CFL names Bell Media SVP, former TSN president Stewart Johnston as 15th commissioner
Johnston had worked with the CFL on rights deals since 2006. Now, he'll be doing so from the league side.
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CFL referee Ben Major forgets to ask ‘heads or tails’ during Grey Cup coin toss
"Check that. I have to ask, what do you want?"
‘God is a Bombers’ fan!’ Announcers cite divine intervention for CFL wind gusts
"The football gods just smiled on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers."
Rare walk-off overtime punt ends CFL game: ‘THAT! JUST! HAPPENED!’
"A WALK-OFF ROUGE TO END THE SEASON AND WIN IT FOR EDMONTON!"
CFL ref’s hilarious deadpan rule explanation cracked up announcers
"The kick hit the scoreboard...which is pretty odd. We're going to redo everything."
CFL all-star Shawn Lemon suspended until August hearing over 2021 bets
A CFL gambling scandal took a turn Thursday with an arbitrator's ruling.
Latest Chad Kelly media blunder comes from Argos’ quickly retracted statement he was suspended
The Argonauts announced Kelly had been put on the suspended list, then retracted that.
After CFL media and executive furor, Chad Kelly’s no longer participating in Argos’ training camp
"The team's focus is on training camp activities with the players available."
CFL, Argos face media crisis around Chad Kelly suspension
CFL QB Chad Kelly responds to harassment lawsuit eight days later with tweet, then deletes it
After speaking out publicly with a tweet eight days after a lawsuit against him, Argos' QB Kelly deleted that tweet.
The CFL is actually investigating harassment allegations against Chad Kelly now, almost a week after they came out
Almost a full week after the lawsuit alleging harassment by Chad Kelly was filed, the CFL is now investigating.
CFL and Argonauts under fire for limited response to lawsuit alleging harassment by Chad Kelly
The CFL's response to Chad Kelly allegations has taken criticism.
Boomer Esiason defends his CFL comments, urges Canada to ‘let it go’
"If he was good enough to stay here he would stay here, he wouldn’t be signing with the Canadian Football League."
CFL team conducts hilarious signing announcement
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers used a photo of Chris Streveler's famed fur coat to announce his return.
‘F*** you, just watch’: Cody Fajardo’s pre-Grey Cup speech on rankings credited in Als’ win
"'Cody, you're 0-9 against Zach Collaros!' You know what I say? 'F*** you! Just watch!'"
110th Grey Cup continues positive CFL TV momentum in Canada
TSN averaged more than 2.8 million viewers for their English-language Grey Cup coverage, while RDS averaged more than 750,000 for their French-language coverage.
Marc-Antoine Dequoy’s epic Grey Cup postgame rant on CFL bilingualism shows long-running issue
"Keep your English! Because we're taking the Cup!"
CFL world goes wild over May news Grey Cup will be on free streaming only in the U.S.
The Grey Cup was announced as being part of the free U.S. streaming CFL+ package in May. But that got termed a "Friday news dump" this week.
CFL set for first Punjabi game broadcast with B.C. Lions-Edmonton Elks clash Saturday
"This will be a historic moment for Canada connecting a game that is a part of Canadian roots with a growing South Asian community that is so passionate about Canadian sports."
CFL on TSN panel smashed watermelons on air as part of theme night
"I have been told we have to clean this up as a team."
CFL gets Castellanosed, with sideline feature on plant sculpture weddings interrupted by touchdown
Kenzie Lalonde's sculpture wedding feature was interrupted by a 64-yard catch and run TD from Hamilton's Tyreik McAllister.
FanDuel VP calls CFL ‘brilliant at coming to the table,’ says deal is ‘a real opportunity to work with TSN’
"It’s a real opportunity to work with TSN and help them elevate the stars around the CFL. That’s a big part of this partnership, integrating with the TSN broadcast."
Four weeks into its season, the CFL still has major stats issues, but now has a gambling deal
"We’re doing it because what comes out the other side of this is going to be capabilities that frankly we couldn’t have dreamt of in the past."
After Bell abruptly killed TSN 1260, Edmonton Elks plan to give station a proper farewell
The Elks are doing a "$12.60 section" for their next home game, featuring discounted tickets and TSN 1260 hosts from over the years.
