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Watch Ex-Canadian Football Greats Joe Kapp and Angelo Mosca Brawl As Only Old Guys Can: With Canes

Sean Newell — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:30:00 EST

As you can see, ex-CFL stars Kapp and Mosca came to blows during an alumni luncheon during Grey Cup Weekend. The scuffle occurred when, for some reason, highlights were shown from a championship game where ~~Kapp~~ Mosca made a controversial hit on ~~Mosca's~~ Kapp's teammate, Willie Fleming, forcing him out of the game. Despite Kapp's peace offering of flowers, Mosca was having none of it. More »

Pryor To Saskatchewan: Drop Dead

Jack Dickey — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:00:00 EDT

Yesterday we brought you word that the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders, employers of one Chris Leak, had acquired negotiating rights to Columbus-area sports memorabilia dealer Terrelle Pryor. Today, Canada heard the bad news: Pryor is apparently not down with three downs. More »

Terrelle Pryor Is Threatening Chris Leak's Saskatchewan Roughriders Roster Spot

Jack Dickey — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 20:30:00 EDT

Regina just ain't big enough for the both of 'em. Because neither is really a competent passer, and both are long separated from their former glory. More »

The Strangest End To A Football Game We've Ever Seen

Barry Petchesky — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:50:00 EDT

Do yourself a favor and watch the video before you read the explanation of what the hell happened here. Trust us. More »

Last Night's Winner: Quarterback In A Bra!

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:45:51 EDT

In sports, everyone is a winner-some people just win better than others. Like CFL QB Henry Burris, photographed wearing a bra, with a woman who's not his wife. Oh, and the pictures fell into the hands of the fanbase he spurned. More »

Hey Football Fans, Quiet Down A Little

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:30:00 EDT

According to an opinion piece in a major newspaper, you really shouldn't cheer so loudly at games. The other team can't hear their quarterback's signals, and that's not fair. More »

Save The Endangered Canadian Beer Snake

Barry Petchesky — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:00:00 EDT

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are considering banning the age-old Canadian pastime of stacking beer cups, after spectators were "slightly injured" during this record-breaking attempt last week. Aw, but it almost reached the 55-yard line! [CBC] More »

A Wheelchair-Bound Fan Storms Field During CFL Game

A.J. Daulerio — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:05:00 EDT

Now this is how you disrupt a game. I assume this person is handicapped but the details on his great murderball ride to freedom are scarce. Provide them if you can, please. Thank God they didn't tase him. [YouTube via Orlando Kurtenblog] More »

Legendary Cup Stacking At A CFL Game

Barry Petchesky — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:45:00 EDT

America, fuck yeah! Stacking empties at a football game, creating a cup snake that runs for rows! Oh wait, it's in Canada. Carry on, then. More »

Canada Finally Figures Out How To Make Football Fun

Barry Petchesky — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:15:00 EDT

The CFL finally gets a fantasy league, named — wait for it — Fantas-Eh Football. Perfect for all of you who have been bemoaning the lack of a "rouge" scoring category in your own leagues. [Regina Leader-Post] More »

CFL Slowly Morphing Into XFL

Barry Petchesky — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:35:00 EST

Get rid of sudden death? We'll get rid of extra points. The CFL attempts to out-excitement the NFL yet again, this time considering making the the two-point conversion mandatory in overtime. But what about the rouge?! [TSN] More »

Tebow And The CFL: A Match Made In Inevitable, Inevitable Heaven

Barry Petchesky — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:00:00 EST

I'm not saying Tebow's negotiations with the Montreal Alouettes are evidence he will wash out of the draft, then head north to play football. I'm just saying the CFL pays better than the UFL. More »

Today In TMZish Sports: Matt Kemp Gets Handsy And A Dwarf Cock-Blocks A Boxer (UPDATE)

A.J. Daulerio — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:40:29 EST

These are some of the things that are happening in the nether regions of the sports gossip world. This news is not breaking. It is not exclusive. There are no exclamation points. We did not pay for these photos. More »

Another Roughrider Goes Home Disappointed

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:15:04 EST

The Saskatchewan Roughriders are not sticking the Grey Cup anywhere after last night's last-second defeat in the CFL championship. It's going to be a long winter up there. More »

Alouettes! Roughriders! It's the 97th Grey Cup!

Barry Petchesky — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:15:00 EST

The battle for the CFL championship kicks off in a few minutes (I think they have kickoffs), and we'll soon know once and for all which is the greatest football city on earth: Montreal or Regina. [CFL] More »

Below-Freezing Wind Chill Not Enough To Deter Grey Cup Revelers

Weed Against Speed — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:10:39 EST

An "ice hazard" and wind chills dipping to four-below-zero didn't stop thousands of Canadians from turning out to attend today's Grey Cup parade in Calgary. The fact that Elisha Cuthbert was Grand Marshal probably didn't hurt attendance. [TSN] More »

CFL Player Gets Stabbed After Attending KISS Concert (Updated)

Weed Against Speed — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:10:37 EST

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Calgary Stampeders tight end Teyo Johnson got stabbed at a party Thursday night after he went to a ~~KISS~~ concert. Apparently, it has been learned that it was a DJ Tiesto concert - not KISS. Same difference, right? [TSN] More »

Canada Blaming Canada For Shaming Canada

Barry Petchesky — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:30:00 EDT

Our usually easygoing neighbors to the north are up in arms about Canada's junior hockey team suiting up in green jerseys. I'd make a joke about this move being made for the green, if Canada didn't use crazy monopoly money. More »

You're Not Dispelling Any Stereotypes Here, CFL

Barry Petchesky — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:45:00 EDT

Think that Browns rookie was pissed? After a practice spat, a CFL lineman stormed off the field, then returned waving a shovel. What a uniquely Canadian way to settle an argument. [AP] More »

