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Weekend Sports Preview–June 30-July 2–CFL, Euro 2012, MLB, Wimbledon, Track & Field

Friday, June 29th, 2012

The Canadian Football League commences this weekend.

On Saturday night the Edmonton Eskimos host a familiar person to town.  Ricky Ray will be quarterbacking not the Eskimos however at Commonwealth Stadium, but the Toronto Argonauts (Saturday, TSN, 5pm).

In a very controversial off season deal, Eskimos GM Eric Tillman traded Ray for quarterback Steven Jyles, kicker Grant Shaw and a first round pick in 2012.

In the Canadian Football League I thought you needed a solid quarterback to win football games. Ricky Ray is a great quarterback and the Eskimos let him go. Apparently Tillman didn’t get the memo.

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Positive signs for Edmonton’s Donovan Bailey Invitational

Saturday, June 16th, 2012

Yohan Blake (Erik Van Leeuwen, Wikimedia Commons)

The city of Edmonton put on a fantastic show Saturday for the Donovan Bailey Invitational. Unable to show off the city last year due to poor weather, many elite athletes were able to show off their skills at Edmonton’s Foote Field today.

Among the high quality athletes who performed in Edmonton Saturday were 100m champion Yohan Blake of Jamaica, who at 22 years of age, is set to give Olympic champion and fellow countryman Usain Bolt a definite run for his money in the most popular event at the Olympic Games. Blake ran 10.05 seconds Saturday, obviously not good enough to win Olympic Gold, but strong enough to win the most significant international track and field event on Canadian soil this year.

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