HUMBOLDT, Sask. — As head coach Nathan Oystrick skated around the ice barking orders at his new players on Friday night, the Humboldt Broncos looked like any other junior hockey team in training camp. About 50 people sat in the stands watching the team for the first time since the April 6 bus crash that…
Winnipeg Blue Bombers Fall Apart in Calgary
CALGARY – Bo-Levi Mitchell loves playing against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Calgary Stampeder pivot threw for a career-high 452 yards as the Stampeders rolled over the Bombers 39-26 in Calgary on Saturday afternoon. Mitchell went 25-of-42 along with three touchdowns and improved to 8-1 in his career against Winnipeg. Receiver Kamar Jorden set a…
Kansas City Wallops Winnipeg Goldeyes 18 – 6
WINNIPEG – The Goldeyes lost 18-6 in Kansas City Saturday in the series finale of the three-game match up at T-Bones Ballpark. Click here for the Box Score. Scoring opened in the first, on a two-out RBI single from Tucker Nathans to drive in Grant Heyman. The T-Bones answered back with three runs. In a…
Stanley Cup Taken to Humboldt Broncos Crash Site
HUMBOLDT, Sask. — A small Saskatchewan city devastated by a fatal bus crash involving its junior hockey team welcomed a trophy Friday that fans no doubt hoped would one day be hoisted by one of their boys. Chandler Stephenson, a forward with the NHL champion Washington Capitals, brought the Stanley Cup to Humboldt to recognize…
Five Homers by Winnipeg Goldeyes Make All The Difference
KANSAS CITY, KS – The Winnipeg Goldeyes beat the Kansas City T-Bones 13-11 at T-Bones Stadium on Friday night. Trailing 11-7 in the top of the eighth inning, the Goldeyes rallied for five two-out runs to take the lead. After Josh McAdams singled to right with one out, Josh Romanski beat out a potential inning-ending…
Long-Shot Comes Home in Osiris Stakes
On Wednesday night at Assiniboia Downs, Mr. Dazzle, a 1-5 pre-race favorite in the $27,500 Osiris Stakes for two-year fillies, stumbled out of the gate and never recovered. That left the four-filly field wide open for longshot Eye Catching, with Chavion Chow in the irons, to make a nice late run, catch another longshot, Say…
Langara, Escape Clause and Hidden Grace Dominate
Just as predicted, Langara, Escape Clause and Hidden Grace each had an easy time of it at Assiniboia Downs this weekend. It all started with Race 1 on Friday night in the $25,000 Phil Kives Stakes for three-year-olds-and-upwards over one mile and the Don Schnell-trained Langara, the five-year-old gelding with Antonio Whitehall in the irons,…
The Best Player in Canadian Football
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 31-year-old runningback, Andrew Harris, is the best football player in Canada. I won’t even argue the point. Say anything you like, but nobody in the game does all the things Harris does as well as Harris does them. He is clearly the best runningback in the game. That stands without argument. He…
Ottawa Rolls Over Winnipeg
What a difference a week makes. Last week the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were riding high after a victory over the Hamilton Tiger Cats in front of a raucous crowd at Investors Group Field. – PHOTOS BY JIM MILLER for MANITOBA POST A week later, the same raucous crowd showed up, but a completely…
Stakes Weekend at the Downs
As Langara prepares to win Friday night’s $25,000 Phil Kives Stakes, race fans in Winnipeg prepare for a four-stakes weekend that also includes the broadcast of the Breeder’s Stakes from Woodbine on Saturday afternoon. It all starts Friday with the Phil Kives Stakes for three-year-olds-and- upwards over one mile and the Don Schnell-trained Langara, the…