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The Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL) is an umbrella organization for unions in Chicago, Illinois, US. It is a subordinate body of the AFL–CIO , and as of 2011 has about 320 affiliated member unions representing half a million union members in Cook County.
The fledgling ESPN cable network signed a deal in 1980 to broadcast 30 CFL regular season games and the playoffs (including the Grey Cup game) in the United States, and CFL games became a fixture of the early years of the network. Two years later, in 1982, after NFL players went on strike in September, the CFL got another chance at major ...
The CFL is the highest professional level of Canadian football in the world. The league is headquartered in Toronto. The CFL was officially named on January 19, 1958, [3] upon the merger between the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union or "Big Four" (founded in 1907) and the Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU) (founded in March 1936). [4]
The CFL had a total of six teams in the United States over a three-year period between 1993 and 1995, all in medium-sized markets that lacked an NFL team at the time (of the six markets, three had other major league franchises at the time), and played occasional games in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks at an event on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. ©Courtesy of Illinois.gov Pritzker names early childhood director A recently created Illinois state agency has a new leader ...
Rick Johnson (born January 2, 1961) is a former all-star quarterback in the Canadian Football League (CFL). Johnson played college football for the Southern Illinois Salukis , where he was starting quarterback on the team that won the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game .
It was in 2010 at the New York City Ballet when Brandon Stirling Baker, the lighting designer of Broadway’s “Illinoise” met Justin Peck, the director and choreographer. One of the first ...
David Lamar Williams (born June 10, 1963) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). Williams was named a unanimous All-American twice playing college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini , and is an inducted member of the College ...