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The Canadian Football League denied Johnny Manziel's comeback bid to play in 2017 but said the former NFL quarterback can revisit his eligibility for next season. Manziel would be eligible in 2018 if he "meets certain conditions that have been spelled out" by commissioner Randy Ambrosie, the CFL announced Wednesday. "After an extensive process of due…
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Former Baylor football head coach Art Briles is a marked man, and not in a good way. Briles was in charge of the Baylor football program and oversaw what ultimately was deemed as an institutional lack of control as it related to multiple alleged sexual assaults. Baylor, a private Baptist university mind you, was marred by…
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Months after he was fired at Baylor, Art Briles is heading to the Canadian Football League, joining the Hamilton Tiger-Cats as an Assistant Head Coach Offense, per a team-issued release. There was no mention of Briles’ exit at Baylor in the release. The Sun Sentinel originally reported former head coach Art Briles was serving as an…
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The first black starting quarterback in pro football history has passed away. The CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats broke the news on Thursday that Bernie Custis has passed away at 88. A Syracuse alum — and a college roommate of future Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis — Custis was taken in the 1951 NFL Draft by the Cleveland…
