CFL News

B.C. Lions re-sign former first-round CFL draft pick Anthony Bennett

3Down Staff - 2025-11-24

The B.C. Lions have re-signed Canadian defensive lineman Anthony Bennett, who became a free agent after finishing the 2025 season on the practice roster. The 29-year-old played four regular-season games with the Lions in 2025, recording one special teams tackle. He played two regular-season games with the Ottawa Redblacks earlier in the season and two […]

Harvard Media expands national footprint by acquiring 3DownNation

3Down Staff - 2025-11-24

Harvard Media is proud to announce the acquisition of 3DownNation, Canada’s premier source for Canadian football news, insight, and analysis. Founded in 2015, 3DownNation.com is the country’s leading independent voice about the CFL, U Sports, and Canadian football at every level. Known for its unmatched depth and insider perspective, 3DownNation is recognized nationally for going […]

‘My turn’: B.C. Lions’ pending free agent Keon Hatcher wants contract befitting CFL receiving leader

JC Abbott - 2025-11-23

Keon Hatcher has waited patiently for his CFL payday, and it is finally time to cash in. The CFL’s reigning receiving yardage leader is scheduled to hit free agency in February, and while he values the comfortable fit he has with the B.C. Lions, he will need a commensurate raise to stick around. “I just […]

Montreal Alouettes QB Davis Alexander’s injury ‘a direct result of over-training’: Jason Maas

JC Abbott - 2025-11-23

Victim-blaming may have gone out of style in the 2010s like jeggings, planking, and dystopian teen fiction, but Montreal Alouettes’ head coach Jason Maas believes his quarterback bears personal responsibility for the hamstring injury that limited him in the Grey Cup. “This was, in my opinion, a direct result of over-training, and that’s what a […]

Beef quashed: Mike Kelly introduces Paul Friesen at CFL media Hall of Fame induction

John Hodge - 2025-11-23

Where there was once discord, there is now harmony — and it came on the CFL’s most hallowed day. For the Football Reporters of Canada (FRC), the Canadian Football Hall of Fame media induction breakfast is a staple of Grey Cup Sunday. This year’s inductees were Paul Friesen of the Winnipeg Sun and Judy Owen […]

Former Heisman winner Andre Ware believes Ticats’ neg list QB Tommy Castellanos, Bombers’ neg list QB Diego Pavia ‘can play a long time’ in CFL

3Down Staff - 2025-11-23

Former Heisman Trophy winner Andre Ware believes he has identified the next wave of great CFL quarterbacks. The current ESPN colour analyst was calling Friday’s college football clash between Florida State and NC State, when he shared a discussion that he had with a CFL general manager about Seminoles quarterback Tommy Castellanos. “They think that […]

Toronto Argonauts interview Rick Campbell for head coach job: sources

Justin Dunk - 2025-11-23

The Toronto Argonauts interviewed Rick Campbell for the team’s head coach position, per sources. As CFL rules state, the Argos asked and received permission from the Redblacks to go through the process with Campbell. The 54-year-old spent the 2025 season as Ottawa’s special teams coordinator. Campbell has had two stints as a head coach in […]

‘Ice in his veins’: Montreal Carabins’ Pepe Gonzalez becomes fourth first-year QB to win Vanier Cup

JC Abbott - 2025-11-23

A Vanier Cup victory has cemented Pepe Gonzalez as arguably the best first-year player in the history of Canadian university football, but he doesn’t seem to be satisfied yet. “I’m gonna work extra hard in the offseason, hopefully put some pounds on me,” the 20-year-old told reporters as the confetti rained down on Saturday. “We’re […]

No ‘whining and complaining’ from Saskatchewan Huskies after key missed call in Vanier Cup loss

JC Abbott - 2025-11-23

If the Saskatchewan Huskies had any homefield advantage in the 60th Vanier Cup, it didn’t come from the officials. While the squad from Saskatoon was soundly beaten by the Montreal Carabins in front of a friendly local crowd on Saturday afternoon in Regina, one egregious missed call loomed large in the aftermath. With the Carabins […]

The good, the bad, and the dumb of the Montreal Carabins’ Vanier Cup win over Saskatchewan

Joel Gasson - 2025-11-22

As the old saying goes, revenge is a dish best served cold. The Montreal Carabins served up a frozen portion on behalf of their province on Saturday, defeating the Saskatchewan Huskies 30-16 in the 60th Vanier Cup — one week after the Alouettes fell to the Roughriders in the Grey Cup Montreal also prevented Saskatchewan […]