Grant Shaw underwent a long night in Edmonton, followed by a red-eye flight, with some soul-searching and some corrections to the mechanics of his trade.

When an athlete starts training with SST, the most common question is “Will I improve my speed?”

The Blue Bombers have a 4-1 record in the first 5 weeks of the season, and they are saying that they are not anywhere close to where they want to be.

Michael “Pinball” Clemons was a star player, Grey Cup winning coach, community leader, humanitarian and a genuinely respectable man.

Football players are a unique bunch. Not only do they have a reputation as being tough individuals but it seems like every position has a second level to that reputation.

Tradition takes a back seat to scheduling conflict.

You like drama, intrigue, and upsets? No matter how you slice it, the CFL certainly served them up in Week 1.

Dave Stala, who was born in Poland and raised in Hamilton, hasn’t set a retirement date as of yet. Like all veterans he understands the importance of planning for his future.

CFL pre-season 2011 is officially wrapped up and in the books. Now, it’s time to take a little stock in what happened and get set for opening day.

Two players say goodbye to football, and hello to new exciting challenges.

Finally, the long six-month wait is over, and we can get down to some football! Training camps are open all over the league, so the buzzword for the next few weeks will be “competition.”

The Sandro DeAngelis experiment in Hamilton came to an end last week as the Tiger-Cats released the five-time West Division all-star kicker after he struggled during the 2010 season, making only 76.2 per cent of his field goals, a career low.