Winnipeg sports resolutions
In every sense, 2016 was an interesting year for sports fans in Winnipeg.
baseball
Can the Jays still compete without big hitter Edwin Encarnacion?
The Jays lineup has been known for containing a lot of power and right hand hitters.
If the Cubs can end their drought, when will the Bombers?
With the Bombers crashing out of the 2016 playoffs after not even making it for the past five seasons, Winnipeg football fans look over to Chicago perhaps a little green with envy.
Free agent frenzy
It’s the end of an era for the Blue Jays. José Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion declined their qualifying offers and elected to go to free agency. It
The Goldeyes are champions, and nobody noticed
Fewer still likely knew that it was their second in five years.
Come TOgether
Major League Baseball’s (MLB) longest playoff slump finally ended in 2015. For the first time since winning the World Series in 1993, the Toronto Blue…
Changing the game
As television broadcasts increase in quality and man-caves and she-sheds get more comfortable, it’s becoming easier to find an excuse not to go to sporting…
A year of disappointment
This past year was full of challenges for Winnipeg sports teams. The Bombers and Goldeyes failed to make the playoffs and the Jets have continued…
MLB playoff preview
American League (AL): Tampa Bay Rays: The wild card winners were at one time the hottest team in baseball but have cooled off a bit….
Olympic hopefuls
On Sept. 8, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to let wrestling back into the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, awarded to Tokyo the day before….