The call came on Sunday.
On Monday, he got his passport expedited.
He arrived on Wednesday, and was signed by Thursday.
And now that he’s spent a few days in Canada, Ka’Ron Ashley hopes to stay a ...
The veteran-rookie quarterback dynamic is proving harmonious thus far at the Edmonton Elks training camp, which is now entering its second week at The Brick Field at Commonwealth Stadium.
Take, ...
In their classic song about choosing fight over flight, Runnin’, The Pharcyde rap that you “can’t keep running away”.
Being they were a bit before his time, 25-year-old Dominic Davis likely never ...
The Canadian Quarterback Internship Program, a joint venture between U Sports and the Canadian Football League, debuted in 2010 and become mandatory in 2012, requiring each CFL team to include a ...
Alex Gayle remembers it well.
He was in Kindergarten or Grade 1 when the hulking lineman with the grizzly beard talked to his class at Sherwood elementary school in west Edmonton.
Gayle, all of 5 ...
Canadian Football League punters are almost always in the 40s. Average yards per punt, that is.
Scott Crough also hopes CFL punters can be in their 40s. Age demographic, that is.
The 41-year-old ...
It’s no easy task to go from rookie camp late addition to earning a spot on the Edmonton Elks roster, but after what Fulani Freeman has come through, this is practically child’s play to the proud ...
Each spring since 2007, the Green and Gold community comes together for The Edmonton Elks Women’s Dinner, presented by James H. Brown & Associates, Injury Lawyers.
Gathering in memory of Pam ...
Every player has a draft story. Oftentimes happy, sometimes not, but never dull.
Take the tale of David Beard, for example.
It’s just past the dinner hour in Edmonton on May 12, 2015, and in his ...
The 2022 CFL Draft on May 3 will see the CFL’s nine clubs make 74 selections over eight rounds. Seventy-three of those picks will be decided on the fly, as teams choose from the unpredictable ...
Elks defensive lineman Jake Ceresna returned to Edmonton last week, eager to get a jump start on his third campaign with the Green and Gold.
This offseason has been unlike any other for the ...
There’s a lore about Opening Day in baseball. Spring is in the air; the dark of winter has passed and anticipation is just beginning for summer. Opening Day represents rebirth and offers hope. As ...
For more than a decade, any opponent fielding a punt or kickoff at The Brick Field at Commonwealth Stadium knew the only path to daylight meant staying out of the crosshairs of Jed Roberts.
Once ...
The Elks continue to wrap up their 2021 CFL season on the road tonight against the Toronto Argonauts.
While the games will unfortunately not mean much when it comes to end of the season standing, ...
The future is now when it comes to the Edmonton Elks, who have embarked on a unprecedented three games in seven days road trip.
While the CFL playoffs are unfortunately out of grasp, there is ...
Preparing for the 2020 CFL Draft has been drastically altered by social distancing protocols created by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the actual event itself won’t be much different.
The CFL Draft, ...
If a strong group of Canadian players is considered the lifeblood of a CFL team, then the Eskimos are in good shape.
The Eskimos have been developing a good Canadian base out of the CFL Draft in ...
Jordan Beaulieu was feeling a lot of emotions coming into the 2018 CFL Draft, but mostly he was feeling anxious.
He didn’t know what to expect – “You don’t know what the teams want and need,” he ...
There’s no question about who the Eskimos’ starting quarterback will be this season.
Trevor Harris, a CFL free agent signed in February 2019, passed for 4,027 yards and 16 touchdowns in a little ...
There are so many special milestones defensive back Jordan Hoover says he’ll never forget from the first three years of his CFL career:
Getting selected in the fourth round, 31st overall, of the ...
