We took our annual family vacation to Vero Beach Florida this past July and watched a Lions' game from our hotel room (road game of course!).

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In somewhat of a surprise move (to me anyway) the Blue Bombers released Siddeeq Shabazz, a fast, hard-hitting outside linebacker. Shabazz sprained his ankle before training camp and then suffered a foot injury in Week 5 that he said hobbled him for the rest of the season.....Shabazz figures he won’t...

WC Fields. And Sally is singular. Sally's just a Field? Oh well. *shrug* You mean Empire Field has to share its name with a wacko drama queen?? *gasp* There have been many goofy Oscar acceptance speeches through the years, but for pure self-indulgent, cloying nonsense, this one takes the cake. [you...

Was there on Sunday taking a good look around up close. They've erected the sideline on the west side (as well as the south endzone) in a type of bowl configuration. Not as sloped as first feared, but it looks like they're leaving plenty of space between seats and the sideline (almost replicating th...

When the long departed Grizzlies were in Vancouver, I discovered what it was like having a bunch of foreign mercenaries playing for the home town team. There was little or no connection with the community. They complained that they could not find the kind of food they wanted, for god's sake (in a t...

I have to wonder: did Scott Ackles jump from a great position in Calgary, to a much lesser opportunity in Vancouver? Hi Frank Im thinking the same thing about the heir apparent or so we thought, young Ackles. Wasnt he already annointed and just staying in the background till Calgary calmed down. Oh...

David. How do you explain the length of time AC, Chiu have been in Montreal. R Ray in Edmonton. How long Stegall or Roberts played in Winnipeg. MCManus in Hamilton. Teams can and do hold onto players they want where the players are being paid competitively. Dale, you kind of made my point for me. T...

I would disagree with the concept that no one was spending money like drunken sailors before. All you have to do is say the name Flutie and before that Rocket Ismail. One has to wonder if the free spending that started in Calgary and then later in Toronto may have laid some of the ground work for b...

Now in its 4th year, has the SMS ($4.05 million cap per team in 2007, now at $4.2 million) been a good for the league? Besides making some owners even wealthier, I don't believe that it has. Certainly, the league has seen a resurgence in popularity in recent years; attendance and viewership is up in...

The Sun and Province have both reported that the Lions are close to announcing the signing of Solomon Elimimian, a Nigerian born U of Hawaii Warrior who holds the school's record for most tackles, and second all-time in the WAC. :shock: From this draft report, it looks like he's a hard hitting MLB, ...

I would actually like to see Andrew Harris carry the ball a few times in preseason. Same for Jamall Lee. I do not actually see them getting a chance to be running backs for the Lions. Wally has his blueprint on how to build a team. It don't change much. And he has had such success bringing in a ser...

Whatever happens, I wish Buck the best. He is one of my all-time favourite B.C. Lions players. I suspect you're not alone. Not that he wasn't popular at during his time here - he was - but I have the feeling he'll be one of those guys who, for whatever reason, will be much more popular in retiremen...

Good Lord! Could you build that any further away from the action?!? It appears the field is in Moncton but the stands are in Fredricton. :shock: http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c302/oceanvista/MonctonStadium3037.jpg Forget binoculars from the upper rows. You'll need a Hubble telescope. On a more s...

Tom Wilkinson will never be mistaken for a quarterback. He doesn't look like a quarterback, chews tobacco, his passes are often mistaken for wounded ducks but all he does is win. I went to the BC Lions camp when Tom Wilkinson was here. There was him and Paul Brothers. It was so obvious that the pla...

Oops, yeah - totally forgot about Sanchez - he will be an option/insurance to allow Wally to start 2 NIs on defence - if Johnson or Crawford are found lacking. And a 5 pack receiver (Wilson or whoever)/ a fullback (Green or whoever) - only counts as one NI on offence, as they don't play at the same...