Home-field disadvantage: eight thoughts on the Elks’ 20th consecutive loss at Commonwealth Stadium

Another game at Commonwealth, another loss for the Edmonton Elks. The latest of 20 consecutive losses at home finished 37-29 for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Here are my thoughts on the game. Home-Field Disadvantage It was not that long ago that the Edmonton Football Team set the pro sports record for consecutive trips to the playoffs […]

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4 reasons to get excited about the Calgary Flames 2023-24 season

There has been a lot of negativity around the Calgary Flames franchise the last 14 months. And for good reason. A lot has gone wrong. We don’t need to rehash what has happened. But I thought it would be a good idea to talk about some positives with the Flames and give a few reasons…

‘The difference was that we lost’: Mikael Backlund discusses Darryl Sutter in Swedish interview

Even though we are a ways away from the firing of Darryl Sutter, it is still being brought up with certain players to see if there is any more insight we can gain into what really happened behind the closed doors of the Calgary Flames locker room. In an interview with prominent Swedish journalist Uffe…

‘I’d like to apologize to everybody within earshot’: Chris Jones blames penalties for Elks’ 20th consecutive home loss

The Edmonton Elks’ ineptitude has hit yet another historic milestone and head coach Chris Jones believes penalties were a critical factor in his team’s 37-29 loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Thursday night. “13 penalties, 163 (yards), I mean that equates to around 12 points analytically,” Jones told the 630 CHED post-game show. “Anytime you’re […]

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Edmonton Elks tie 1953 St. Louis Browns’ all-time pro sports record with 20th consecutive home loss

The Edmonton Elks have tied an all-time North American professional sports record with their 20th consecutive home loss. The team fell to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Thursday night by a score of 37-26, matching the mark of 20 straight home losses set by Major League Baseball’s St. Louis Browns in 1953. That team was sold […]

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Edmonton Elks ‘continue to monitor’ air quality, plan to proceed with Ticats game despite wildfire smoke

The Edmonton Elks are monitoring the poor air quality situation ahead of their matchup with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Commonwealth Stadium on Thursday. The club issued the following statement roughly two hours before kickoff. “Plans are proceeding for tonight’s game to kickoff as scheduled at 7:00 p.m. MDT. We continue to monitor the air quality […]

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‘I’ve lived this movie’: Alouettes’ QB Cody Fajardo ‘as healthy as he can be’ after seven-sack outing

Montreal Alouettes’ quarterback Cody Fajardo is still feeling the effects of the seven sacks he took in the team’s Week 5 loss to the B.C. Lions. “The flight didn’t help, I’ll tell you that much, when you’ve got to fly across the country,” Fajardo told the Montreal media on Wednesday. “On a short week, you […]

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Calgary Flames prospect Axel Hurtig’s home for 2023-24 is still to be determined

Back on June 29, the Calgary Flames drafted big-bodied Swedish blueliner Axel Hurtig in the seventh round of the 2023 NHL Draft. Last week, the Calgary Hitmen selected Hurtig in the CHL Import Draft, opening the door to Hurtig potentially playing in North America in 2023-24. According to Calgary Flames general manager Craig Conroy, who…

The Saddledome is going to be very, very busy this season

For the past while, the Scotiabank Saddledome has been the regular home of the Calgary Flames, Calgary Hitmen and Calgary Roughnecks. Those teams were joined by the American Hockey League’s Calgary Wranglers in 2022-23, but the juggling act of fitting the Hitmen and Wranglers into the schedule resulted in the Hitmen play some games on…

3DownNation CFL picks: Edmonton Elks look to snap 19-game home losing streak

Week 6 of the 2023 CFL season is set to get underway with the Edmonton Elks looking to break a 19-game home losing streak that dates all the way back to October 2019. Ottawa contributor Santino Filoso sits atop our picks standings with a scintillating record of 15-4 straight-up, while he shares the lead against-the-spread […]

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