Tag: Football
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Glen (Fuzzy) Weir, football star and family man, dies at age 71
Glen Weir was a two-time Grey Cup champion and one of the greatest defensive linemen in Canadian Football League history.
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NFL watchers stunned by London running back’s draft combine performance
London native Chase Brown, who played football at South Collegiate before starring with NCAA Illinois, stunned onlookers with his performance at this weekend’s NFL draft combine.
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Mustangs’ Vanier Cup path will feature three games under the lights
The Western football team better get used to the night shift.
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PHOTOS: Laurier Rams win OFSAA Western Bowl thriller
The Laurier Rams closed out a season for the ages when they knocked off the top team in the country to win the OFSAA Western Bowl in dramatic fashion on Tuesday at Alumni Stadium in Guelph.
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PHOTOS: Vanier Cup adds another chapter to London’s sports history
Clear skies and warm weather. Two great teams. A thrilling finish. London’s first-ever Vanier Cup wasn’t perfect – the Western Mustangs’ elimination in the semi-finals spiked that possibility – but the 57th edition of the national university football championship, which Laval won over Saskatchewan, 30-24, will be long remembered in the city’s sporting history. LFP’s […]
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Vanier Cup Fan Fest: Football, fun, fanatics
Kevin Durco and his friends are University of Saskatchewan football fans by default. The group bought Vanier Cup tickets before the Western Mustangs were eliminated by the Laval Rouge et Or in the Mitchell Bowl last Saturday. So instead of missing out on the big game, the friends shelved their Western Mustangs purple and white […]
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Vanier Cup: Laval Rouge et Or beat Saskatchewan Huskies 30-24
Nobody in Canadian university football can make catches like Kevin Mital. But with the national championship hanging in the balance, the star Laval receiver turned into a really effective quarterback. He threw a surprise one-yard jump pass to David Dallaire for a clutch fourth-quarter touchdown to help secure the Rouge et Or’s record 11th Vanier […]
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57th Vanier Cup: 57 facts about Canada’s university football championship
The pinnacle of Canadian university football has been through a lot of firsts, best and worsts and funny moments over the past 57 years.
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Vanier Cup preview: Powerhouse Laval back in business after brief ‘drought’
Did you miss Laval?
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Laval receiver wins Hec Crighton, Western Mustangs shut out of major awards
Kevin Mital is hoping to add a Vanier Cup ring Saturday to the greatest individual honour in Canadian university football. The Laval receiver was named the Hec Crighton Trophy winner as the most outstanding player in U Sports football Thursday at the RBC Convention Centre in London. The six-foot-one, 215-pounder from Saint-Hubert, Que., is the […]