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Eskimos special teams goal: two punt return TDs in 2013
Think about this for a moment: the Edmonton Eskimos haven’t taken a kick of punt back for a touchdown since Sept. 23, 2011. That’s an entire 2012 Canadian Football League season of return game futility...
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Eskimos scrimmage notes: Reed unhappy with receivers
While the quarterback battle is the big story out of the Edmonton Eskimos’ training camp, there were other things happening over at Clarke Park on Saturday during the Eskimos’ annual fan day scrimmage....
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Eskimos OC Doug Sams on his QBs, his offence and giving guys a push
The bottled-up nature of Commonwealth Stadium’s Field House may have been a factor, if for nothing else then in terms of acoustics. The disconnect that seemed to hang over the Edmonton Eskimos’...
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Kavis Reed knows who will start at QB on Friday
With Friday’s CFL preseason game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders inching closer, Kavis Reed has an announcement to make. The Edmonton Eskimos’ head coach said on Monday that he’s known for months...
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No Esks starters yet, so let’s talk about the CFL’s best players
Kavis Reed will keep us guessing to the end, it seems. Asked on Wednesday if he’d like to announce his starting quarterback for Friday’s preseason game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, the...
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Matt Nichols gets the start on Friday against Riders
Round 1 will go to Matt Nichols. The Edmonton Eskimos used Twitter on Thursday morning to announce that Matt Nichols will start at quarterback on Friday night against the Saskatchewan Roughriders....
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Matt Nichols leaves Eskimos’ preseason game with right knee injury
Matt Nichols’ audition as the Edmonton Eskimos’ starting quarterback came to an early conclusion on Friday night. Nichols suffered a right knee injury at the 14-minute mark of the first quarter of...
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Audio: Kavis Reed post-game reaction to Matt Nichols and Tavoy Moore
This might be nothing. Matt Nichols and Tavoy Moore could both wake up Saturday morning, cautiously put their feet on the floor and take those first steps, feel nothing and the Edmonton Eskimos’...
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Eskimos to announce on Sunday 2015 training camp to be held in Spruce Grove
There will be some foreshadowing on Sunday when the Edmonton Eskimos are practising at Fuhr Sports Park in Spruce Grove. After announcing on Friday that they’ll play their 2015 “home” preseason game in...
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Eskimos update Tavoy Moore’s status; Matt Nichols updates his own
The news is trickling back in for the Edmonton Eskimos and so far it’s not good. The team sent out an update on injured return man/running back Tavoy Moore late on Saturday night that said he’d be out...
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Eskimos cut seven
With the Canadian Football League’s cut-down deadline set for 10 p.m. MT tonight, the Edmonton Eskimos are pared down and ready for the next stage of training camp. The team released seven players this...
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Audio: Eskimos head coach Kavis Reed
VANCOUVER — The good news from a game that’s meaningless the second the final horn sounds: Kavis Reed showed no signs of having suffered a Gatorade shower. The Edmonton Eskimos head coach won his...
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Fourteen hours later, Eskimos announce their cuts
The Edmonton Eskimos announced their 2013 roster on Sunday, a full 14 hours after fans and media had expected them to do so. The team sent out a press release and posted the info on its website at 10...
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Live blog: Eskimos vs. Riders; Saskatchewan wins 39-18
Eskimos lose to Riders, 39-18 Grant Shaw’s two late field goals bumped up the score but you need more than field goals to fill in the blanks on this disaster of a day for the Eskimos. Check out the...
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Monday’s O-Line: Bad Eskimos losses, Week 1 winners and more
Happy Canada Day, folks. With Week 1 of the CFL season in the books, let’s take a look back before the stories start pouring in for Week 2. Let’s start with what happened to the Eskimos on Saturday....
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Ti-Cats sign former Eskimo Carson Rockhill
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are quickly turning into a relocation destination for players who were once with the Edmonton Eskimos. The Tiger-Cats announced on Tuesday that they’d signed offensive lineman...
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Eskimos wrap a week of practice, ready to face Ti-Cats in Guelph
There were no pads and no helmets, but there was no shortage of news from Friday morning’s Eskimos practice. After sitting out most of this week, Fred Stamps was an active part of the walkthrough-paced...
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Eskimos extend head coach Kavis Reed
Kavis Reed has some security. The Edmonton Eskimos announced on Saturday that they’ve extended Reed, their head coach, who was entering into the final year of his contract with the Canadian Football...
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Monday’s O-Line: Rainy Guelph, Hugh Charles, the most CFL thing ever and more
At the start of my third year of covering the Eskimos, I can safely say I’ve never been to a game like the one I was at in Guelph on Sunday. The rain started to come down heavy at the end of the first...
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Esks OL Cliff Louis fined, plus Week 3 CFL picks
Edmonton Eskimos offensive lineman Cliff Louis will be paying the piper. The right tackle was fined by the Canadian Football League on Wednesday for what the league labeled a dangerous block on...
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