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On Monday May 20, the Canadian Football League will begin their 2024 season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders hosting the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in an exhibition game in Regina. On Thursday June 6, the regular season begins featuring a Grey Cup rematch! The defending champion Montreal Alouettes will

The Super Bowl is the biggest annual sporting event in the world. Even non-football fans will gather together to watch the game. For the players themselves, it is the ultimate goal: their chance to win a championship. Each game, a MVP is chosen. Sometimes, the obvious choice is overlooked, but more

Bryce Young of Alabama was recently drafted 1st overall by the Carolina Panthers. It is expected that he will be their starting QB on Day 1 of the 2023 NFL season. 20 years ago or longer, such an idea would have been considered extremely rare. However, over the last couple of decades, due to the com

Jerry Rice is the greatest receiver in NFL history. Everyone associates him with the San Francisco 49ers (and maybe the Raiders). But how many people remember that he finished his career playing for the Seattle Seahwaks? He isn't the only superstar that ended his career with another team. It is so r

The Super Bowl is the biggest annual sporting event in the world. Even non-football fans will gather together to watch the game. For the players themselves, it is the ultimate goal: their chance to win a championship. Each game, a MVP is chosen. Sometimes, the obvious choice is overlooked, but more

For the longest time in the course of NFL history, the running game was the most important part of offensive football. However, for the past 40 years or so, passing has become more important. As such, when examining the single season receptions leaders for most NFL franchises, the players are usuall

There are only 31 Linebackers in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Linebackers are the defenders that usually make the most tackles. They have to be able to be tough run-stoppers and they also have to be athletic enough to be effective in pass coverage. In this quiz, I will provide to you the name of a

In different professions and sports, the people involved in that activity often speak a language that outsiders cannot understand. That is especially true in the game of football. There is so much confusing terminology for any newbie to understand, but if you're taking this quiz, you like football a

To be voted to the Pro Bowl is a unique honour. To be selected as an All-Pro in a single year is an ever rarer accomplishment. To be named to an All-Decade Team is an even higher level of recognition. This quiz will measure your knowledge of the best of the best in terms of NFL players in the 1980s.

The average tenure of an NFL Head Coach is only 3.2 years. There are only 32 Head Coach positions in the NFL. On average, about 6 to 7 jobs open up every year because coaches are fired. The pressure to WIN and win QUICKLY is immense. Let's take a little trip back in time almost 50 years and examine

To be voted to the Pro Bowl is a unique honour. To be selected as an All-Pro in a single year is an ever rarer accomplishment. To be named to an All-Decade Team is an even higher level of recognition. This quiz will measure your knowledge of the best of the best in terms of NFL players in the 1970s.

Having a great QB is almost always essential for a team to win consistently in the NFL. Most years, there are a small number of quarterbacks coming out of college who are highly heralded as potential stars at the next level. Quite often, the #1 overall pick in the NFL Draft is in fact a quarterback.

Many teams use high picks in the 1st Round to select what they hope will be a franchise QB. However, more often than not, things don't work out as planned. Think of the QBs drafted in the 1st round just a few years ago: Sam Darnold, Josh Rosen, and Baker Mayfield have all been cast aside by the team

The average tenure of an NFL Head Coach is only 3.2 years. There are only 32 Head Coach positions in the NFL. On average, about 6 to 7 jobs open up every year because coaches are fired. The pressure to WIN and win QUICKLY is immense. Let's take a little trip back in time almost 4 decades and examine

Imagine your favourite basketball team. Now, tell me their 4 best players in franchise history. That would be your version of the team's Mount Rushmore. There'd be some debate with others if they agreed with ALL of your 4 choices but I bet there'd be some similarity with at least 2 or 3. In this sim

In 2006, TSN ranked the top 25 CFL players in league history. Like any such list, there was some controversy about certain players that were selected and certain players that were left off the list. Others felt certain players on the list were ranked too high while others were ranked too low. I thin

Two of the best running backs in the history of the NFL played the bulk of their respective careers in Buffalo: O.J. Simpson and Thurman Thomas. While they both finished their careers with brief stops elsewhere, they will always be thought of as being Bills! Thomas ranks 16th and Simpson ranks 21st

For a few years, a new system has been in place for NCAA football players. Up until the new system was implemented, if an athlete transferred to another university, they would have to sit out a year. But with the introduction of the 'Transfer Portal', during a specific time frame after the football

For the longest time, NCAA Division 1 Football did not have an official national championship game. The #1 team was simply determined by a poll. Lately, a four team playoff system has been utilized. Thus, the legitimacy of a true #1 team has been improved greatly in my opinion. This quiz will measur

In the last few seasons, there's been a lot of QBs who have moved from one team to another. Come to think of it, there seems to have always been a lot of QB movement from team to team. Stability at that position is rare in the CFL. There are many examples of QBs who have started for 3 or more teams

Quarterbacks are arguably the most important position players in pro sports. They are also often some of the highest paid athletes too. Wins and losses are truly on their shoulders. Some of them have accomplished some amazing statistics. This quiz will measure your knowledge of the prowess of NFL an

After a number of years without a pro football team, the CFL returned to the nation's capital in 2014. Were you an Ottawa football fan when they were known as the RoughRiders or did you become one in their newest incarnation known as the RedBlacks? Either way, let's test your knowledge of Ottawa f

For the last couple of seasons, the CFL's Edmonton franchise has been the worst in the league. This once-proud franchise has become the league's doormat recently. However, I believe there is hope for the future, and the hope is named Tre Ford. This OUA QB prodigy from Niagara Falls, Ontario is an el

Every now and then, some rival professional sports league will spring up and try to compete with the most established leagues like the NBA, the NHL, and the NFL. These leagues inevitably fail though partly because fans know the product is inferior. Other reasons include poor ownership and a lack o