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CALGARY -- First the Calgary Stampeders lost quarterback Kevin Glenn. Then they almost lost the Labour Day Classic. Glenn was sidelined in the second quarter by a bruised knee and replaced by backup Bo Levi Mitchell, then the Edmonton Eskimos exploded for four unanswered touchdowns in the final quarter as Calgary held on for a 37-34 victory on Monday. The Stamps built a 37-7 cushion with 10 minutes remaining in the game when Edmonton exploded for four touchdowns. "I thought our team played hard, they played fast, they played physical," Calgary head coach John Hufnagel said. "We need to play smarter and I say that to my football team all the time. "We knew Edmonton was a good fourth-quarter team. We knew there was no quit in that football team. Life is a lesson, so is a football game. Fortunately the mistakes we made didnt cost us the game." Cary Koch, Kerry Joseph, John White, Matt Carter and Fred Stamps had touchdowns for Edmonton (1-8), whose 27 points in the fourth quarter made for a wild finish and a tense one for Stampeder fans at McMahon Stadium. But Calgary (7-2) held on for the win and continues to chase the Saskatchewan Roughriders (8-1) atop the Canadian Football League. The Eskimos lost their seventh in a row and reside West Division basement. The Stampeders led 17-0 after the opening quarter, but their momentum stalled momentarily when Glenn left the game in the second. His leg buckled after a snap and while he managed to complete the pass, Glenn immediately limped off favouring his left leg. He completed eight of 11 pass attempts for 108 yards and a touchdown pass before leaving the game. "He could have played, but he wouldnt have the mobility I thought we needed at the position because of the pressure their front four was getting on us," Hufnagel said Glenn, 34, was also unable to finish Calgarys previous game against Toronto, when a fourth-quarter head injury forced him to the sidelines to comply with the CFLs concussion protocol. Maurice Price led Calgary with a three touchdowns in the receivers first game since injuring his hamstring in Week 3. He finished with 165 receiving yards on five receptions. "Ive been so hungry for one of these so-to-speak, breakout games and it finally feels good to kind of get one," Price said. Mitchell was 11-for-18 in passing for 226 yards and two touchdowns passes in relief of Glenn. Mitchell ran for a short-yardage touchdown before replacing Glenn in the second quarter. Calgary kicker Rene Paredes made three field goals from 41, 14 and 24 yards for the hosts in front of 32,217 at McMahon. It was a miserable three quarters for the Eskimos and quarterback Mike Reilly, who managed just 86 yards of offence before the fourth. Among Edmontons momentum-killing mistakes, Calgary recovered the Eskimos second-half kickoff and produced a field goal out of that turnover. But Edmonton is highest-scoring team in the CFL in fourth quarters. Reilly threw touchdown passes of 35, 18, 33 and seven yards to Carter, White, Koch and Stamps respectively starting at 6:52. Reilly was 16-for-35 in passing with a pair of interceptions and four touchdown throws. Calgary sacked him seven times, led by Charleston Hughes with three. "If youre going to score four touchdowns in the fourth quarter and its not enough to win, you didnt do much right in the first three," Reilly said. "Our offence let us down today. Our defence I thought played a great game. Its hard for them to keep points off the field when we cant stay on the field." Edmonton lost a fifth straight game by five points or less. "Sooner or later the football gods are going to have to smile on us and give us a couple breaks," Edmonton head coach Kavis Reed said. "We created a lot late in the fourth quarter, but early on were just digging ourselves holes." Price had 66- and 42-yard touchdown receptions in the second half. The 27-year-old slowed down at the goal-line to celebrate them, which didnt impress Hufnagel. "He had an excellent night, got himself ready to play and demonstrated the speed he does possess," the coach said. "Obviously I need to coach him to make sure he gets in the end zone before he celebrates." Calgary running back Jon Cornish, the No. 2 rusher in the league behind Saskatchewans Kory Sheets, had 60 yards on 17 carries. The Labour Day rematch is Friday in Edmonton. Jon Leuer Jersey . 