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EDMONTON — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will be the first to step into the confessional booth and acknowledge their share of sins as a football team through the halfway mark of the Canadian Football League season. And a 5-4 record — all four losses at home and three of them by double digits — has […]
There’s a long-running British documentary series titled ‘The World’s Most Dangerous Roads’ where a pair of celebrities hop in a 4×4 and then traverse nasty stretches ranging from Siberia to Vietnam, the Italian Alps to Zambia and many points in between. The concept is straightforward, but it is one of those rabbit holes a viewer […]
There will be a moment sometime prior to kickoff this Friday in Edmonton when Nuer Gatkuoth will take the opportunity to scan the crowd at Commonwealth Stadium and offer a wave or a salute to his mom, members of his family, his girlfriend, his friends and all those there to cheer his every move. And, […]
We’ve reached the halfway mark of the Canadian Football League season and ask around for a hot take on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers — sporting a 5-4 record with a nasty schedule ahead — and the answers coming back range from the polite to the, well, not so polite. Head coach Mike O’Shea referred to […]
There are a couple ways to do a deeper dive on the latest win by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the foundation to build each case came from the very voices inside the team’s clubhouse late Friday night. Option #1 revolves around this position: the 33-21 victory over the still-winless Ottawa RedBlacks had enough warts […]
Feel free to exhale for a moment and slowly back away from the proverbial panic button, all you loyal followers of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The roof hasn’t completely caved in on the local football side and the earth hasn’t spun off its axis after all, and as a result, the Blue Bombers will now […]
It would be a tad presumptuous for anyone to suggest that Zach Collaros is on the back nine of his playing career — that’s for only him to decide — but as a quarterback nears his 38th birthday there’s an undoubtable reality to that eventuality. Collaros knows that, too, and over the last couple of […]
Let’s rewind to a happier and simpler time when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were on a winning streak, the defence had solved some early season woes against the run and the doom and gloom swirling around the local football side was at a low simmer. Oh yes, that wonderful time and those glorious days… way […]
We’re eight games into the Winnipeg Blue Bombers season where enough data points begin to connect to become trends, both good and bad. First the good, because despite the recent two-game losing skid the sun still came up in Bomberland this morning… The Blue Bombers are heading toward another 30,000-plus crowd for Friday’s home date […]
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers today announce the following transactions. Released: American defensive back Matthew Jackson National defensive lineman Collin Kornelson