Teams Giving Refunds For Poor Play Could Bankrupt American Sports

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:30:00 EDT

Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »

Winnipeg Stockpiling Malcontents

Nash Landesman — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:15:32 EDT

Charles Rogers, the original Matt Millen WR bust, will be joining Pac Man in Winnipeg. Since his 2005 release, Rogers has been battling drug addition to return to football. He reportedly still owes the Lions $8.5 Million[PFT] More »

Adam Jones Heads To Great White North

Dashiell Bennett — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:40:52 EDT

The Pack-Man, as I will always know him, signed a one-year deal with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL. I wonder if NAFTA covers importation of strip club labor. [Canadian Press] More »

CFL Lineman Sacks Purse Snatcher On Streets Of Edmonton

Dashiell Bennett — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:30:25 EDT

Because we all need to believe in the power of sport again, here's a story involving an athlete that has a happy ending. If reading about a thief get crunched by a professional football player makes you happy, that is. More »

Well This Is Quite The Michael Jackson Tribute

A.J. Daulerio — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:54:34 EDT

Toronto Argos receiver Arland Bruce decided he'd "pay tribute" to Michael Jackson after his first touchdown by stripping off his pads and playing dead. [ESPN] More »

J. Jonah Jameson Is Not Amused

Rick Chandler — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:00:53 EDT

Eat your heart out, T.O. This young man is Arland Bruce III, speedy receiver for the Toronto Argonauts, who play a strange variation of the game of football which includes 16 players per side, among them horses, elves and hobbits. Also the ball is made entirely of bacon. But another thing that makes the Canadian Football League rather awesome; their scoring celebrations. Bruce's latest came against the Hamilton Tiger Cats on Monday night, when, after a catching a TD pass, he somehow produced a Spider-Man mask and pranced around the end zone while wearing it. Video following the jump. More »

The CFL Reminds Us That Its Football Is Colder Than Ours

Rick Chandler — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:00:04 EDT

"It's a league of ice. Of fog, of mud, and wind. And for one Sunday in November, it is the nation's glue." The CFL has produced a new video — shown following the jump — honoring the grand tradition that is football on a 110-foot-long field. It's part of their “This is Our League” ad campaign. And since Tuesday was Canada's 141st birthday, I will not mock it. Besides, it's actually pretty good. More »

Peter Warrick Is Still Bitter About The Heisman Trophy

Will Leitch — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:30:10 EDT

So, what has Peter Warrick been up to? Well, as you might suspect, he's floating around the Canadian Football League, training with the Montreal Alouettes. And he's still grouchy about how his American football career went down. More »

Naked Canadians Sprinting

Leitch — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:30:53 EDT

We're not sure what they were putting in the Molson during the Calgary Stampeders/Edmonton Eskimos CFL game over Labor Day weekend, but it clearly was pretty strong. There were streakers everywhere! More »

Hey, The CFL Ain't So Bad

sussman — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 15:30:00 EDT

So you just can't wait until the NFL starts up? The suspense is killing you? Well, in Canada it's been football season for quite some time now. And I'm not saying that in some kind of pompous "I mean real football, which you silly Americans call soccer" fashion. More »

Charles Rogers, Finding A Home Up North?

Leitch — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:10:55 EDT

We think we've found a great future job for Lions general manager / president Matt Millen, if he's ever actually fired by Detroit. (Ha. Right.) He would make a grand scout for the CFL. More »

Violation At The Bottom Of The Pile

Leitch — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:40:29 EDT

In case you missed your weekly glance at the CFL transactions wire, Edmonton Eskimos linebacker A.J. Gass was suspended for one game after he threw an opponent's helmet across the field. (Mercifully, his head wasn't in it.) More »

Milt Stegall Sets CFL Touchdown Record

skeets — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:08:30 EDT

You may not know this, but the Gawker Overlords have me hooked up to this machine that electrocutes me every time I even thi— BUZZ! Ah! Dammit! Every time I even think about posting a CFL stor— BUZZ! Shit! Story. But guess wha— BUZZ! Ouch! I don't care. Milt Stegall— BUZZ! Milt Stegall deserves his props, dammit! BUZZ! Fuck! OK, now that one really hurt. More »

Ricky Williams Has Had Just About Enough Of Canada, Thanks

Leitch — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:30:59 EST

For those of you not up on your Grey Cup, the East semifinals are this weekend, featuring the Winnipeg Blue Bombers against the Toronto Argonauts and our old friend Ricky Williams. During a practice interview — the interview was real, but it was after practice, if you'll forgive our somewhat misplaced modifier — Williams was asked typical dumb "can you step it up for the playoffs?" questions by a TV reporter, and Williams, doing a poor job of hiding the fact that he could give two shits about the freaking Canadian playoffs, went off a little bit. More »

See You Later, Whizzinator

mjdeadspin — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 17:11:43 EDT

You know, if you're an NFL running back, and you get caught at an airport with any sort of a prosthetic penis, it's probably a good idea to also be a very, very, good running back. Otherwise, anytime you're ever mentioned for any reason, someone's going to bring up your rubber dong. I will now demonstrate. More »

Ricky's Canadian Debut

mjdeadspin — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 17:10:52 EDT

Ricky Williams made his Canadian Football League debut last night in a pre-season exhibition game for the Toronto Argonauts. It looks like Ricky's domination of the Canadian game is not a given. He had seven yards on four carries. And I think his numbers get even worse when you consider the exchange rate. More »

Things To Do In Toronto When You're Narcotized

Leitch — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:15:50 EDT

In what seems like a logical move to us, the CFL's Toronto Argonauts are making a run at Ricky Williams, now that he's suspended from the NFL for a year. More »