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48-Hour Primer | 2022 Home Opener

June 8, 2022 | Ed Tait
They gasped as their 2021 Grey Cup rings were unveiled, the oohs and aahs – along with a high-pitched shriek from Rasheed Bailey – instantly filling the Pinnacle Club at IG Field. The Winnipeg ...

48-Hour Primer | OTT vs WPG

August 15, 2018 | Ed Tait
In the moment – in the right here and right now – it barely elicits a shoulder shrug from Andrew Harris. Yes, when the subject is broached of the Canadian Football League’s top two leading ...

48-Hour Primer | HAM vs WPG

August 8, 2018 | Ed Tait
He was one of the most respected voices in the Winnipeg Blue Bombers clubhouse and a key component in the franchise turnaround over the past couple of seasons. And as much as Jamaal Westerman ...

48-Hour Primer | WPG at HAM

June 27, 2018 | Ed Tait
Andrew Harris doesn’t normally overheat and lose his temper. He can take and deliver a hit, keep his composure under almost any circumstance, and then get back up ready for the next down. But an ...

48-Hour Primer | WPG at CGY

November 1, 2017 | Ed Tait
Dan LeFevour has leap-frogged Dom Davis into the starting quarterback role for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers regular season finale in Calgary against the Stampeders. And he’ll step in for an ailing ...

48-Hour Primer | BC vs WPG

October 26, 2017 | Ed Tait
Chris Randle and his compadres on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers defence didn’t need to be told or reminded about any of it: they lived every single nanosecond of it. And so when their boss – ...

48-Hour Primer | WPG at TOR

October 19, 2017 | Ed Tait
This is a peek at the Christopher Givens we have slowly been learning about this week: He is standing in the south end zone of Investors Group Field Thursday afternoon after Winnipeg Blue Bombers ...

48-Hour Primer | BC vs WPG

October 12, 2017 | Ed Tait
It is the story that keeps on giving and continues to make headlines across the Canadian Football League. Every carry, every reception, pushes Andrew Harris towards becoming the first player in ...

48-Hour Primer | WPG at EDM

September 28, 2017 | Ed Tait
There’s a sense of déjà vu every time the Winnipeg Blue Bombers line up opposite the Edmonton Eskimos. The dates and places may change, but the storylines don’t. Nor does the central figure of it ...

48-Hour Primer | OTT vs WPG

September 20, 2017 | Ed Tait
Jamaal Westerman stood in front of a throng of media, all decked out in his Winnipeg Blue Bombers gear and sporting a blue ball hat with his number – 55 – emblazoned on the front. And so just so ...

48-Hour Primer | Banjo Bowl

September 7, 2017 | Ed Tait
They have a superb receiving corps and a defence that is an emerging force in the Canadian Football League. And yet, take a quick poll of some of the men in Winnipeg Blue Bombers colours this ...

48-Hour Primer | WPG at SSK

September 1, 2017 | Ed Tait
No one questions Taylor Loffler’s toughness. That’s one quality about the man that’s never ever been an issue. And so while alarm bells may go off occasionally in Bomber Nation when the Winnipeg ...

48-Hour Primer | WPG at MTL

August 22, 2017 | Rhéanne M.
It’s an idea that has always looked good on paper for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Take two dangerous running backs in Andrew Harris and Timothy Flanders, put them in offensive coordinator Paul ...

48-Hour Primer | WPG at OTT

August 2, 2017 | Ed Tait
The action was swift and it was decisive. And now that the Canadian Football League has made changes to its controversial video review system, it’s up to the coaches and teams to also adjust ...

48-Hour Primer | MTL vs WPG

July 25, 2017 | Ed Tait
Chris Randle and T.J. Heath are trying not to take it personally. ‘Trying’ being the operative word here. But through the first four games of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers season, the two veteran ...

48-Hour Primer | WPG at BC

July 19, 2017 | Ed Tait
He’s a good teammate who is respected across the Canadian Football League both for his work and for his lack of ego in a business overflowing with me-first types. And that, in part, might explain ...

48-Hour Primer | TOR vs WPG

July 11, 2017 | Ed Tait
Jermarcus Hardrick is an engaging, emotional sort who is quick with a grin when things are rolling. And when they’re not? Well, let’s just say the mammoth Winnipeg Blue Bombers right tackle can ...

48-Hour Primer | CGY vs WPG

July 5, 2017 | Ed Tait
We are generous sorts here in this province. Quick to volunteer, eager to donate to charities and willing to help our fellow man. Yet, if the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are to take another step in ...

48-Hour Primer: West Semifinal

November 11, 2016 | Ed Tait
There have been worse starts to a game, we suppose, although this had to rank right up there on some sort of unofficial list of awful. We take you back to last Friday in Ottawa and the Winnipeg ...

48-Hour Primer: WPG at OTT

November 2, 2016 | Ed Tait
It’s an interesting collection, the six men who make up the best of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2016. One was kicked to the curb by his old team and traded here for a mid-round draft pick. ...
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