Ricky Williams News

He arrived amid much fanfare and hoopla but left quietly with no tearful farewell, no emotional good-bye. Ricky Williams spent his final day as a Toronto Argonaut on Monday attending a season-ending meeting, then cleaning out his locker at the team's practice facility. And in his final impromptu media gathering, the 29-year-old former Heisman Trophy winner remained true to the living-in-the-moment form he preached from the day he arrived here ...

The EE logo of the Edmonton Eskimos stood for Early Exit this year. The longest run of consecutive playoff appearances in North American professional sports came to an end with a 28-25 Toronto Argonauts victory that knocked the reigning Grey Cup champions out of playoff contention Saturday. Edmonton had made it to the CFL playoffs 34 years in a row. ``I'm definitely not feeling very good,'' said quarterback Ricky Ray. ``You feel like you fail and that's what ...

The long wait is finally over for John Avery and Ricky Williams. For much of the season, the two former NFL first-round draft picks could only talk about what life might be like with both players in the same backfield. But on Monday both Avery and Williams will be on Toronto's roster for the first time this year and are projected to line up together behind quarterback Damon Allen versus the Edmonton Eskimos at Rogers Centre (CBC, ...

In desperate need of some good fortune to keep their flagging playoff hopes alive, the Edmonton Eskimos head to Toronto this Thanksgiving Monday determined to not let Ricky run, run, run. The Argonauts expect to have both Ricky Williams and John Avery in the backfield for the first time this season when they clash with the Eskimos at Rogers Centre in the first of a home-and-home series (CBC, 4 p.m. ...

It's good news for Toronto Argonauts running back Ricky Williams. There were suggestions he had re-injured his left Achilles tendon after he limped off the field in the fourth quarter of Toronto's win over Calgary on Saturday. But the team says tests show no damage or tears. Williams is expected to be on the practice field tomorrow when the club begins its preparations for its game Oct. 9 at Rogers ...

Ricky Williams and Eric England scored second-half touchdowns as the Toronto Argonauts hung on for a tense 23-16 home win over the Calgary Stampeders on Saturday night. England brought the season-high Rogers Centre gathering of 32,410 to its feet in the third quarter with an 80-yard interception return that broke a 9-9 tie. Williams put Toronto ahead 23-9 with a nine-yard TD run at 2:46 of the fourth, his second ...