Edmonton Eskimos News

Somewhere on Earth there are people, outwardly sane people -- stuck-in-the-1980s people, perhaps, or Don Matthews fans -- who will mist up a little, maybe even dab a few tears away, when they collapse the big marshmallow sky of BC Place Stadium for the last time.

Rob Bagg's second-quarter touchdown reception stood up as the difference maker as the Saskatchewan Roughriders clinched their first West Division title since 1976 with a 30-14 win over the Calgary Stampeders in CFL action Saturday.

Hopefully the third time's a charm for the Edmonton Eskimos. Casey Printers will be the third different B.C. Lions quarterback to face them this season.

Geroy Simon thinks his B.C. Lions teammates have finally figured out that they have to play football games to the final whistle.

Photograph by: Brian Gavriloff, The Journal, Edmonton Journal VANCOUVER a ' Patrick Kabongo is a double-award nominee for the Edmonton Eskimos in the first round of balloting for the Canadian Football League outstanding player awards.

Revenge is sweet, but a victory would be sweeter. The Edmonton Eskimos have dropped both their previous meetings with the B.C. Lions this season and would like nothing better than to walk away with a win from BC Place stadium on Friday.

The Kelly Campbell saga took an interesting twist for the Edmonton Eskimos on Tuesday.

Mark Messier spent several years as Wayne Gretzky's sidekick in Edmonton before becoming one of the greatest captains in NHL history.

Ricky Foley of the B.C. Lions celebrates a tackle on Calgary Stampeders running back Joffrey Reynolds during Saturday's CFL game at Vancouver.

Mario Annicchiarico Edmonton Journal EDMONTON -- As much as last Friday's 36-10 win over the Toronto Argonauts was about getting the offence untracked, this Friday's venture takes on a much different slant for the Edmonton Eskimos.

Rob Cote of the Calgary Stampeders is taken down by Ryan Phillips of the BC Lions.

The Argonauts have been slapped by the Canadian Football League for, essentially, telling the truth.

Get your seat warmers ready, although you may not need them late in the Calgary Stampeders playoff game.

The Argos have spent most of this season impersonating a football team. In the category of misery loves company, they were joined in the last half of the season by the slumping Edmonton Eskimos.

Riders QB Darian Durant is fourth overall in passing while also rushing for 440 yards.

It's easy for a team with a comfortable lead in the standings to coast through the final games of the regular season, and perhaps that is what has come over the Montreal Alouettes.

Get ready for the resistable force slamming into the movable object. The last-place Toronto Argonauts, and their league-worst offence, have a chance to deliver a hammer-blow to the playoff hopes of the cellar-dwelling Edmonton Eskimos - and their league-worst pass defence - when the teams clash Friday at Commonwealth Stadium .

Mario Annicchiarico Edmonton Journal EDMONTON -- For more than 50 years, Bryan Hall has been a staple in not only the Edmonton sports community, but the entire city, which the veteran 630 CHED sportscaster and Eskimos play-by-play announcer proudly calls home.

Jesse Lumsden could join the Canadian bobsled team when the Edmonton Eskimos' season ends.

Johnny Quinn used it to tell the world he had cracked the Saskatchewan Roughriders roster out of training camp.