Stampeders!!

ok so heres the latest on the mighty Calgary Stampeders. they defeated the BC Lions on Friday last week 36-29, in a great back and forth game, to move to 5-3, dropping the lions to a record of 4-4 at the time. the win moved the Stamps into a tie for 2nd in the west with the Edmonton Eskimoes, who defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders the night before (dropping the Riders to 6-2). The Stamps were able to shut down the Lions and prevent a late comeback after dropping earlier games in the season from late comebacks.
the Stamps have now won 2 games in a row, defeating Saskatchewan a week earlier 30-25.
This weekend is Labour day weekend, the unofficial start of the playoff drive. the Montreal Allouettes defeated the BC Lions last night in a game that the Lions somehow managed to stay in despite a rediculous 6 turnovers. the Lions had a chance late in the game from the 1 yard line with no time left, a chance to put the winning points on the board with a 5 point deficit. the Lions were stuffed 2 times in a row but the Als took penalties, on the third attempt the Lions fumbled and the Als won. the Als move to 6-3, atop the east division, by 6 points pending the outcome of the Tigercats-Argos game on Monday(TSN, 5:30pm).

the Stamps play the Eskies (esky is austrailian for cooler....) at 2pm in the Labour Day Classic at McMahon stadium in Calgary (TSN). the two teams are tied at 5-3, one win back of the riders who play the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on sunday(TSN,1pm) in their own labour day classic.
the stamps-eskies labour day game is always a classic, but this year will be great because of the meaning in the standings and both teams coming in off of big wins. the rematch will take place on friday(tsn, 7pm) in edmonton. most years the teams split the games, meaning both teams would come out with 6-4 records, but lets hope the Stamps can pull a Labour day sweep.

in hockey news, the flames newcomers arrived and the rookies have started practicing. the flames have heaps of games on tv this season, on sportsnet west, tsn and cbc.
the Ottawa Senators have traded Meszaros to Tampa Bay for two young players and a first round draft pick.
Mat Sundin still hasnt decided what he wants to do this season
Joe Sakic has resigned for one year at $6mil with Colorado, essentially giving them hope for this season.
the Blue Jays have fallen 10 games back of the wild card race, the nfl had its exhibition game at Rogers center last week, with $500 tickets being scalped for $50 and fans complaining about lack of atmosphere (haha) and tailgating. Toronto is due to host a regular season Bills game in December. ted Rogers still thinks he's going to get an nfl team, move it to Toronto and be successful in that, he is crazy, along with all the other toronto nfl fans that think it will fly.
the University of Calgary Dinos football team lost to the U of Saskatchewan Huskies last night 25-0 to open the CIS season.
thats all for now
thanks for reading
Adam