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.
Bo Levi Mitchell isn’t showing signs of slowing down. The 36-year-old quarterback is coming off consecutive 5,000-yard passing campaigns with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. And that’s a first for a player whose decorated 13-year CFL career includes two Grey Cup wins, two league outstanding player awards and being named the East Division’s top performer in each of the last two seasons.
The 2026 CFL season kicks off Thursday night with the Montreal Alouettes visiting the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Here are some of the top players worth keeping tabs on this year.
Of all the questions surrounding the Edmonton Elks heading into this CFL season, the only one that really matters is: can they win?
Last season, the BC Lions were just 11 seconds away from advancing to their first Grey Cup since 2011. A Trevor Harris pass to Tommy Nield in the dying moments of the Western Final gave the Saskatchewan Roughriders a 24-21 victory. The Riders would go on to defeat the Montreal Alouettes for the CFL championship, while the Lions had a long winter to think about what might have been.
After defeating the Montreal Alouettes 25-16 in November to capture the fourth Grey Cup in franchise history, the Saskatchewan Roughriders capped off their celebration with an epic victory parade through downtown Regina.
Too old. Too slow. Too inaccurate. That’s some of the criticism Winnipeg Blue Bombers fans have about Zach Collaros as the 37-year-old quarterback enters his 14th CFL season.
Edmonton has established a strong foundation and added talent through free agency. Now the team will look to make the playoffs for the first time since 2019, Coty Wiles writes.
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