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Paredes keeps Stampeders’ season alive with historic 62-yard winner
René Paredes has made a career out of keeping his head down, trusting his swing and watching footballs split uprights. This one travelled 62 yards and carried the Calgary Stampeders’ season with it. Paredes…
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Stampeders need Adams to rediscover swagger against winless Ottawa
It is time for Vernon Adams Jr. to be Vernon Adams Jr. again. That means being loose and being dangerous. He also needs to be his smiling self and play with the sort of…
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From Saturday spill to Sunday spectacular, Maher wins Spruce Meadows finale
Ben Maher went from down and out to up and over at Spruce Meadows. One day after falling from Catelly during the BMO Nations’ Cup, the British Olympian returned to the International Ring on…
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No. 84 is back: Begelton returns when Stampeders need him most
Reggie Begelton has waited 455 days for this. The rookie jitters have returned. So has the anxiety. More importantly for the Calgary Stampeders, so has No. 84. Begelton returns to Calgary’s lineup Saturday against…