A titan. There's a lot of hurt in the world of early medieval European studies this morning.

It’s interesting seeing some of the very obvious misinformation being peddled online and through social media re Belfast atm primarily by US / UK bad faith actors: (1) Race riots and pogroms in NI are about keeping ‘Ireland for the Irish’. The rioters are from (British) Loyalist backgrounds.

I think we can all agree on "different".

Also, there is nothing Christian about marriage: it is a far older, far more universal practice which exists outside the bounds of intolerant Christian theocracy.

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The Argos did well in their first game, apart from having no running game, a leaky secondary and a crucial special teams fail. In other words, picking up right where they left off last year.

The Argos extending Kevin Mital is HUGE. Great work.

Either Gianni Infantino sent a terrorist to referee soccer matches in the USA or he is allowing Trump to pretend he did with impunity. Either way, he should be fired.

Hewitt spent every summer of his youth at his parents' holiday home on the Island. His own holiday home was in Beaverton on Lake Simcoe.

Canadian football takes such strength from the efforts of people who love and value it. Here is one of those often-unsung heroes: Guelph News share.google/aRfZsFmBufPR...

Every second of co-hosting this event with a barbarous regime that has moulded it into a despicable pageant of hatred, bigotry and the hypocritical antithesis of everything FIFA pretends to stands for is an utter embarrassment and disgrace to the city of Toronto.

It would be brilliant -- and better -- if the other officials all refused to work unless/until Mr. Artan is reinstated.

Delighted to hear it. 2019 was an agonizing year, and it's nice to see Corey Chamblin finding his mojo again. 3downnation.com/2026/06/09/f...

The Argos defeated the Hamilton Tigers 2-0 at Varsity Stadium in 1947, three days after the same two teams combined for 59 points in Steeltown. The Star's Annis Stukus described the game as "duller than the wrong side of a bitter knife". But that was pre-CFL, of course.

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This ⤵️ The great 20th-century philosopher Dr. Johnny Fever said, "When everybody's out to get you, paranoia is just good thinking." I have depression. I accept it isn't good thinking. And yet, when I think about my kids' education, I wonder how any parent isn't depressed.

Just in time to get all the plays and signals from him.

This more or less illustrates my earlier point about CBS. The media have allowed themselves to be persuaded that calling fascist lies lies is a partisan act. In the BBC's case -- like the CBC and PBS -- the threat of defunding has extra coercive power.

They are lying, or are giving others the platform to lie, to achieve what the fascist delusion calls "balance".

Who is this Tump and what is his, her or their beef with oceanography?

Today you will hear a great deal of frequently dubious rhetoric about what Canadians fought for FOR on D-Day. It's okay in 2026, I think, to contemplate instead what Canadians fought AGAINST.

The Scottish and Irish soccer leagues have precisely the same issues with the EPL as the Canadian Football League has with the NFL, and their rules of play are absolutely identical. Remember this when people facetiously link the Johnston Rules to the league's existential issues. There is no link.

"Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages". The Critic Magazine review of 'Sport and the British' - thecritic.co.uk/the-games-we... #sportshistory

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Enough is enough @orourkeguelph.bsky.social This individual is not welcome in this country.

Gutting the rouge rules was sold by stoking fears of how a "big game" being decided by one would make the CFL look in Alabama. Expressing concern about how the game would be affected meant scorn and ridicule, especially if you saw resemblances to the four-down game. So far the concerns seem merited.

Yes, there is a significant decrease in return average when a ball bounces first. Something I hope to capture this season is the net return after a bounce relative to the spot of the initial bounce.

Confessions of a "NIMBY": Development next door - "We need to shut off your water for 2 or 3 hours. Sorry for the inconvenience." 9 hours later. Still no water. Our son is disabled and incontinent. Every single thing they've told us from day one has been a lie.

I was ridiculed and insulted on the other app when I foretold that the new rules would lead to significantly more punts being allowed to bounce instead of being caught. Now imagine the impact of shortening the end zones next year.

Pre-season numbers relating the new 35 second clock in the #CFL. No significant differences thus far, just a shuffling of the deck.

Also, they have a goalie who the press decided was incapable of backstopping the Leafs this far.

Yay, team! Still, world-class educations are overrated, right Minister?

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This fella Newton must be wondering what else he could have done to earn a spot.

Wow. Tyshon Blackburn (DB), Aaron Casey (LB), Anthony Vandal (OL) and John Bosse (OL) are pretty significant cuts by the Argos; and I strongly suspect Nathan Walker (P) and Anthony Guercio (QB) land somewhere too.

Nice. (But go Blues!) 3downnation.com/2026/05/30/y...

"We didn't scapegoat him. But it really was his fault. And we didn't run him out of town. But he deserved to be run out of town. So stop criticizing us."

The NHL is history! 😉

Indeed. Likewise the buzz at the end of CFL preseason and the start of a new season. One of the many, many things Elon has ruined.

So far in this exhibition game, there have been two instances of a punt returner letting a punt go short of the end zone, knowing it would roll through/out. Rewarding this by removing the single point has added nothing whatsoever of value to the game, that I can perceive.

By Jove, I think they've got it! (pilfered from a friend on Facebook)

Have I sent a proposal for my (completed) book off to a publisher today? Yes, I have. It feels like a milestone. But mostly it feels like clearing the decks for the next project.

The good news for Rielly is that he gets to go to the finals next season.

Only seven home games for your forty bucks in 1965, but that's more home games than the Argos have this year.

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Phew!

On 26 May 1954, Lionel Conacher collapsed and died after hitting a triple in an MP's baseball game in Ottawa. A star and champion in multiple sports, the "Big Train" played halfback for the Argos in 1921 and 1922, seasons in which the Boatmen won a Grey Cup and went unbeaten in league play.

A statement like this is concerning. It comes across as though the player was not fully disclosing his injury A return to play should be determined by team doctors Every player establishes a baseline test before playing. Schager likely fails a baseline vision test in this scenario

This isn't the question (except for defensive broadcasters). The question is why this happens over and over and over again, and the part the media plays in that.