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Another CFL Update; Dean Smith Losing His Memory?
Published on July 17, 2010 at 11:31PM
Today, there is good news and bad news, let’s start with the good, since I’m always such a positive guy.
Thus, we start in the CFL, where the Saskatchewan Roughriders celebrated their 100th anniversary in the league by wearing red and black jerseys that are most often associated with the Calgary Stampeders. Despite the fact that the Roughriders trailed the erstwhile Edmonton Eskimos, 20-13 heading into the 4th Quarter, Darian Durant (238 passing yards, TD, INT) and Wes Cates (12 car, 112 yards) made huge plays to lead Saskatchewan to a 24-20 win. However, the greatest individual performance belonged to Edmonton’s Fred Stamps (12 rec, 213 yards) despite the loss which drops the Esks to 0-3. Meanwhile, Saskatchewan improved to 3-0 and looks as good as anyone else in the CFL.
As for the bad news, longtime North Carolina mens’ basketball coach Dean Smith, who won two national championships with the Tar Heels and helped bring blacks into mens’ college basketball is currently dealing with Alzheimer’s. In the words of prolific sports journalist John Feinstein, (who did a magnificent job filling in for Jim Rome last Thursday), it’s obvious Smith’s memory isn’t what it was before. Of all the aggrandizing ways to watch your body deteriorate, Alzheimer’s is chief among them. It’s sad that one of sports’ all-time great figures is suffering from such symptoms and I wish him the best.
CFL Recaps
Published on July 17, 2010 at 12:24AM
On this evening, those of us who love the NFL were able to satiate our football cravings with delectable selections from the CFL with a doubleheader from the Great White North. In the first game Friday, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats earned their first win of the season with a 28-7 rout of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Hamilton received a stellar performance from Kevin Glenn (29 of 36, 336 yards, 3 TD’s) who in true Peyton Manning fashion, completed his first 13 passes. As I listened to the pregame show on the illustrious CHML-AM 900 of Hamilton, Ontario, (I am not above lionizing other broadcasters who do magnificent work), I received the impression that the Tiger-Cats were ready to dispel the frustration of two previous losses to start the season, including a defeat at the hands of the Bombers two weeks ago. It appears that their momentum carried onto the field while a shellshocked Winnipeg squad was powerless to stop it.
In the nightcap, the Montreal Alouettes edged the British Columbia Lions, 16-12, winning along Canada’s Pacific coast for the first time in 10 years. Despite throwing no touchdown passes, ex-Utah State Aggie signal-caller Anthony Calvillo (30 of 47, 297 yards) made enough plays in the passing game to put Montreal in position for key field goals from Damon Duval. Aptly enough in a defensive struggle, the Alouettes earned the win, when Jerald Brown came up with his second clutch interception in as many games to lead Montreal to a 2-1 start to the season. While that may not seem overly impressive for the defending Grey Cup champions, remember that they have no home games as of yet. Furthermore, two of those games occurred in the Mountain and Pacific time zones respectively where east coast teams struggle throughout North America, regardless of sport. Thus, thanks for reading as always!