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CTV News
2 days ago
- Sport
- CTV News
Veteran quarterback Chad Kelly to miss another start for the Toronto Argonauts
Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly gives instructions during opening day of CFL training camp in Guelph, Ont., on Sunday, May 11, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nick Iwanyshyn TORONTO — Chad Kelly's season debut with the Toronto Argonauts will have to wait another week. Toronto (1-4) listed the veteran quarterback as out for its game Thursday night in Montreal versus the Alouettes (3-2). That means Nick Arbuckle will make a sixth straight start for the Argos. Kelly, the CFL's 2023 outstanding player, hasn't played this season as he continues to recover from a serious leg injury suffered in last year's East Division final versus Montreal. Arbuckle earned the Grey Cup start for the Argos and was named the game's MVP after passing for 252 yards and two TDs in their 41-24 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Both Toronto and Montreal will come off bye weeks. Also out for the Argos will be tackle Ryan Hunter (shoulder), linebacker Jack Cassar (adductor) and running back Miyan Williams (head). But running back Deonta McMahon (ankle), linebacker Wynton McManis (knee) and defensive lineman Derek Parish (ankle) will all be available for Toronto. Quarterback Davis Alexander will be available for Montreal after missing two starts with a hamstring injury. He's 7-0 as a CFL starter and closing in on Danny McManus's league record of eight straight wins to begin a career in Canada. Also available for the Alouettes will be offensive linemen Nick Callender (foot) and Cyrille Hogan-Saindon (knee) and receiver Austin Mack (hamstring). This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 15, 2025.
Winnipeg Free Press
2 days ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Veteran quarterback Chad Kelly to miss another start for the Toronto Argonauts
TORONTO – Chad Kelly's season debut with the Toronto Argonauts will have to wait another week. Toronto (1-4) listed the veteran quarterback as out for its game Thursday night in Montreal versus the Alouettes (3-2). That means Nick Arbuckle will make a sixth straight start for the Argos. Kelly, the CFL's 2023 outstanding player, hasn't played this season as he continues to recover from a serious leg injury suffered in last year's East Division final versus Montreal. Arbuckle earned the Grey Cup start for the Argos and was named the game's MVP after passing for 252 yards and two TDs in their 41-24 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Both Toronto and Montreal will come off bye weeks. Also out for the Argos will be tackle Ryan Hunter (shoulder), linebacker Jack Cassar (adductor) and running back Miyan Williams (head). But running back Deonta McMahon (ankle), linebacker Wynton McManis (knee) and defensive lineman Derek Parish (ankle) will all be available for Toronto. Quarterback Davis Alexander will be available for Montreal after missing two starts with a hamstring injury. He's 7-0 as a CFL starter and closing in on Danny McManus's league record of eight straight wins to begin a career in Canada. Thursdays Keep up to date on sports with Mike McIntyre's weekly newsletter. Also available for the Alouettes will be offensive linemen Nick Callender (foot) and Cyrille Hogan-Saindon (knee) and receiver Austin Mack (hamstring). This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 15, 2025.
National Post
02-07-2025
- Sport
- National Post
Argonauts put quarterback Shedeur Sanders on their negotiation list
Quarterback Shedeur Sanders, one of the more polarizing figures to come out of U.S. college football in years, could be destined for the Toronto Argonauts. Article content The son of former NFL Hall-of-Famer Deion Sanders, has been placed on the negotiation list of the Argos, the Canadian Football League club announced on Wednesday. Article content Article content Despite being touted by some as a high first-round pick in the 2025 National Football League draft, the electric young Sanders — who threw for 147 touchdowns over a four-year NCAA career with Jackson State and Colorado and rushed for 17 more — plummeted all the way to the fifth round and wasn't even the first quarterback selected by the Cleveland Browns. Article content Now, numerous sources are reporting that, with training camp under way, the Browns are already looking beyond both the 23-year-old Sanders and third-round pick Dillon Gabriel as their possible QB of the future and have their eyes instead on Clemson's Cade Klubnik with the first pick in the 2026 draft. There's even talk that with veterans Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett also in the congested Cleveland QB room, Sanders won't even make the team. Article content The defending Grey Cup-champion Argos already have former CFL Most Outstanding Player Chad Kelly, 31, as their starting QB, though he has been recovering from an injury since the end of the 2024 season while veteran Nick Arbuckle guides the offence. Article content But the possibility of adding the uber-talented Sanders, whose skillset may be better suited to the CFL, would no doubt be a major shot in the arm for the Argonauts' lagging attendance figures. Article content
ABC News
22-06-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — Phantom Island
