calgary’s training camp a year ago and saw action in one preseason game, recording one defensive tackle.
How is everyone enjoying the calm before the storm? Beyond everyone on ‘Lucky Whitehead Watch’ we are pretty much done with any major free agency news.
Dominique Rhymes might want to look for a side job in marketing for the city of Ottawa. The Miami, Florida product is unabashedly in love with his adopted hometown and fiercely committed to bringing the Grey Cup back to the nation’s capital in his second stint with the Ottawa REDBLACKS.
OTTAWA — The Ottawa REDBLACKS announced on Thursday that running back Devonte Williams recently underwent successful surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon suffered during off-season training.
As the 2024 season approaches, CFL.ca is here to catch you up with the 5 Things To Know series. Each article will look at key storylines facing each team this season, while examining off-season movement and where your team might stand in 2024. There was some uncertainty about what 2023 would look like for the BC Lions.
TORONTO — Bradley Hladik is almost reaching a goal that every kid who falls in love with football dreams of. The versatile UBC fullback/long snapper played the sport his entire life, competing with someone who is already living the dream in BC Lions linebacker Ben Hladik.
The Edmonton Elks receiver was among six CFL players who spent a week on a mission in Africa last month.
Just a few weeks out from training camp opening, James Butler is buoyed by optimism. Picturing himself playing on Tim Hortons Field, he sees a healthy Bo Levi Mitchell with a wealth of talented receivers at his disposal.
HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced Tuesday, the football club has signed a pair of Americans including defensive back Shakur Brown and defensive lineman Derrick Tangelo.
EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks have signed defensive back American KiShawn Walker, the club announced Tuesday. Walker joins the Green and Gold after appearing in three games with the San Diego Strike Force of the Indoor Football League (IFL) in 2024, where he recorded 12 total tackles and two interceptions.
TORONTO — The storybook scenario for Jackson Sombach would be to have travelled across the country to earn himself a ticket to a pro career, then to never have to leave home again.
AJ Ouellette knows that anonymity will simply not exist in his new life as a running back for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He will be recognized on quick trips to the grocery store.
OTTAWA — The Ottawa REDBLACKS introduced the club’s personnel and operations staff on Tuesday, ahead of the 2024 CFL season. Led by general manager Shawn
Eugene Lewis is not one to express envy. Envy, it seems, gets crowded out of his psyche by the gratitude he harbours. It’s a sense that has been heightened by recent personal experiences.
With movement to the offensive line for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, they have been looking for some help at offensive tackle. The Bombers found someone who could help by signing former NFL draft pick Larnel Coleman.
The Toronto Argonauts announced today that they have signed linebacker Khalan Tolson and wide receiver Trea Shropshire. Following the success of signing players like Shawn Oakman, Dejon Allen and Tarvarus McFadden — three former XFL players — the Argonauts continue to scour non-NFL leagues for talent.
It has become a family affair in Calgary as Stampeders general manager and head coach Dave Dickenson has hired his brother Craig Dickerson to join the coaching staff as a senior consultant.
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