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Consider this week’s Monday Morning Quarterback a palette cleanser prior to Tuesday’s main course. The final countdown to the 2026 CFL Canadian Draft is underway, with teams set to make picks tomorrow afternoon. And as we wait to see what direction the Ottawa REDBLACKS decide to go with their first overall pick, we’re also continuing our prep for the 2026 season. Rookie camps open next week on May 6. Four days later main camps open across the league. And we are now exactly three weeks from the preseason opener between Calgary and Saskatchewan at McMahon Stadium. RELATED» Play Team Picker now…

Photo courtesy: CFL The Canadian Football League will soon launch its first official season-long fantasy football game, according to a post on its website. Fans can sign up to participate by submitting an email address, which promises to provide users with “insider updates and launch details.” The webpage features a few blurbs about the game, indicating participants will create a league, hold a draft prior to kickoff on June 4, then participate in weekly games and playoffs. There is also a disclaimer indicating the game will be available in English and French. The CFL has also provided specifics regarding roster…

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Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe is struggling to be fit for the Clasico clash with Barcelona next month due to the hamstring injury that forced him to come off against Real Betis on Friday night. The France captain has struggled for full fitness in recent weeks, mostly with a knee problem, but his left hamstring is now giving cause for concern. Madrid have not put a timeframe on his recovery but Spanish newspaper AS claim his availability for the trip to Camp Nou on May 10 is in serious doubt. A club statement this morning confirmed the 27-year-old was struggling.…

“Moshing and headbanging” at a death metal concert. That’s paradise for prison guard Lelio Camacho, a member of the psychosocial support team at La Modelo medium-security prison in Bogotá. A metalhead to the core, he says he’s unique among the 17,000 employees of Colombia’s National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (INPEC). “With great humility, I consider myself unique for doing what I love at my job,” he says, sitting in the prison’s courtyard number one. In 2022, he fulfilled his dream of forming a band in prison. But not just any band: half the members of Simbiontes, as they named the…

27/04/2026 – The French sales agent will be pinning its hopes on A Girl’s Story by Judith Godrèche, Titanic Ocean by Konstantina Kotzamani and The Station by Sara IshaqA Girl’s Story by Judith Godrèche (© Windy Production/Moana Films)Much like last year, when it took its baby steps on the Croisette under its new identity and had two films selected in Un Certain Regard, French international sales agent Paradise City Sales, managed by Émilie Georges, will once again be able to boast two titles in the same programme of the 79th Cannes Film Festival while adding a feature debut in competition…

Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Iran’s foreign minister on Monday arrived in Russia, where President Vladimir Putin pledged to maintain the two countries’ strategic partnership and to help establish peace in the Middle East, according to Russian and Iranian state media. The visit follows a whirlwind weekend of diplomacy, with Iran seeking to gain political leverage and foreign backing as talks with the U.S. remain on hold. But missing from this diplomatic flurry is any sign of a meeting between Washington and Tehran. During the meeting in St. Petersburg, Putin said he had received a message last week from…

Concert organizers confirmed that a crew member died while setting up the stage for Shakira’s upcoming Brazil show. “The event organizers confirm that an accident this Sunday afternoon (April 26th) tragically claimed the life of a professional who was working on assembling the structures for the show,” the official Todo Mundo No Rio Instagram account shared in a statement on Sunday, April 26. “First responders provided initial care at the scene, and the Fire Department was immediately called to transport the patient.” The statement continued, “Unfortunately, the professional passed away at the hospital.” The concert organizer added that they are…

Photo: Jackson State Athletics The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have signed American quarterback JaCobian Morgan and American offensive lineman Nolan Gorczyca. The 24-year-old played seven games at Jackson State University in 2025, completing 60.1 percent of his pass attempts for 1,187 yards, 11 touchdowns, and two interceptions, and rushing 42 times for 293 yards and three scores. He was added to Hamilton’s negotiation list in March. The native of Canton, Miss. spent three seasons with the Tigers, completing 63.7 percent of his pass attempts for 4,080 yards, 40 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions over 26 games. He also rushed for 668 yards and 13…

Ford Racing’s Mustang Cobra Jet 2200 just ran a quarter mile in 6.87 seconds at 221 mph at an NHRA event in Charlotte, setting a new world record for an EV. The run smashed Ford’s own previous EV record of 7.62 seconds, set by the Cobra Jet 1800 last September, by an impressive 0.75 seconds.As the name suggests, Ford’s Cobra Jet 2200 puts a massive 2,200 horsepower to the wheels thanks to a newly designed electric motor and inverter combo. Ford elected to use two motors and inverters instead of four of each as before to reduce complexity and boost…