Edmonton running back Justin Rankin, Montreal defensive back Robert Kennedy III and Winnipeg defensive lineman Jake Ceresna have been named the CFL’s top players of Week 1 of the 2026 season.
Tyler Snead picked a great time to have the best game of his young CFL career.
Cody Fajardo threw a touchdown pass, while Vincent Blanchard went five-for-five on field goals as the Edmonton Elks defeated the Ottawa Redblacks 29-21 Saturday night in the season opener for both CFL teams.
A shortened Week 1 in the CFL wraps up in the nation’s capital Saturday night as the Ottawa Redblacks play host to the Edmonton Elks. Watch the game LIVE across the TSN Network, on TSN.ca and the TSN App.
Sergio Castillo’s walk-off field goal lifted the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to a 30-28 win over the host Calgary Stampeders in the CFL season-opener for both clubs Friday.
If BC gets things right around Nathan Rourke, particularly along the offensive line and defensively, this is a team that can win the Grey Cup in 2026, Coty Wiles writes.
An entirely new coaching staff will have to navigate a schedule that includes missing a handful of home games because of the World Cup, Coty Wiles writes.
Given that the league has been there, done that when it comes to trying to stir up interest for a team on the East Coast, it makes sense that commissioner Stewart Johnston would go about expansion in a different way, Dave Naylor writes.
West Division rivals open the season with a game that could be determined by star running backs, Coty Wiles writes.
Head coach Corey Mace’s squad suffered losses throughout the off-season, particularly on defence, Coty Wiles writes.
Jose Maltos Diaz’s 17-yard field goal earned the Montreal Alouettes a 30-27 overtime win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Thursday night to open the CFL regular season.
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats had quite the surprise for Brandon Banks on Thursday night. The Ticats announced that Banks, the CFL’s outstanding player in 2019, will be inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame this fall.
It looked like his time in Hamilton would be limited to one season, but the veteran quarterback has reinvented himself and found ways to be great again. All that’s left to accomplish in his storied career is ending the CFL’s longest title drought, Dave Naylor writes.
Nathan Rourke has the opportunity to accomplish something this season that’s never been done in CFL history.
Since becoming commissioner April 24, 2025, the Stewart Johnson has made three major announcements. The most significant came last week when the CFL unveiled a mega six-year broadcast agreement with Bell Media, DAZN and YouTube that begins in 2027.
Maier will start at quarterback when the Ottawa Redblacks host the Edmonton Elks in the CFL season opener for both teams. Maier came to the Canadian capital this off-season as a free agent after spending 2025 backing up veteran Trevor Harris with the Grey Cup-champion Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Physicality in the trenches and and strong run game should help Calgary make some noise this season, Coty Wiles writes.
Ottawa’s new head coach and GM has already made his mark through free agency and by naming Jake Maier the new starting quarterback, Coty Wiles writes.
Ahead of the season opener, TSN has ranked the league’s best players and has now unveiled its annual Top 50 CFL Players List.
Ryan Dinwiddie is kind of feeling like a first-year head coach again.
Wynton McManis’s debut with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats will have to wait.
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