It’s the very first category in the individual section of the Edmonton Eskimos regular-season record book.
Games Played: Rod Connop, 274. Sean Fleming, 268. Dave Cutler, 254. Chris Morris 237. ...
The other day Ricky Ray was asked to speak to the Rotary Club in Redding.
That’s the Northern California city where he’s lived dating back to his days as Frito Ray, the guy who fell off the back ...
The President has acquired a new view on life.
The President?
Don Unamba picked up the nickname last year as a Hamilton Tiger-Cat.
“Last year Jerry Glanville was my defensive coordinator. He was ...
The last time there was a player with the same nickname in the CFL it was the late 1950s and early 1960s, and it was Earl ‘The Earthquake’ Lunsford.
Boateng had never heard of him.
“Was he good?” ...
Not every kid grows up being the son of a 15-year NFL player.
But it was hard to suggest DaVaris Daniels road to the Edmonton Eskimos was entirely a case of following in his father’s ...
Remember driving through small-town Saskatchewan when you’d see a sign every few miles declaring the next community to be “The Home Of” an NHL Hockey Player?
Saskatchewan still has the claim to ...
Four years ago, Sean Whyte rebooted, if you’ll excuse the expression, his career as an Eskimo.
Now he’s an Edmonton Eskimo — accent on Edmonton.
“I live here, now,” he revealed.
“I moved here ...
Nate Behar is not the only poster boy for ‘Diversity Is Strength’ that the Canadian Football League is celebrating with games this week and next.
The entire league is loaded with players from ...
Defensive lineman of a certain status often projects an image accompanied by a nickname.
Dave ‘Dr. Death’ Fennell you may remember from the five-in-a-row Eskimos of 1978-82.
Bill ‘The Undertaker’ ...
For starters, his name is Kwaku.
As in Quake.
Not Kwaku.
As in quack.
When his teammates read this his nickname will probably be “Wednesday.”
It’s complicated.
“My first name was supposed to be ...
