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With the Grey Cup, the Montreal Alouettes and the reigning champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers now in Hamilton, the Canadian Football League’s championship week is taking shape. Hamilton’s manager of tourism and events says the first of several Grey Cup activities got underway Monday and more are coming “at every price point” for football fans including the festival. “In addition … to big concerts like Carrie Underwood at the FirstOntario Centre on Friday, there are also 40 other musical performances at the Built in the Hammer Street Festival,” Ryan McHugh said. “So just tons of stuff to do — the Santa...

The Ottawa Redblacks pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Grey Cup history, defeating the Calgary Stampeders 39-33 in overtime. Ottawa quarterback Henry Burris threw an 18-yard touchdown to Ernest Jackson in overtime. Calgary, who got the ball second, could not equalize, giving Ottawa its first CFL title since 1976, when they were called the Rough Riders. Burris led the charge with 461 yards passing and three touchdowns. He added two more touchdowns on the ground.

WINNIPEG — The Edmonton Eskimos have won their first CFL championship title since 2005 by beating the Ottawa RedBlacks 26-20 in the 103rd Grey Cup presented by Shaw. Edmonton took a six-point lead with less than four minutes left in the game as Jordan Lynch broke into the endzone with a one-yard quarterback sneak. The Eskimos added a two-point convert following the touchdown. The RedBlacks sat in front 19-18 following three quarters of play thanks to a 33-yard Chris Milo field goal.

Sunday, Nov. 29, 6 p.m. ET - Investors Group Field, Winnipeg, Manitoba; ESPN2 (United States), TSN (Canada, English), RDS (Canada, French) - Internet RDS.ca Temperature: 22 Deg F (Clear) Halftime Act : Fall Out Boys

For the fifth time in as many seasons, a new CFL champion will be crowned Sunday when the Calgary Stampeders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats square off in the 102nd Grey Cup. As expected, both teams have the look of champions entering Sunday. The Stamps (15-3) took care of business against the Edmonton Eskimos behind five total touchdowns from Bo Levi Mitchell on the way to the 43-18 victory. The Ti-Cats (9-9) put on an impressive show against the Montreal Alouettes on the way to a 40-24 triumph thanks to a pair of touchdowns from both Brandon Banks and Nic Grigsby. The...

It was one of the more bizarre scenes one will see in professional sports. The Saskatchewan Roughriders were in full party mode, galloping onto the field to celebrate the franchise’s second Grey Cup win in three seasons after Montreal’s Damon Duval missed a 43-yard field-goal attempt that would have won the game for the heavily-favoured Alouettes. But the Riders’ celebration stopped colder than a Regina winter night when the players suddenly noticed a red flag lying under the goalpost, followed by the announcement that Saskatchewan had lined up with too many men on the field. That gave Duval another shot...

TORONTO (CFL.ca wire) -- The Saskatchewan Roughriders have won their third Grey Cup in team history as they defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23-19 in front of 52,230 at the 95th Grey Cup at Rogers Centre in Toronto. Quarterback Kerry Joseph drove the Roughriders 78 yards for their first offensive touchdown of the game early in the fourth quarter putting the Roughriders ahead 23-14, connecting with Andy Fantuz on a 29-yard play. The drive was assisted on a pass interference penalty against Winnipeg's Kelly Malveaux. The Blue Bombers pinned the Roughriders deep on their own nine-yard line on their next...

VANCOUVER (CP) - Sean Fleming kicked a 36-yard field goal in the second round of overtime to give the Edmonton Eskimos a thrilling 38-35 win over the Montreal Alouettes in the 93rd Grey Cup on Sunday. It was Edmonton's second Grey Cup title in three years and 13th overall. In the first round of OT, Als quarterback Anthony Calvillo connected with Dave Stala from 30 yards out for a 35-28 lead before Ricky Ray hit Jason Tucker on an 11-yard TD pass to tie it. Fleming then booted his field goal, putting the pressure on Montreal to score. After a...

The Toronto Argonauts are champions of the CFL, defeating the B.C. Lions 27-19 to win the 92nd Grey Cup. A field goal expanded the Toronto Argonauts' lead over the B.C. Lions to 27-19 in the fourth quarter of the 2004 Grey Cup game. It was the third field goal for Argos kicker Noel Prefontaine. B.C. quarterback Dave Dickenson scored the touchdown from five yards out to make it 24-19, but two excellent runs by Antonio Warren put him in position to do so. The Lions wanted to try a two-point conversion, but two successive time count violations killed that idea....

Alouettes win 90th Grey Cup The Montreal Alouettes defeated the Edmonton Eskimos 25-17 to win the 90th Grey Cup Sunday in a game that featured a slick field and a wild ending. The Als survived an Eskimos touchdown and failed two-point conversion in the game's closing seconds, then, surprisingly ran back the Eskimos on-side kick attempt for the touchdown to seal the win. The last time the Alouettes won the Cup was in 1977 when the routed the Eskimos 41-6. With temperatures hovering around freezing, the field turned slick and both squads struggled to find their footing and move the...