Like so many others around the world, I am still trying to wrap my head around everything that has happened over the last two months. It’s still hard to fathom, hard to believe, and hard to ...
Nine years ago is a long time in anybody’s memory, let alone in the world of sports, where people come and go so often we barely blink an eye.
Nine seasons ago, we had a young receiver with ...
The saying ‘he’s a pro’ is overused in pro sports. I am guilty of it as much as anyone, although usually when I use it, it’s because it’s completely fitting. Andrew Harris, Matt Nichols, Weston ...
Well over a year ago, in Week 6 of the 2016 CFL season to be exact, we headed to Edmonton for a matchup that was ripe for the storylines.
We were 1-4.
We hadn’t won at Commonwealth Stadium in a ...
The first bus has already arrived at the hangar, and the players and some coaches have long boarded the team’s charter plane as it awaits the second bus leaving Tim Hortons Field. It finally ...
On Thursday afternoon, sometime around 4 o’clock, the Blue Bombers will touch down in the city where it all ended last season.
When I brought this up with Coach O’Shea as something that he will ...
Summer temperatures on a Saturday in late spring greeted Matt Nichols and I as we caught up over a few pints last month. Two guys, two years apart in age, have a lot in common.
We talked about ...
“Hotels don’t win you games, Darren.”
It was early on in my time with the Bombers when I had the audacity to suggest that maybe – just maybe – the team could look at different hotel options ...
Ed Tait is a Hall of Fame football writer.
Not many people can say that, and rightfully so. Although there are many knowledgeable football reporters out there, few are as respected, and simply ...
It sure is starting to feel like football season, isn’t it? Well, slowly anyway.
I was driving to the stadium the other morning, and although I couldn’t quite put my finger on why, it felt like ...
I was listening to Maurice Leggett doing a radio interview on Bell Let’s Talk Day last week, when the hosts began talking football. First it was normal offseason questions, but then… that ...
Early in the morning of September 2, 2015, we were in the midst of finalizing a trade with Edmonton for quarterback Matt Nichols. As PR staffs often do when acquiring a player, I asked Edmonton’s ...
Coach Mike O’Shea called General Manager and long-time friend Kyle Walters the morning of Grey Cup, and simply said, “let’s talk on Tuesday if you’re free”.
This was Coach O’Shea’s first formal ...
Finally, after 1,813 days since our last playoff game, Blue Bomber fans finally get an opportunity to watch this team back in the postseason. Oddly enough, as I write this, I sit in the same ...
Wow. What a crazy 48-hours for the organization and its fans.
First of all, what a great atmosphere and win Saturday afternoon. From all accounts, the energy around Investors Group Field was top ...
Four in a row.
From what I could see in the locker room after the game in Montreal, this train doesn’t look ready to stop anytime soon.
Four in a row is sweet, but you know what’s sweeter? Five ...
Well, it’s sure been quite the few weeks for the players, coaches and everyone in the organization.
At 1-4 it was tough, and by no means have we won anything more than a few games in a row here, ...
Five years ago today – Tuesday, July 26 – was the worst day of my professional career, and one of the worst days I likely will ever live.
But before continuing, I will preface it with ...
In my eight seasons with the team, I’m not so sure I’ve ever seen the type of outside pressure to win a regular season game – in week three – than there was leading up to Thursday night’s game in ...
Well, the first two weeks sure have not gone the way we had thought they would.
The week one loss appeared to be just a blip; an ill-timed performance after such build up to the season. It was ...