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The Long Read: The Road To 103… And Counting

September 10, 2024 | Ed Tait
It’s been such a symbiotic relationship between a coach and football team. It’s also seemingly a custom-made match of a man’s lunchpail/team-first approach to a fan base which adheres ...

Photo Gallery: Banjo Bowl

September 9, 2024 | scalvert

Upon Further Review | Sask 21 Wpg 26

September 9, 2024 | Ed Tait
Let’s begin by rewinding a tad here, back to late June in Calgary and with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers then in a serious nosedive following an overtime loss to the Stampeders. The club was ...

Game Recap | SSK 21 WPG 26

September 7, 2024 | Ed Tait
For the record, let it be said here and now – and Winnipeg Blue Bombers faithful will absolutely follow this with a ‘hell yeah’ – the air feels cleaner, food tastes better ...

The Lede: “That guy is the heart and soul of this team and the epitome of grit.”

September 7, 2024 | Ed Tait
It was the spring of 2012 and as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers settled in for the Canadian Football League Draft they knew the night would be short. They called out just five names during the ...

Game Preview | The Banjo Bowl – Sask vs. Wpg

September 6, 2024 | Ed Tait
Game #13: Roughriders (5-6-1) at Blue Bombers (6-6) Kickoff: Saturday, September 7th, 2 p.m. CDT; Princess Auto Stadium TV/Streaming: CTV, CFL+ Radio: 680 CJOB Streaks: Sask: 3L; Wpg: ...

48-Hr Primer | Banjo Bowl

September 5, 2024 | Ed Tait
Mike O’Shea will soon have his named chiseled into Winnipeg Blue Bombers history atop a list of coaching legends that includes Bud Grant and Cal Murphy, Dave Ritchie and Ray Jauch, Bud ...

History of the Banjo Bowl

September 5, 2024 | Ed Tait
It would be wrong to suggest the Banjo Bowl began with an innocent-enough comment. Absolutely dead wrong. Troy Westwood knew exactly what he was doing two decades ago now when, on the eve of the ...

Need to Know | Week 14 – Banjo Bowl

September 4, 2024 | Ed Tait
Forget the ongoing discourse on late hits, possible supplementary discipline or suspensions — the biggest news out of Bomberland on Wednesday was clearly the most important ...

Photo Gallery: Labour Day Classic

September 3, 2024 | cbartlett

Upon Further Review | Wpg 35 Sask 33

September 2, 2024 | Ed Tait
It’s certainly a phrase that’s been uttered before in Bomberland — most likely by head coach Mike O’Shea — and then repeated by so many others as it gained momentum ...

Game Recap | WPG 35 SSK 33

September 1, 2024 | Ed Tait
REGINA – They don’t paint masterpieces and don’t sculpt works of art. That’s simply not been the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ style through two thirds of the 2024 Canadian Football League ...

The Lede: “When push came to shove we found a way to win.”

September 1, 2024 | Ed Tait
REGINA — The Labour Day Classic in Regina — more specifically, old Taylor Field or new Mosaic Stadium — is not a place, or a game, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have historically ...

Game Preview | Labour Day Classic

August 31, 2024 | Ed Tait
Game #12: Blue Bombers (5-6) at Roughriders (5-5-1) Kickoff: Sunday, September 1st, 6 p.m. CDT; Mosaic Stadium, Regina, Sk. TV/Streaming: TSN, CBS Sports Network, CFL+ Radio: 680 CJOB Streaks: ...

48-Hour Primer: “The most important thing for me would be that the players trust me.”

August 30, 2024 | Ed Tait
It is an unfinished painting, a song still needing a few more verses, a book with some compelling chapters yet to be written. That said, through 11 games of the Canadian Football League season ...

The Magic of Rivalry Games

August 29, 2024 | Ed Tait
A guy can put the helmet on — plus, the proverbial blinders in an attempt to block out any and all noise — but inevitably he still hears things. And when he’s in enemy ...

“We need to make sure we’re able to stay on the field.”

August 28, 2024 | Ed Tait
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are on a mini-heater — 5-2 in their last seven after tumbling into an 0-4 hole to start the Canadian Football League season — and have a legit shot at first ...

Need to Know | Week 13

August 27, 2024 | Ed Tait
Zach Collaros spent his 36th birthday working up a sweat throwing passes and running the Winnipeg Blue Bombers offence and then had his wife and two daughters join him on the practice field ...

“I had found a home.” | Charles Roberts added to Ring of Honour

August 26, 2024 | Ed Tait
His name is synonymous with greatness, with a unique gift for tight-space quickness, with grit and toughness and with an iron will and perseverance. And yet, truth be told, the outstanding career ...

Upon Further Review | Wpg 26 Ham 23

August 25, 2024 | Ed Tait
There’s a giddiness and euphoria inside a football locker room after a win and it’s especially heightened when the result comes in dramatic fashion in the dying ...
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