Category: The Zone


  • One bite at a time: Stampeders on charge for CFL playoff spot

    The Calgary Stampeders have gone from checking the rear-view mirror to leaning on the horn. Three straight wins have dragged Calgary back to 8-8 and within one victory of a playoff berth. The Stamps can clinch Saturday by beating the 7-8 Winnipeg Blue Bombers at…

  • Mills carries Stampeders on the field and Calgary in his heart

    Dedrick Mills has spent the 2026 season carrying the Calgary Stampeders on his back. The Herm Harrison Memorial Award recognizes what he has done whenever he has put the football down. The Stampeders named Mills this year’s recipient of the award for outstanding community service…

  • One last kick: Stampeders legend Rene Paredes to retire after season

    Rene Paredes has spent 15 seasons turning Calgary’s nervous silence into a familiar celebration: snap, hold, kick, points. At the end of this season, the Stampeders’ surest foot is finally stepping away. Paredes announced Tuesday that he will retire when Calgary’s 2026 campaign ends, closing…

  • Flames send Zary, Pachal a message with assignment to Wranglers

    The Calgary Flames did not lose Connor Zary or Brayden Pachal on waivers. They did, however, send both players a message that could not have been much louder. Zary and Pachal cleared waivers Tuesday and were assigned to the Calgary Wranglers, one day after Calgary…

  • Flames’ rough start is already burning through their margin for error

    Three games into the NHL season, the Calgary Flames are still searching for their first point, their first lead and anything resembling the identity they intended to build. Sunday’s 6-1 loss to the Seattle Kraken was not an isolated bad night. It was Calgary’s second…

  • Stampeders turn three-game surge into a genuine playoff push

    Three weeks ago, the Calgary Stampeders were searching for a spark. Now they are carrying a flamethrower into the final two weeks of the Canadian Football League season. The Stampeders marched into Mosaic Stadium and defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders 37-31 on Friday, extending their winning…

  • Flames enter farewell season with the future now on display

    The Calgary Flames begin their final season at the Saddledome with a roster designed to create more questions than guarantees. Can Matt Coronato become a dependable top scorer? Can Zayne Parekh and Simon Nemec grow into cornerstone defencemen? Can Dustin Wolf provide enough saves to…

  • Flames’ final cuts leave only a few chairs open

    Training camp began with a crowded room and plenty of players circling NHL chairs. Now the music is slowing. The Calgary Flames cut 16 players from camp Friday, leaving 27 — three goaltenders, eight defencemen and 16 forwards — competing for the places available when…

  • Stampeders stay alive with crucial road win in Ottawa

    The Calgary Stampeders bought themselves another week in the CFL playoff race Saturday. Now comes the hard part: getting past the teams standing directly in their way. Calgary’s 45-31 road victory over the Ottawa Redblacks improved its record to 7-8 and delivered a second straight…

  • Musse makes history as Cavalry crushes Supra

    Ali Musse was asked to fill a hole in Cavalry FC’s attack Friday night. He responded by filling the net—and a blank space in the club record book. Shifted into a striker’s role with several offensive threats unavailable, Musse scored Cavalry’s first hat-trick in a…