Dave’s Football Blog

You have to hand it to Dave Stala of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Most CFL players couldn’t play keepie-uppie with a spherical football, let alone an oblong ball with pointy ends. It’s a fine display of showmanship. I fully expect Chad Ochocinco to steal this touchdown celebration, at least during the preseason. Meanwhile, that play-by-play guy [...]

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Need a break from the World Cup? Want to start getting your gridiron fix early, brain studies be damned? You’re in luck. It’s Canada Day north of the border, and our neighbors are celebrating properly — with football. The Canadian Football League season kicks off tonight at 7:00 PM, as the Montreal Alouettes travel west [...]

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Meet Nyrel Sevilla. He’s six years old, and he’s here to knock your sorry ass into next week, bitch. And unlike Ben Roethlisberger, he’ll never have any trouble playing with a concussion. Here’s a quick glance at some other stories worth reading: The Saskatchewan Roughriders lost the Grey Cup when Montreal’s missed field goal was [...]

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In lieu of actual posting today, I’m just going to direct you to these sites… The Calgary Stampeders won the Grey Cup yesterday. That’s about all I can tell you about that, as I was too depressed to watch any more football after seeing the Carolina Panthers stink up the join in Atlanta. (Moron that [...]

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Soccer by Ives is reporting that Montreal has exited the Major League Soccer expansion race. Joey Saputo, co-owner of the USL-1 Montreal Impact, tabled the bid yesterday, citing concerns over getting Saputo Stadium re-financed to get the necessary cash for the expansion bid. That seems pretty likely. The Canadian dollar, which was equal to the [...]

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Remember when people were comparing and contrasting the touchdown celebrations of Chad Johnson and Steve Smith? Remember how Roger Goodell did everything in his power to drop the hammer on both of them to end future celebrations? Imagine if Goodell saw this in an NFL game: Tell me those guys wouldn’t get Pacmanned on general [...]

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