From Deep Purple and Metallica to KISS and even Sigur Rós, bands tapping orchestras for some added class is nothing new, and often to mixed results. But trust King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, arguably Australia's wildest and most prolific band, to put their unique spin on what is sometimes dismissed as bombastic cliché. Phantom Island is the group's 27th album in 13 years, (You do the maths!) What's more remarkable than the pace at which this six-headed beast pumps out new music is that the quality has rarely dipped with each release. Having restlessly switched through genre gears — power metal, psych jazz, microtonality, electronic pop, boogie rock, spoken-word Spaghetti Western — this time, King Gizz add symphonic strings, horns and woodwinds to their freewheeling mix of trippy riffs and jam-band glam. The spark for Phantom Island came from meeting members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic on tour, leading to the band enlisting British conductor Chad Kelly. He added orchestral arrangements to 10 unfinished songs written and recorded alongside last year's bluesy, unruly Flight b741 . The resulting material is unlike any in the band's far-reaching discography, and has ballooned into a homecoming December tour of both rock and orchestral shows, where Kelly conducts a 29-piece ensemble. After the grandiosity of the opening title track, there's plenty of special moments that rely less on orchestral heft and more on unique fusions. The brass punching up the '70s choogle of 'Deadstick'; the eerie strings bookending 'Lonely Cosmos'. Lush flutes and acoustic interludes augmenting the Southern-fried twang of 'Sea of Doubt', while muted horns and romantic swells perfectly complement the sharper, psychedelic edges of 'Silent Spirit'. Matching these songs' mutating melodies and moods is an emphasis on passing the mic, with guitarists Cook Craig and Joey Walker trading verses with regular vocalists Stu Mackenzie and Ambrose Kenny-Smith. With so many voices and instruments jostling for space, it can make for busy listening. However, the production — more polished and cleaner than these wilfully woolly rockers typically sound — makes untangling the knotty textures and grooves easier and especially rewarding on a good pair of headphones. For all the record's sonic complexity, it's only a creative nudge forward compared to the bold leap in songwriting. There's nothing wrong with chanting about your creature of choice over gnarly riffs (Rattlesnake! Dragon! Balrog!), but Phantom Island allows some humanity to slip into the fantasy. Many years of being locked into a punishing touring lifestyle is beginning to take its toll on King Gizz, with lyrics reflecting on habitually leaving their partners and kids to meet the demands of their cultish, global fanbase. ' There's more to it now than just leaving/ 'Cause there's so much more to miss' , Walker confesses between sighing strings and slide guitar on 'Eternal Return'. ' I would say don't be a musician, my son / Be a doctor, lawyer, or a stand-up citizen, ' Kenny-Smith advises on 'Silent Spirit', words which hit all the harder given he followed in the footsteps of his dad, Dingoes frontman Broderick Smith. Touring burnout and fame fatigue, just like recruiting an orchestra, is another rock star cliché burnished into something more compelling through King Gizz's singular filter. They use crashing airplanes and voyaging ships, of both the sea-and-space-faring variety, as metaphors to layer some Gizzverse world-building into vulnerable, world-weary lyrics. Like 'Space Oddity' and 'Rocket Man' before it, 'Spacesick' uses an intergalactic trip as a metaphor for isolation. Mackenzie, lost in the orbit of the road, longs for the grounding gravity of dinner with the wife and kids. ' How did the little ones sleep? Did you make it to the zoo? … your brother told me they cried a lot when they saw a guy who looked like their pop.' Even as poignant lyrics express the interior melancholy of these intrepid travellers, the music conveys a sense of adventure. The 27th episode in the ongoing tale of King Gizzard's wild journey might leave lingering questions about the sacrifices and sustainability of their absurdly creative and successful enterprise, but as always, it's a thrill to be caught up in the ride.
National Post
20-06-2025
- Sport
- National Post
QB Kelly out again as Arbuckle starts third straight game for banged-up Argos
Chad Kelly will have plenty of company on the Toronto Argonauts sideline Friday night. Article content Kelly will miss a third straight start when Toronto (0-2) hosts the Saskatchewan Roughriders (2-0). The 2023 CFL outstanding player continues to recover from a leg injury suffered in last year's East Division final. Article content Article content Ditto for receiver/returner Janarion Grant (ankle), the 2024 CFL top special teams player last season, who also has yet to play this year. Article content Joining them among Toronto's walking wounded will be linebackers Wynton McManis (knee) and Jack Cassar (adductor), running back Deonta McMahon (ankle), receiver DaVaris Daniels (hip), defensive lineman Demarcus Christmas (Achilles) and offensive linemen Sage Doxtater (knee), Dylan Giffen (back) and Darius Ciraco (foot). Article content On Thursday, Toronto re-signed Canadian fullback Brandon Calver, who spent the last four seasons with the club. He'll start on offence Friday and also play special teams. Article content Still, it's hardly an ideal scenario for a Toronto team looking to avoid its first 0-3 start since 2019. Article content 'Sometimes the injury bug hits you but we have no excuses,' said Toronto head coach Ryan Dinwiddie. 'It's next man up. Article content 'It's professional sports … you have to find a way to overcome it.' Article content Saskatchewan receiver Sam Emilus (foot) won't play but Canadian running back Thomas Bertrand-Hudon returns to back up former Argo A.J. Ouellette. Sophomore receiver Joe Robustelli is also back and starts. Article content Ka'Deem Carey won't face his former team. Carey, who ran for 1,060 yards last year in helping Toronto win the Grey Cup, joined Saskatchewan after being among the Argos' final cuts but won't dress Friday. Article content Article content Jake Herslow starts at slotback for Toronto while Canadian Ryan Hunter, the CFL's top lineman last year, moves from right tackle to left guard. American Hampton Ergle starts at tackle. Article content 'He (Williams) showed his physicality breaking through some tackles and getting to the second level,' Dinwiddie said. 'I think he's used to the U.S. game where it's more downhill but you've got to be a bit more patient (in the CFL) and set up some blocks and I think he's getting there.'
