The University of Ottawa has hired veteran CFL coach Gary Etcheverry as their new head coach. Etcheverry replaces J.P. Asselin,who left to join Carleton University’s staff.
As the B.C. Lions say goodbye to Empire Field, Jim Mullin shares some of his favourite moments at Empire including how his old seats ended up in the B.C. Football Hall of Fame.
After the BC Lions’ blowout win going into the break, Jim Mullin assesses whether the team’s 2-6 record is representative and whether they’ll be making a second half run.
Saturday night’s collapse after a promising start by the BC Lions at Empire Field laid bare all the problems which have besieged this team en-route to a staggering 1-6 record.
The first championship in the new BC Place will be the Vanier Cup, just two days before the 99th Grey Cup. This is the first time the CIS championship will be played west of the Rockies.
Wally Buono and the BC Lions are 0-4. The team remains the only winless club in the league, as they continue to search for answers. Jim Mullin looks into their woes.
According to Jim Mullin, Wally Buono is on the hot seat in BC. But that doesn’t mean the veteran coach is going anywhere. However, the Lions have to start winning games soon.
Throughout his 11-year career, Davis Sanchez has seen almost everything there is to see. Now, at the ripe age of 37, he’s faced with a new challenge. Playing safety.
BC’s Andrew Harris is one of many CFL players who flew under the radar while playing in the CJFL. Now, Harris is living proof that the junior league is for real.
The BC Lions are led by a second-year starting quarterback and the team will field 19 second-year players, but CFL.ca’s Jim Mullin says fans should not expect a sophomore jinx.
With the roster standing at 60, Wally Buono is hoping to make the cuts by Thursday or Friday in preparation for their regular season opener against the Alouettes.
Taking a cue from Saskatchewan, the Lions are now in the business of developing and reclaiming talent to assemble a competitive receiving corps, with Peterson and Jackson at the fore.
Last year was one of the best draft years in the history of the club, but following this year’s first round the Lions don’t pick again until the 19th spot explains Jim Mullin.
He arrived into the Top 15 CFL prospects just under the bar, but that’s been all part of a pattern for Saskatchewan receiver Jade Etienne during his four-year run in the Canada West.
Calgary Dinos Anthony Parker, Nathan Coehoorn and Matt Walter have run roughshod through the Canada West. Now all three are expected to be high draft picks come May.
In the final piece of a five part series, Jim Mullin offers up three final rule changes including measurements, points on missed field goals and video replay.
In the fourth installment of his changing the game series Jim Mullin discusses ways to get more plays into a CFL game, tweak overtime and return to the CFL’s playoff roots.
When it comes to retooling the B.C. Lions, free agency will only be one avenue Wally Buono explores this off-season. Jim Mullin explains in his latest column for CFL.ca.