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The Extreme Heat Policy was enacted at Melbourne Park just before 2 p.m. Thursday, suspending all matches on outer courts until the early evening and requiring the closure of the retractable roofs at Rod Laver and Hisense arenas before play could continue on the show courts.VANCOUVER - There was a very brief moment Sunday evening when Calgary Stampeders fan Clint Noble thought the Grey Cup was slipping through his teams fingers.It didnt last long — a penalty that nullified a Brandon Banks touchdown late in the game put a welcome end to the drama as the Stampeders defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 20-16 to capture the 102nd Grey Cup at B.C. Place.With 35 seconds left, the stadium erupted in cheers and gasps as Banks returned a punt into the end zone, but an illegal block penalty scuttled the play.When its live, you dont really see it on the replay, so its hard to say if it was legit, Noble, 28 said of the penalty. There were a few calls the other way earlier that were controversial, too.Calgarian Merlin Radke noticed the penalty before Banks had even finished running.I saw the flag drop right away so I kind of sat back and laughed, said Radke, 51.Outside the stadium after the game, Stamps fans were predictably elated, screaming cries of victory and hamming it up for TV news cameras.Some Hamilton supporters were declaring their team had been robbed, but others were more sanguine.Kostas Georgakoulias of Hamilton chalked it up to a tough call for the ref. And besides, he added, if Hamilton had played better, that one play wouldnt have been the difference between winning and losing.To beat Calgary, you have to play a perfect game, said Georgakoulias, who was wearing a hard hat adorned with Tiger-Cats stickers and a black-and-yellow kilt. If we played a perfect game we would have won decisively.What are you going to do?Meanwhile, the Stampeders were so excited while celebrating their win on the field, they broke the trophy.I think Im the one that did it, said Calgary linebacker Juwan Simpson. I dont know. I grabbed it and was excited, and all of a sudden, it got a little (loose.) Some glue and some duct tape and itll be good.Before Grey Cup weekend arrived, there were few signs in Vancouver that a championship football game was about to land in the city. Even in the past few days, outside of official events such as Saturdays parade, only the occasional jersey-clad fan walking along a downtown street provided any indication the Grey Cup was imminent.Just four days before the game, organizers had 4,500 tickets that had yet to be sold. Resale websites were advertising tickets for as low as $49, and several sellers hawking seats along the route to the stadium were simply shouting at passersby to make them an offerThe CFL said attendance for the game was about 52,000, leaving roughly 1,400 seats empty. The staddium appeared to be mostly full outside of the far nose-bleed sections, where small blocks of chairs had no one to sit in them.ddddddddddddVancouver last hosted the big game just three years ago, in 2011, when the B.C. Lions played for — and won — the Cup. Tickets that year sold out months in advance.Even without a home team, the stands were boisterous and rowdy, with loud cheers following touchdowns and significant plays on both sides. Still, geography appeared to give Calgary fans an edge, with chants of Go Stamps Go occasionally erupting in pockets of red jerseys, sometimes with large Stampeders flags flying overhead.B.C. Places retractable roof, installed in 2011 not long before that years Grey Cup, remained closed, despite sunny blue skies — unusual for Vancouver in late November.Before the game, country musician Dallas Smith, who is from Langley, B.C., kicked off the event, followed by Montreals Nikki Yanofsky singing O Canada with the backing of a 102-person choir.Las Vegas-based Imagine Dragons put on a high-energy halftime show, playing hits such as Radioactive to a throng of people gathered on a patch of field on front of the stage. It was the first time a non-Canadian act has played the Grey Cup halftime show since 2007, when Lenny Kravitz performed at Torontos Rogers Centre.I know that we are visitors to this country, but Canada has always made us feel like were right at home, lead singer Dan Reynolds said between songs.The Grey Cup festivities began Sunday morning at a waterfront plaza next to the cauldron from the 2010 Winter Olympics, where bands and dancers took to the stage before the Grey Cup trophy arrived.Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Hamilton mayor-elect Fred Eisenberger brought along jerseys from their respective teams, each with the others name.Under the terms of a bet between the two, Eisenberger, who will be sworn in this week, will be wearing the Stampeders jersey during his first council meeting as mayor.Fans who gathered at the Sunday rally represented every team in the league.Large flags with the Calgary Stampeders horse held above the crowd. Foam helmets bearing the Montreal Alouettes logo. A man in a Darth Vader costume wearing a Saskatchewan Roughriders jersey.Tony Dagenais of Moose Jaw, Sask., came with a group of friends adorned with elaborate green and white face paint, jerseys and capes.Dagenais, 46, said CFL fans are like a society within a society.This is a chance to say, Yeah, were from all over Canada, but were Canadian and were all one.---Follow @ByJamesKeller on Twitter Cheap Canadiens Jerseys Cheap Predators Jerseys Cheap Devils Jerseys Cheap Islanders Jerseys Cheap Rangers Jerseys Cheap Senators Jerseys Cheap Flyers Jerseys Cheap Penguins Jerseys Cheap Sharks Jerseys Cheap Blues Jerseys Cheap Lightning Jerseys Cheap Maple Leafs Jerseys Cheap Canucks Jerseys Cheap Golden Knights Jerseys Cheap Capitals Jerseys Cheap Winnipeg Jets Jerseys ' ' '

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