I believe Canadian receiver Matt Carter announced his retirement in January, citing the number of concussions he suffered in his injury-marred career.

Jon Jennings' fiancee is an event planner in Columbus, Ohio -- his birthplace. She and Jon have been dating for some time. No, she is not a Vancouver gal.

2013 Training Camp Dates, Kamloops

May 30 -- Lions rookie camp opens at Hillside Stadium and Thompson Rivers University
June 1 -- Veterans report
June 2 -- Main camp opens
June 9 -- FanFest, 1 p.m., Hillside Stadium
June 16 -- Open practice, Kelowna
June 19 -- Kamloops camp breaks

Casey has now found his true calling as a motivational speaker in Houston, Tex. His personal life coda is: "Success first starts with a change." We're presuming he means 'attitude', since Mr. Printers wrote the book on attitude. In addition, he is marketing his homespun philosophies and wi...

Great idea. I have tons of team guides (all teams), dating back to the 1980s, in pristine condition.

Ricky Foley has been cut by the Seahawks? Where did you get your information?
Danny O'Neil of the Seattle Times, the Seahawks' beat writer, was unaware of this development as of 9:45 a.m. Monday morning. You'd think Danny would know. Or, is this mere speculation?

Would the lionsbacker blogger named "The Lion King" please contact Mike Beamish of The Vancouver Sun at: sixbeamers@aim.com. Alternatively, Mike can be reached at: mbeamish@vancouversun.com.
Hope to hear from you.

Would the Lions blogger known as "The Lion King" please contact Mike Beamish of The Vancouver Sun at: sixbeamers@aim.com. Alternatively, Mike can be reached at: mbeamish@vancouversun.com.
Hope to hear from you.

Would the lionbackers blogger named "The Lion King" please contact Mike Beamish of The Vancouver Sun at: sixbeamers@aim.com. Alternatively, please e-mail Mike at: mbeamish@vancouversun.com.
Hope to hear from you

Would the lionbackers blogger known as "The Lion King" please contact Mike Beamish of The Vancouver Sun at: sixbeamers@aim.com. Or, e-mail Mike at: mbeamish@vancouversun.com.
Hope to hear from you.

Would the lionbackers blogger known as "The Lion King" please contact Mike Beamish of The Vancouver Sun. Mike can be reached at: sixbeamers@aim.com. Or, e-mail Mike at: mbeamish@vancouversun.com
Hope to hear from you.

According to Lions president Dennis Skulsky, the capacity of Empire field is 27,432.

There is no practice scheduled today (Tuesday, June 22). Players resume workouts on Wednesday (time to be announced).

Bob Walsh, a king pin behind the 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle, originally proposed having Seattle and Vancouver stage a joint bid for the Summer Olympics. But the idea was nixed by the International Olympic Committee because the IOC doesn't believe in the concept of shared civic responsibility. Th...

This same phenomenon was noted in Home Game: Hockey Life in Canada, co-authored by Roy Macgregor and Ken Dryden, the former Montreal Canadiens goaltender turned politician. Home Game was published in 1989, many years before Gladwell co-opted the idea for his book.