By Perry Lefko Ryan King is living the ultimate dream as a professional football player born and raised in Edmonton, playing for the Eskimos and fortunate enough to have won a Grey Cup with the team. Yet, he is also aware of how much the community and his family helped him accomplish all of this. […]
By Perry Lefko Identical twin brothers Justin and Jordan Herdman are living the dream playing in the Canadian Football League and carrying on the middle linebacker legacy of their father, James Reed. Earlier this season, the Herdman brothers played on opposing teams – Jordan with the B.C. Lions and Justin with the Toronto Argonauts – […]
By Perry Lefko Rob Maver is in his ninth season with the Calgary Stampeders and is the only active punter and/or kicker in the Canadian Football League who has played his entire career with the same team, which has allowed him to establish roots and connections in the community. Within the past two years, he […]
By Perry Lefko Meet Marc-Oliver Brouillette, a football player who is also a philosopher and might qualify as one of the most interesting people you will ever meet in the Canadian Football League. The Saskatchewan Roughriders’ safety, who prefers to be called Marc-O, is a vegan, animal welfare activist, lawyer and an avid reader who […]
By Perry Lefko The road to redemption for Adrian Tracy as a person and as a football player runs through the streets of the city of Hamilton, Ontario. It is here that the Ticats’ rush end has learned about human kindness, faith, love, hockey and, yes, football ‘Oskee Wee Wee’ style. Now in his third […]
With the official release of the 2018 CFL Trading Card set, we wanted to crack open fresh set to show YOU just what this amazing set has inside. In this pull, we managed to reveal (Aug. 30th, 2018): Dylan Wynn – Toronto Argonauts Faith Ekakitie – Montreal Alouettes Dariusz Bladek – Saskatchewan Roughriders Luc Brodeur-Jourdain […]
By Perry Lefko For someone who has only been affiliated with the Canadian Football League for less than two years, quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson has come to truly understand and appreciate its history and, in his own way, is contributing to it with one of the truly special stories so far in the 2018 season. Bethel-Thompson […]