Sports Perspectives

Stats Corner: Forgotten Stampeders Were Perfect In 1948

Sep. 22 | A couple of years back, the New England Patriots came within whiskers of becoming the second team in NFL history to go undefeated after the ’72 Miami Dolphins. The Pats from Boston had to settle for going 18-1 with their only loss coming where it...

Alouettes Great QB Sam Etcheverry Dies

Sep. 13 | Etcheverry celebrates 1970 Grey Cup victory Sam “The Rifle” Etcheverry, who wasn’t just a-very good quarterback but a great one with the Montreal Alouettes, died of cancer in late August at the age of 79. Born in New Mexico and of Basque...

Eskimos Will Think 83 The Rest Of The Way

Aug. 6 | By Alex As soon as the hit happened in the third quarter, I wondered for a split second if Edmonton Eskimos receiver Jason Tucker was going to get up. He didn’t. Though conscious and moving, Tucker was taken away on a stretcher. It was later reported...