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Tales From the Scouting Trail: Abu Daramy-Swaray

25 mins ago | Cyril Penn
Abu Daramy-Swaray’s journey from star cornerback at Colgate University to becoming a Winnipeg Blue Bombers has been circuitous, to say the least. After wrapping up his five-year, accolade-filled ...

PIT Football | Winter Season

19 hours ago | Jon Franklin
Winter season goes down in the record book, as 141 teams competed for 28 championships and continued the trend that has made PIT Football the largest touch and flag football league in ...

A look back at the last 4 Grey Cups in Winnipeg

March 16, 2023 | Ed Tait
There have been frigid Sundays – and relatively balmy ones, too. There has been a splash of Hollywood, some last-minute dramatics and oh-so many memorable moments. Winnipeg has hosted four Grey ...

“We’ll look at it from a distance, but we want to hoist it again this year.”

March 15, 2023 | Ed Tait
Willie Jefferson, Brady Oliveira and Nic Demski gathered around the Grey Cup, and marvelled at one of the oldest and most cherished trophies in all of sports. The goal, of course, is to get their ...

Blue Bombers transactions: March 15, 2023

March 15, 2023 | Staff
WINNIPEG, MB., March 15, 2023 – The Winnipeg Blue Bombers today announce the signing of American quarterback Billy Hall, American defensive tackle O’Bryan Goodson, American receivers Manasseh ...

2025 Grey Cup Awarded to Winnipeg

March 14, 2023 | Ed Tait
The Canadian Football League’s marquee game – and for decades this country’s biggest single-day sporting event – is coming back to Winnipeg. And it’s coming back bigger and better than ever. The ...

Blue Bombers add former South Carolina defensive end to roster

March 13, 2023 | Staff
WINNIPEG, MB., March 13, 2023 – The Winnipeg Blue Bombers today announce signing of American defensive end Aaron Sterling. Sterling (6-2, 250, South Carolina, February 21, 1999 in Atlanta, GA) ...

“I have a lot to prove to myself” | 1st & 10 column

March 12, 2023 | Ed Tait
Brady Oliveira has so many good stories to tell, every single one of them providing ample evidence of the value of his work helping rescue dogs here in Manitoba and now in places like Mexico and ...

“Bud Grant is a Blue Bombers icon who set the standard.” | WFC mourn the loss of Bud Grant

March 11, 2023 | Ed Tait
Bud Grant passed away at the age of 95 on Saturday, and on the day the iconic Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach took his last breath, patches of snow had settled on the arms, shoulders and the ...

Bud Grant passes away at age 95

March 11, 2023 | Staff
The Winnipeg Football Club is deeply saddened by the passing of former Blue Bombers player and head coach Bud Grant today at the age of 95. “Bud Grant is a Blue Bombers icon who set the standard ...

“I want to play, and I want to be in the best shape I can be.”

March 6, 2023 | Ed Tait
Thiadric Hansen desperately wants to run out of the tunnel at IG Field and to hear Bomber fans at full throat again. And he most definitely wants to feel all his senses tingle after bull-rushing ...

Tales From the Scouting Trail: Finding the hidden gem

March 4, 2023 | Cyril Penn
Working in scouting in the Canadian Football League, we must truly turn over every rock to find the most talented players available. Oftentimes, that includes sorting through players who had NFL ...

Tales From the Scouting Trail: Senior Bowl

February 26, 2023 | Cyril Penn
It’s Day 1 here in Mobile, Alabama on Tuesday, February 1, and I wake up at 7:30 a.m. to get prepared for another day of practices at the Reese’s Senior Bowl. After working through my morning ...

“It’s the best place for us. We love Winnipeg.” | 1st & 10 column

February 26, 2023 | Ed Tait
Pat Neufeld has been traded, negotiated his own contract, sat in on Canadian Football League collective bargaining negotiations and seen all the good and the bad of the wacky business that is the ...

Blue Bombers transactions: February 24, 2023

February 24, 2023 | Staff
WINNIPEG, MB., February 24, 2023 – The Winnipeg Blue Bombers today announce signing of three American players – defensive backs Abu Daramy-Swaray and Jordan Brown and punter Devin Anctil – ...

“The only place I saw myself playing was in Winnipeg”

February 17, 2023 | Ed Tait
Rasheed Bailey certainly had options from other Canadian Football League teams. Options with more term. And options worth considerably more money. Yet, his heart kept pulling him back to the ...

Blue Bombers agree to terms with receiver Rasheed Bailey

February 17, 2023 | Staff
WINNIPEG, MB., February 17, 2023 – The Winnipeg Blue Bombers announce today the team has agreed to terms with receiver Rasheed Bailey on a one-year contract. Bailey (6-1, 211; Delaware Valley ...

“I’m very excited knowing what 2023 is going to hold for me.”

February 15, 2023 | Ed Tait
Dalton Schoen can’t and won’t run away from the mixed emotions which have washed over him over the last few days and weeks. It’s not healthy, after all, to try and mask any of that. The Canadian ...

Blue Bombers Transactions: February 15, 2023

February 15, 2023 | Staff
WINNIPEG, MB., February 15, 2023 – The Winnipeg Blue Bombers announce today the signing of Canadian defensive back Charles-Antoine Beaulieu. Beaulieu (6-1, 192, Université de Laval; Quebec City, ...
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