Ryan Fry already knows firsthand the power an Olympic gold medal and how it can open doors and generate conversations.
And now Fry and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers hope they can parlay that magic ...
If it weren’t for the numbers on the backs of their jerseys, you’d be hard-pressed to tell Ryan Smith and Weston Dressler apart out on the field. But it’s not just stature and position the pair ...
He was a big kid from Polson Avenue in the North End – a really, really big kid – with sporting dreams just like so many others in the neighbourhood.
Yes, Chris Walby wanted to play hockey.
“I ...
Craig Smith has been all over the North American football map, at various points proudly flying the colours of the UBC Thunderbirds, B.C. Lions, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Saskatchewan ...
May 18, 2016
Even if it ended right here and right now, Alex Vitt would still have a heckuva tale to tell about his football career.
His amateur resume positively glows, dating all the way back ...
May 17, 2016
There’s no way to sugarcoat the numbers or find some sort of silver lining. So Wade Miller, Kyle Walters, Mike O’Shea and the rest of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers football brain trust ...
May 13, 2016
Weston Dressler can still remember the moment vividly, the details as clear and crisp as if it happened yesterday, not a dozen years ago.
It was the North Dakota High School state ...
May 14, 2016
Willy Stepushyn has been there, in both good times and bad, cheering on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers since the mid-1970’s.
He’s retired now from his days as a teacher at Transcona ...
TRENT CORNEY
Selected: Second round, 9th overall
Position: Defensive end
School: Virginia
Height: 6-3
Weight: 255 lbs
Notable: Started 11 of Virginia’s 12 games last year with the Cavaliers and ...
May 11, 2016
First, the formalities – Trent Corney is absolutely jacked to be a Winnipeg Blue Bomber and thrilled the club made him their first pick in the 2016 Canadian Football League ...
He’s at the top of every Canadian Football League draft board and the No. 1 prospect, as ranked by the CFL Scouting Bureau.
And yet in one of those quirky twists that makes the CFL so unique, ...
Danny McManus has always been a humble sort, quick to share the credit with everyone in the huddle whenever the spotlight was pointed his way.
It’s part of what endeared him to so many during a ...
He’d been playing the game for more than two decades and, in the course of delivering twice as any hellacious hits as he had ever taken, Jonathan Hefney had never been seriously injured.
He was ...
On Friday afternoon before going out to meet the media, Head Coach Mike O’Shea sat down to answer questions from fans. While most were about the upcoming season, a few were more ...
While some of the league’s best are in Toronto this week for special production shoots with TSN (including Bombers Weston Dressler, Ryan Smith, and Andrew Harris), the CFL sat down with ...
On Wednesday evening in front of a room full of Bomber fans, President & CEO Wade Miller announced that for 2016 the Winnipeg Blue Bombers will be in royal blue jerseys. With this ...
Despite some time off the sideline, Paul LaPolice never stopped doing what he loved. Now, writes Don Landry, his task is to build a new offence in Winnipeg.
What isn’t there to smile about when you’ve been reunited with one of your mentors and teammates, in a city a few hours away from home that’s ecstatic to have you on board? For new Blue Bombers ...