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Esks game day: Live chat at 2:30 p.m., plus audio from Mike Reilly and Kavis...
We’ll get the business part of this post out of the way up front: Join me at 2:30 p.m. for a pre-game live chat. If you’re looking for a topic to start with in the chat, how about the one below? For...
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Wednesday’s O-Line: Everyone’s on notice
Leading into Monday’s Labour Day Classic, Kavis Reed had said his team needed a crescendo in its season. On Tuesday, a day after the Eskimos’ 37-34 loss to the Stampeders, Reed got it, for better or...
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Esks game day: A wild week that deserves discussion; live chat at 6:30 p.m.
The most amazing thing about this absurdly tumultuous week for the Edmonton Eskimos? It’s all happened during their shortest week of the season. A timeline: Tuesday — Ed Hervey breaks his weeks-long...
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CFL commish Cohon sees passion for franchise from Hervey, Reed
Mark Cohon doesn’t see dysfunction in Edmonton as much as he sees misguided passion. The commissioner of the Canadian Football League is in town for tonight’s Labour Day rematch that pits the Eskimos...
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CFLPA wants consequences for Hervey’s comments
Six days later, the discussion of Ed Hervey’s press conference isn’t simmering down. The Edmonton Eskimos’ general manager took his team to task last Tuesday, putting all of his coaches and players on...
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Tuesday’s O-Line: Still talking about Ed Hervey’s presser
You have to wonder now, seven days after Ed Hervey’s hastily called, much-discussed press conference, if the Edmonton Eskimos’ general manager thought we’d be here when he first stepped in front of...
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Esks notes: O’Neill and Shaw anticipate no changes in kicking game
They’ve shared kicking duties this week, but both Hugh O’Neill and Grant Shaw say they don’t see a change coming to the Edmonton Eskimos’ kicking setup. O’Neill, who joined the team last month as a...
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Monday’s O-Line: Hope for the Esks; #FearTheStamps
As bad as things have gotten for the Edmonton Eskimos this season, Fred Stamps has known that it doesn’t take much to turn it all around. “It’s the CFL,” he’s said over the last two months, as his team...
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Mike Reilly wins CFL offensive player of the week award
Edmonton Eskimos’ quarterback Mike Reilly was the runaway choice for this week’s Gibson’s Finest CFL Player of the Week award. Reilly’s nine carries on Saturday against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers...
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Week 13 CFL picks: Stakes remain high for the Esks
Kavis Reed stood on the deck outside of his team’s locker-room on Tuesday afternoon and peered out onto the empty football field in front of him. When your team is 2-9 and tied for the worst record in...
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Esks game day: Terrence Edwards’ magic trick catch over Chris Thompson
Before we get into the Esks news, here’s this morning’s CFL happenings wrapped up in 66 concise words. The Argos and Rogers Centre announced this morning that they’ve signed a new, likely final lease...
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Tuesday’s O-Line: Everyone dropped the ball with Mike Reilly
In the wake of the Eskimos’ bizarre use of Mike Reilly on Saturday against Montreal, the flavour of the week seems to be to clock the time of death on Kavis Reed’s tenure as the team’s head coach. As...
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Mike Reilly on taking his first big hit and the Alouettes’ respectful D last...
There are still voices out there expressing concern over Mike Reilly playing in the wake of suffering a concussion, but the Edmonton Eskimos’ quarterback has moved past the drama and is focused on...
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Monday’s O-Line: What ifs and the future with Matt Nichols; wondering how we...
From a 3-13 season to a litany of off-field distractions (consequences, call-outs and concussions, to alliteratively name a few), it’s been easy to lose sight of Matt Nichols over the last few months....
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Eskimos place Fred Stamps, J.C. Sherritt on nine-game injured list
The Edmonton Eskimos are well out of the playoff picture but that doesn’t mean their depth chart doesn’t have a lot of intrigue tucked into it this week. The team has added slotback Fred Stamps and...
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Alberta Golden Bears football team on rebound, despite third straight 0-8...
When it was all done, the 60-18 thumping administered by the University of Manitoba Bisons putting a third straight 0-8 season in the books, a phalanx of about 100 friends and family cheered the...
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Tuesday’s O-Line: The Buck factor; Esks enlist Disney with a predictable...
As Buck Pierce came into Friday’s game for his kind-of-new, kind-of-old team, those who had been championing his cause over the past few weeks were about to embark on a smug, rewarding night. You’ve...
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Eskimos award winners announced; Stefan Charles signs with Bills
Even a gloomy season like the one the Edmonton Eskimos have had is lined with a few stars. The Canadian Football League announced its Gibson’s Finest CFL Player Award winners on Wednesday morning, with...
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Week 19 CFL picks and Mike Reilly’s best Halloween costume
What do you call this week? With four games left on the schedule that have zero impact on the playoff picture in the CFL, everyone is trying to get through this weekend injury-free so they can make...
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Eskimos fire coach Kavis Reed
Kavis Reed’s time with the Edmonton Eskimos has come to an end. The team announced on Monday morning on its website that Reed will not return for the 2014 season. A brief statement from general manager...
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