A burly silver-and-blue clad defensive lineman has already broken through the offensive line and is narrowing in on the vulnerable quarterback.
But pointedly, the two do not collide, and the bull-rusher pulls up at the blast of a high-pitch whistle. There will be no striking QBs today.
Three numbers stand apart when surveying the field at the Northern Red Knights senior football practice on Thursday: 8, 30 and 83.
Each member of the trio is noticeably small in stature and carries himself with an air of prominence.
There are no excuses for the Leaside Lancers this football season.
The University of Toronto will bring some momentum into their home-opener this Saturday against the Guelph Gryphons.
The Northern Red Knights have a football tradition steeped in winning.
Head coach Dan Dominico can’t recall the last time his seniors lost a regular-season contest – he estimates it’s been eight or nine years.
Few could have predicted the Buffalo Bills manhandling of the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. The 41-7 drubbing was certainly one of the more shocking outcomes of the first week of NFL action. Head coach…
Ron Singer faces an up-hill battle as the head football coach with the revived Forest Hill Falcons seniors this season, but welcomes the challenge with open arms.
Klaus Wilmsmeyer came out of Lorne Park Secondary School in Mississauga, Ont., as one of the best kicking prospects in North America and eventually spent six years in the National Football League. Chris Schultz had…
Andrew Lomasney bounced a 36-yard field goal in off an upright with 58 seconds left to give the University of Toronto Varsity Blues a 10-8 victory over the host York Lions in OUA football on Saturday.
The Buffalo Bills are hoping they have made the correct moves to revamp a defence that ranked dead last against the run in 2010. Those moves will be put to the test in a big way this Sunday when they travel to Kansas City.