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Teague Sherman ready to fly with the Bombers

Following a five-year career with the University of Manitoba Bisons football team, in which he was named a first team all-Canadian in each of his final two seasons, Teague Sherman was signed to a contract by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League on Dec. 13, 2012. The Edmonton native will be in [...]

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Blue and Golden

At the beginning of the 2011 season, there wasn’t an unlikelier team to reach the Grey Cup than the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. They finished the 2010 season in last place with a frustrating 4-14 record (losing nine games by four points or less) after losing their starting quarterback for the season with a dislocated elbow [...]

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Bombers playoff bound

Coming off a season with a 4-14 record and a last place finish in the East, even those who bleed Blue and Gold could not have imagined the success the Winnipeg Blue Bombers would have in Paul LaPolice’s second season as head coach. Instead of gutting the roster after the woeful product of the 2010 [...]

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Tight fight for first

Last year heading into Week 16, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers found themselves in the CFL basement after earning only their fourth win of the season during their Thanksgiving Day matchup against the BC Lions. Flash forward to this year and the script has been flipped; heading into the final four games of the season the [...]

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Grading the Blue Bombers part two

After evaluating the offensive line (B), quarterbacks (F), running backs (B+) and wide receivers (C) in last week’s issue of the Manitoban, the rest of the team now gets their grades: Defensive line In a word, these guys were dominant, no matter who was on the line. Anchored by veteran and perennial CFL All-Star Doug [...]

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Grading the Blue Bombers

On Sunday, Nov. 29 the two CFL teams that proved that they had the right stuff to make it to the Grey Cup final will duel it out for the big prize. Sadly, for two weeks now, we have known that our Winnipeg Blue Bombers will not be playing in the championship game. The Blue [...]

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From Bombers to Bisons

I had it all planned out. Actually, I had the whole thing written: an article highlighting the dismal failures of the 2009 Winnipeg Blue Bombers. It was chock full of delicious puns, devastating burns and hilarious jokes — trust me. I even spent a full paragraph comparing this year’s football squad to an old friend [...]

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