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Hamilton Tiger-Cats release returner Phillip Brooks
3Down Staff - 2025-10-09
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have released American receiver Phillip Brooks. The 26-year-old native of Overland Park, Kan. signed with the team early last month while return specialist Isaiah Wooden was out of the lineup due to injury. He dressed for two regular-season games with the Tiger-Cats, recording 10 punt returns for 66 yards and three kickoff […]
Ottawa Redblacks sign three, including veteran LB Jonathan Jones
3Down Staff - 2025-10-09
The Ottawa Redblacks have signed three American players, including linebacker Jonathan Jones, receiver Robert Lewis, and defensive back Kenyon Reed. Jones was recently released by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers after playing only three regular-season games with the team and recording two special teams tackles. The six-foot, 225-pound defender was a healthy scratch for seven games to […]
Duke Ellingson: incoming CFL rule changes questionable at best
Duke Ellingson - 2025-10-08
It’s been a couple of weeks since CFL commissioner Stewart Johnston announced some major changes to several long-standing CFL rules. As I pondered these changes, I felt compelled to offer a perspective that is borne out of more than 55 years of following the league as not just a fan, but as one who got […]
How the Edmonton Elks could still make the CFL playoffs
John Hodge - 2025-10-08
The Edmonton Elks are down but they’re certainly not out when it comes to this year’s playoff picture with three games left on their regular-season schedule. The Elks (6-9) can finish no higher than third in the West Division as the Saskatchewan Roughriders and B.C. Lions, both of whom have already clinched playoff spots, are […]
Toronto Argonauts shut down star LB Wynton McManis with groin injury: report
3Down Staff - 2025-10-08
The Toronto Argonauts have shut down star linebacker Wynton McManis for the rest of the 2025 CFL season with a groin injury, according to TSN reporter Farhan Lalji. Head coach Ryan Dinwiddie has made the move with his team at 5-11 through 16 games and eliminated from playoff contention. The 31-year-old team captain played in […]
Saskatchewan Roughriders rule out Rolan Milligan Jr., Tevaughn Campbell against Argonauts
3Down Staff - 2025-10-08
The Saskatchewan Roughriders will be without defensive backs Rolan Milligan Jr. and Tevaughn Campbell when they host the Toronto Argonauts on Friday night. Milligan Jr. didn’t practice all week due to a foot/knee injury he suffered in last week’s win over the Ottawa Redblacks, while Campbell was limited in practice all week due to a […]
Corey Mace: using American kicker ‘an option’ for Saskatchewan Roughriders
John Hodge - 2025-10-08
The Saskatchewan Roughriders could be making a ratio change to allow them to dress an American kicker following the addition of Appalachian State standout Michael Hughes. “You have to sacrifice maybe an American at another position but it’s just an option for us at this point, so we’ll see,” Mace told the media in Regina. […]
Green Cast: A rough ride for the Riders in Ottawa
3Down Staff - 2025-10-08
This week on the 3Down Green Cast for Pile O’ Bones Brewing and Lucky Bastard Distillers, Joel Gasson and John Fraser discuss the Riders uninspired win in Ottawa and where they go from here. Powered by RedCircle
Longtime CFL player Derek Wiggan inducted into Queen’s Football Hall of Fame
3Down Staff - 2025-10-08
Longtime CFL defensive lineman Derek Wiggan was recently inducted into the Queen’s Football Hall of Fame. The native of Toronto, Ont. was a fourth-round pick of the Calgary Stampeders in the 2014 CFL Draft. He joined the team on a full-time basis in 2015 and spent nine seasons with the team, recording 160 defensive tackles, […]
Dave Dickenson blames execution, not effort for Calgary Stampeders’ losing skid
John Hodge - 2025-10-08
The Calgary Stampeders have lost four straight games and Dave Dickenson, the team’s head coach and general manager, is blaming execution — not effort. “It is tough (to lose four straight). You get stressful and you start questioning little things here and there. My opinion is: prepare as hard as you can, take to the […]