Blue Bombers Blog

I won’t say that I feel bad for the Eskimos too often but is it not ridiculous that their season opener has to go up directly against the Oilers in the Stanley Cup finals? And why, oh why is hockey still being played on June 17th? I was really hoping that Carolina would finish the Oilers off tonight but no luck on that one. It will be interesting to see what the TSN ratings are for the Esks/Stamps game on Saturday night as, ordinarily, it would be a pretty highly rated game. What will the Edmontonians on here be watching on Saturday night?

CBC News - WINNIPEG (CP) - The CFL’s all-time touchdowns record is on the horizon for Milt Stegall, but accomplishing that lofty feat won’t be what drives the Winnipeg Blue Bombers all-star slotback this season. The 36-year-old is entering his 12th CFL season …

http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/feature/?fid=508

Games marked with a * are also available in HD so now we know which ones they are.

CBC will probably let everyone know what games they’re going to air in HD around December or so.

Since they only have one HD truck expect the games to be Hamilton, Toronto and Montreal.

WINNIPEG (CP) - The CFL’s all-time touchdowns record is on the horizon for Milt Stegall, but accomplishing that lofty feat won’t be what drives the Winnipeg Blue Bombers all-star slotback this season.

CBC News - The Toronto Argonauts quarterback is preparing for his 23rd CFL season and next month will turn 43. But Allen is coming off his best pro campaign, one that saw him pass for a career-high 5,082 yards and be named the CFL’s outstanding player for the …

Globe and Mail - Doug Berry’s first job as a Canadian Football League head coach is certainly a daunting one. On Dec., 15, 2005, he was chosen the 26th head coach in the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ 76-year history, taking over a team that was last in the West Division …

680 News - (CP) - The 2006 CFL season kicks off Friday night. Here’s a look at the league’s nine teams, in their predicted order of finish: Toronto made the CFL’s biggest off-season splash by signing former NFL rushing leader Ricky Williams. The suspended Miami …

If this has been mentioned, sorry for the dup thread.

Michael Bishop won a championship with the Arena League’s Chicago Rush this past weekend. The Rush beat the Orlando Predators 69-61 to complete a Pittsburgh Steeler-esque run through the playoffs (all road wins after finishing the regualr season at 7-9).

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OurSports Central - WINNIPEG, MB - Have you ever dreamed of becoming a star? Here’s your chance. The LABATT BLUE LIGHTNING DANCE TEAM will hold their 3RD ANNUAL CHEERLEADING CLINIC on SATURDAY, JUNE 17 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Canad Inns Stadium. Participants can …

WINNIPEG, MB - Have you ever dreamed of becoming a star? Here’s your chance. The LABATT BLUE LIGHTNING DANCE TEAM will hold their 3RD ANNUAL CHEERLEADING CLINIC on SATURDAY, JUNE 17 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Canad Inns Stadium.

Good for him, I think he should do a bang up job

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/story.html?id=2337809c-bac4-4806-be8d-4eb9767c65b5&k=34864

Brian Claybourn is the new punter for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers — for this week, at least. Even though Claybourn was “released” on Saturday when the team made its final cuts, head coach Doug Berry said he planned all along to have the 24-year-old Indiana native handle the punting duties.

Eight Alouettes will start the season on the injured list

The Winnipeg Sun believes the Blue Bombers can get the job done without possessing one of the CFL’s top pivots