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Craig Ellingson

@EllingsonAB

Sometimes, you win. Sometimes, you learn. ===== Tweets mostly sports because sports.

 Alberta, Canada
Joined March 2012
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Summertime and the rock ’n’ rollin’ is easy #yeg #Edmonton #yegmusic – at Edmonton, Alberta
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Elks aim to continue successful balancing act on offence vs. Redblacks ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/…
Elks aim to continue successful balancing act on offence vs. Redblacks

Elks aim to continue successful balancing act on offence vs. Redblacks

They’ve struck a balance, and it paid off on offence for the Edmonton Elks. The CFL club found traction in both their passing and rushing attacks, gathering 273 yards through the air and another 111...

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Explosive breakouts help Elks lead CFL in big plays ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/…
Explosive breakouts help Elks lead CFL in big plays

Explosive breakouts help Elks lead CFL in big plays

The Edmonton Elks, who earned their first win of the season on Sunday with a 39-33 home win over the Ottawa RedBlacks, lead the league with 16 'big plays,' two better than both the Saskatchewan...

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3-1/2 minutes into the game, an Elks TD vs. RedBlacks. Quickest 7 points of the season for the EE #CFL
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Spruce Grove ballpark, refund delays frustrate season-ticket holders ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/…
Spruce Grove ballpark, refund delays frustrate season-ticket holders

Spruce Grove ballpark, refund delays frustrate season-ticket holders

Season-ticket holders for an Edmonton-area baseball club are demanding refunds because its new ballpark is still under construction and may not be ready to open this season as promised.

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Oilers sign Lazar to 1-year contract ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/…
Oilers sign Lazar to 1-year contract

Oilers sign Lazar to 1-year contract

Curtis Lazar is coming back to Edmonton. The former star of the major junior Oil Kings has signed a one-year contract worth US$775,000 with the major-league Oilers, the National Hockey League team...

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Canada Day lingers. I won’t call it a hangover ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/…
Riverhawks ‘building community’ as annual Canada Day game sells out

Riverhawks ‘building community’ as annual Canada Day game sells out

Last week, while the Edmonton Riverhawks baseball team was on a road trip in British Columbia, team employees were back home, busy getting ready for the big game.

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Elks dodge facing CFL’s most-outstanding player as Blue Bombers’ Oliveira remains injured ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/…
Elks dodge facing CFL’s most-outstanding player as Blue Bombers’ Oliveira remains injured

Elks dodge facing CFL’s most-outstanding player as Blue Bombers’ Oliveira remains injured

Brady Oliveira is the top player in the Canadian Football League. And he won’t be playing Thursday against the Edmonton Elks. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers announced Tuesday that the 27-year-old running...

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Elks coach looks for CFL team’s 3 units to maximize offensive time on field ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/…
Elks coach looks for CFL team’s 3 units to maximize offensive time on field

Elks coach looks for CFL team’s 3 units to maximize offensive time on field

Head coach Mark Kilam says special teams and offence need to help balance the attack and set the defence up for more success, something that has ultimately eluded the Edmonton Elks early in the...

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Elks encouraged by 4th-quarter performance against Alouettes with Blue Bombers up next #CFL ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/…
Elks encouraged by 4th-quarter performance against Alouettes with Blue Bombers up next

Elks encouraged by 4th-quarter performance against Alouettes with Blue Bombers up next

When is garbage time not garbage time? When one of the Canadian Football League’s best defences isn’t letting up with last week’s game in hand, says the Edmonton Elks’ starting quarterback.

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Halftime #elks #CFL
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It’s the Davis Alexander air show early here at Commonwealth #CFL
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Oilers stars believe team will contend for Stanley Cup next year and ‘beyond that’ ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/…
Oilers stars believe team will contend for Stanley Cup next year and ‘beyond that’

Oilers stars believe team will contend for Stanley Cup next year and ‘beyond that’

His long-term future with the team aside, Connor McDavid said Thursday the job – winning the Stanley Cup – isn’t yet over for the Edmonton Oilers.

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Elks face strong Alouettes squad in season home-opener #CFL ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/…
Elks face strong Alouettes squad in season home-opener

Elks face strong Alouettes squad in season home-opener

It’s early in the Canadian Football League season, and the Edmonton Elks have played just one game and already taken a bye week, but another sizable challenge awaits the new-look Commonwealth Stadium...

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6 key factors in Oilers’ 2025 NHL playoff run to Stanley Cup Final ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/…
Key factors in Oilers’ 2025 Stanley Cup Final demise

Key factors in Oilers’ 2025 Stanley Cup Final demise

The Edmonton Oilers came up short, of course, losing in six games to the Florida Panthers in a Stanley Cup Final rematch, but the Blue-and-Orange’s journey to the championship series was marked by...

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Panthers find right balance between defending, scoring in Stanley Cup Game 5 win ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/…
Panthers find right balance between defending, scoring in Stanley Cup Final vs. Oilers

Panthers find right balance between defending, scoring in Stanley Cup Final vs. Oilers

They’re National Hockey League snipers in their own right. And while Aleksander Barkov and Sam Reinhart have yet to win league scoring titles, they’re key players in the Stanley Cup Final effort this...

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The Spanish broadcasting version of Draisaitl’s overtime goal just hits different
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Stanley Cup live updates: Draisaitl scores Game 4 winner for Oilers in OT ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/…
Stanley Cup live updates: Draisaitl scores Game 4 winner for Oilers in OT

Stanley Cup live updates: Draisaitl scores Game 4 winner for Oilers in OT

It’s not exactly do-or-die, but it might as well be. Games 4 are always pivotal in the playoffs because one team is faced with going down three games to one in the best-of-seven series, which almost...

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Stanley Cup game control: A question of style, puck possession and exploiting mistakes ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/…
Stanley Cup game control: A question of style, puck possession and exploiting mistakes

Stanley Cup game control: A question of style, puck possession and exploiting mistakes

Losing a faceoff and a battle for position less than a minute into Monday’s game cost them the first goal. A rash of early penalties then finally caught up to them for the second one. And then the...

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Oilers confident they can bounce back from Stanley Cup Game 3 rout ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/…

Oilers confident they can bounce back from Stanley Cup Game 3 rout

Oilers star Leon Draisaitl said Tuesday after practice he doesn’t take much issue with his teammates getting into the rough stuff, especially at that point of the game when the eventual 6-1 result...

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Oilers confident they can bounce back from Stanley Cup Game 3 rout ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/…

Oilers confident they can bounce back from Stanley Cup Game 3 rout

Oilers star Leon Draisaitl said Tuesday after practice he doesn’t take much issue with his teammates getting into the rough stuff, especially at that point of the game when the eventual 6-1 result...

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