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Two weeks ago in Winnipeg, Ottawa Redblacks receiver Dominique Rhymes was excited about the prospect of telling his mother, Tangela, about his first Canadian Football League touchdown catch.

Unfortunately, his phone wasn’t working. The screen had been cracked.

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He got the phone working the next day, though, and made the call.

“She was ecstatic. When I called, she was yelling. She was so happy for me because she knows how hard I’ve worked,” said Rhymes, who plans to give Tangela the football when he heads home to Miami in the off-season.

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Rhymes nearly didn’t get the souvenir, though, after catching a five-yard touchdown pass from Redblacks quarterback Trevor Harris against the Blue Bombers. He was so caught up in the moment that he left the ball behind in the end-zone.

The quarterback retrieved it for him.