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Well we're getting back into the swing of things as training camp opened and the pre-season is about to start for the Calgary Stampeders. The season looks exciting, as always, and the team, well the team has a few holes. By a few I mean quite a few. We'll look at the changes in greater details in the coming days.

In the meantime, check out the new look of Stampeders Forum. We went with something a bit simpler, hope you enjoy. Add us to your readers and be sure to comment back. Also, we're on twitter @flamesstamps.

For updated training camp coverage check out Al Cameron who's doing a bang up job.

The Calgary Stampeders will open the 2010 season July 1st against the visiting Toronto Argonauts. Here is the rest of the 2010 scheduled dates and opponents.

Preseason will begin Sunday:

Sunday, June 13: at Edmonton 5 p.m.
Sunday, June 20: vs Saskatchewan 1 p.m.


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Crucial End of Season Run Unseen by tens of thousands

**Edit: To the credit of the organization, they did lift the blackout LATE last week, although some people said they watched it fine. This week TELUS TV did not have the game until the second quarter, late, and Starchoice customers did..... All in all this is a matter of someone in management not getting the right information out in time---not a good excuse, especially two weeks in a row.***

There are few explanations for what's transpiring in the city that will host the 2009 Grey Cup which incidentally lines the pockets of owners with an extra game of 200 dollar tickets X 45,000 = over 1 million dollars extra.

For the second week in a row the Stampeders have blacked out the home game on national coverage, the first time they've blacked out in over a year, and the second time in as many weeks. Last week the team issued an explanation, not an apology, on why the game was blacked out which you can read here.

The reason? They didn't sell 90% of the seats. Why didn't they sell? Because the organization has ADDED Over 5000 seats. That means, last week the home game was the third highest attended home game of the season yet the game was blacked out because not enough seats for the NEW number were sold.


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In an apparent 'culmination of events' the Calgary Stampeders released veteran middle-linebacker JoJuan Armour due to an on field incident that happened Friday. (more...)

A collection of news and blog postings on the Calgary Stampeders for the month of May, 2009.

• Recap of 2009 CFL Entry Draft for Stamps. Included here is the Herald's coverage.
• Hodges and Rasheed released.
• Stamps sign Nik Lewis on lengthy contract extension. Here's Nik's take on the signing.
• Stamps Sign four DL.
• Stamps Sign three and release two DL
• Stamps Sign four receivers

A professional winning attitude, great players, and a dash of good coaching, capped off the Calgary Stampeders winning season with Coach John Hufnagel's award for Coach of the Year. Coach Huf took a Calgary team that showed glimpses of greatness in the past two seasons, and glimpses of mediocrity for what seemed like the entire 2000's, to win the Grey Cup in his first CFL head coaching season.

Props to Coach Huf, his staff of coaches, and to the Stamps. We can only expect more of the same this upcoming year, plus the game is at home. The bar has been set, let's hope the team can deliver again.

What went on in the world of CFL and Stampeders last week? Well the top stories for Calgary fans include the resigning of defensive back Brandon Browner who most thought would end up in the NFL, and Sandro Dangelis announcing his return. After that it was coach Hufnagel's nomination for coach of the year. Here are some articles for your review.


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Finishes Where he Began

The Calgary Stampeders have announced that quarterback Dave Dickenson has retired after 11 seasons in the CFL. Dickenson, 36, had his career cut short by concussion problems in recent years and only attempted just nine passes with the Stamps this past year.

Dickenson was named the league's most outstanding player in 2000 and won three Grey Cups in his career, being named championship game MVP in 2005. He passed for 22,913 yards and 154 touchdowns with 50 interceptions in a career spent with the Stampeders and the B.C. Lions. He completed 66.9 per cent of his passes, which puts him first on the all-time CFL list for retired players.


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The Calgary Stampeders will begin their Canadian Football League title on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 with a rematch of the 2008 Grey Cup. They'll open the regular season by playing host to the Montreal Alouettes at McMahon Stadium with an 8 p.m. kickoff.

The 2009 CFL season will conclude at McMahon Stadium on Sunday, Nov. 29 with the 97th Grey Cup championship.

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