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Besieged Blue Bombers GM Has No Plans to Leave… Yet

• Dale Perth
• September 6, 2012

If Winnipeg Blue Bombers general manager Joe Mack thought that firing Paul LaPolice as head coach would take any pressure off him or the club — or change the fortunes and direction of the team — he shouldn’t be under any such illusions now. The “Sack Mack” campaign has only grown stronger since one of...

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Paul LaPolice Fired as Head Coach of Blue Bombers

• Dale Perth
• August 25, 2012

After a 2-6 start to the 2012 season including a tough, last-minute 20-17 loss at home to the B.C. Lions, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have dismissed head coach Paul LaPolice. “This was an extremely difficult decision to make, especially when dealing with the kind of quality individual as Paul is,” Bombers’ general manager and vice-president...

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Als’ Calvillo Ready to Cage Ticats on Milestone Birthday

• Dale Perth
• August 23, 2012

How does he keep doing it? Every year, the demise of Montreal Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillo is predicted by someone, somewhere. Every year, he keeps proving the pundits wrong. Not many athletes his age can lead their teams, or the league they play in, the way Calvillo does. After seven games in 2012, he’s on...

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B.C. Lions Take Top Spot in Rout of Reeling Roughriders

• Dale Perth
• August 20, 2012

Going into Sunday, there might have been some debate on which team deserves to be at the head of the class at this point of the season in the Canadian Football League. Now there’s no doubt: the B.C. Lions scored 17 points in the second half on their way to a 24-5 rout of the...

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Argos Cut Tailback Boyd; Eskimos Pick Him Up

• Dale Perth
• August 13, 2012

It was a release whose shock waves were felt around the CFL. On Sunday the Toronto Argonauts booted Cory Boyd, the league’s leading rusher. Almost as quickly, it turned out to be a bonus for the Edmonton Eskimos, who have reached a verbal agreement with the tailback. Boyd in 2012 had amassed 82 carries for...

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Chad Simpson Is a Bright Spot for Road-Weary Bombers

• Dale Perth
• July 19, 2012

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ season of frustration continues, but a ray of light may have emerged. Defeated by the Toronto Argonauts 25-22 on Wednesday to stay as the only winless team in the CFL at 0-4 and seeing one more keystone player get injured, Big Blue needed a feel-good story. It looks like they might...

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Blue Bombers Stick to Plan Despite Losing Pierce Again

• Dale Perth
• July 18, 2012

It’s the kind of news that has become all too common when it comes to Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Buck Pierce: he will be unavailable to the Canadian Football League club for an indefinite period as he attempts to recover from his latest injury. This time, he has torn ligaments and a muscle in his...

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Stamps Join Sports Great Pantheon of Collapses Against Als!

• Al Dannity
• July 13, 2012

Calgary’s shocking defeat in the final minutes against the Montreal Alouettes got Al Dannity thinking and that’s always dangerous. Here’s Al’s look at some of the greatest ever collapses in sports inspired, for want of a better word, by the Stampeders. Setting the scene Memorable failures where defeat is snatched from the jaws of victory...

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Odell Willis, Corey Chamblin Bring New Hope to Riders

• Dale Perth
• July 13, 2012

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have been around since 1910, and the fervour found in the fan base has never been in doubt. When it came to winning, though, that was another story. It would take the team 56 years before they captured the Grey Cup; they’ve appeared 18 times in the final game since 1923, and...

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Durant, Cornish, Two Eskimos Named Top CFLers in Week 1

• Dale Perth
• July 4, 2012

The first awards have been given out in the wake of the Canadian Football League’s opening week, and it’s no surprise that representatives of Western Division clubs swept the accolades. An impressive 43-16 upset blowout engineered by Saskatchewan in Hamilton had another positive outcome, as Roughriders quarterback Darian Durant was declared the league’s top offensive...