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Als, Lions take different paths to meet

T he Montreal Alouettes and B.C. Lions head into Sunday’s East Division final having travelled very different roads to get here. The Alouettes blew out of the gate by winning their first seven games of the season. The Lions started off 1-4 and then had ...

From DAVID NAYLOR, Globe and Mail,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Brent Johnson,  Anthony Calvillo,  Wally Buono

Division finals

E ast Division final B.C. Lions (8-10, 1-0 playoffs) at Montreal Alouettes (15-3, 0-0) Tomorrow The quirkiness of the CFL playoff structure has served to deliver Montreal the one team it should fear most. The Lions have played the Als tough in the ...

From DAVID NAYLOR, Globe and Mail,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Anthony Calvillo,  Casey Printers,  Henry Burris,  Joffrey Reynolds

From Buffalo to the CFL and back

A couple of developments in Buffalo this week could have rather significant implications in the CFL. Start with the firing of Bills head coach Dick Jauron on Tuesday, nine games into his fourth season with the team. Within 24 hours, one of the names ...

From DAVID NAYLOR, Globe and Mail,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NFL,  Dick Jauron,  Marc Trestman,  Marv Levy,  Kerry Joseph

Andrus has history with Bills’ reject

C ould Gibran Hamden, released yesterday by the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, be the next quarterback of the Toronto Argonauts? That probably depends on whether the Argos decide to bring back head coach Bart Andrus for a second season after a disappointing 3-15 ...

From DAVID NAYLOR, Globe and Mail,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NFL,  Buffalo Bills,  Kerry Joseph,  Cody Pickett

David Naylor’s picks against the spread

T hursday night Miami Dolphins (plus 3) at Carolina Panthers Neither will likely repeat as division champions, but both are thinking wild card. Dolphins Sunday Atlanta Falcons (plus 6 1/2) at New York Giants Two teams in dire need of a win. Falcons ...

From DAVID NAYLOR, Globe and Mail,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Baltimore Ravens,  Miami Dolphins,  Carolina Panthers,  Atlanta Falcons,  New York Giants

If life is a highway. . . .

T his was supposed to be a blog entry about the new movie The Blind Side , the story of Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman Michael Oher and his rise from homelessness to the first round of the NFL draft. I read the book a few years ago and so was ...

From DAVID NAYLOR, Globe and Mail,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Montreal Canadiens,  Baltimore Ravens,  NFL,  Michael Oher,  Pittsburgh Steelers

Bills setting sights on Alouettes coach?

M ontreal Alouettes head coach Marc Trestman is among the people the Buffalo Bills want to speak to about their vacant coaching job, U.S. all-sports cable network ESPN reported yesterday. The Bills fired Dick Jauron last Tuesday, and are currently being ...

From DAVID NAYLOR, Globe and Mail,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Marc Trestman,  Buffalo Bills,  ESPN,  Dick Jauron,  Perry Fewell

Getting even with Printers

C asey Printers may not be a folk hero in Hamilton. But he's also not going to win any popularity contest in Montreal, at least not with the Alouettes' brass who haven't forgotten a perceived slight from two years ago. When Printers returned from the ...

From DAVID NAYLOR, Globe and Mail,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NFL

CFL's return to Ottawa moves one step closer

T he city of Ottawa has voted 15-9 in favour of plans to redevelop Lansdowne Park that include a new outdoor stadium for a CFL expansion team. After weeks of public consultation and a full day of debate yesterday, the city and a group of four local ...

From DAVID NAYLOR, Globe and Mail,  17 Nov 2009

Football geography puts B.C. in the East

T hey play their home games near the shore of the Pacific Ocean but the B.C. Lions could very well show up in Calgary one week from now as the Eastern representative in the Grey Cup game. Sounds crazy, but in the often quirky world of the CFL it very ...

From DAVID NAYLOR, Globe and Mail,  16 Nov 2009

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