Monday, November 20, 2006
the morning after
People are waking up all over Winnipeg after the weekend that was. It won't be a productive day at offices. Visitors are leaving for home. A lot are wondering when Winnipeg will host the nation's party again. CJOB radio is reporting that Winnipeg Blue Bombers president Lyle Bauer and Grey Cup committee chairman Gene Dunn are talking with the powers that be in the Manitoba capital about building a new stadium. It could even be a covered stadium. Canad Inns Stadium, which was refurbished for the 1999 Pan-American Games, was expanded to almost 45,000 with temporary seats. It doesn't have the modern amenities standard at most stadiums. It could be modernized or a new stadium at a new site could be a reality by the time Winnipeg is considered in another seven or eight years to host the big game.
Podcast from the Peg!
Relive some of the great moments from this week as British Columbia's greatest sports franchise (since 1954!) has won its 5th Canadian Football championship !n vancouver.24hrs.ca
B.C. Lions at YVR: update!
Wear orange and greet your B.C. Lions home at 1 p.m. Pacific on Monday. They'll touch down around 1 p.m. at Landmark Aviation, formerly Shell Aerocentre, on 4360 Agar Drive in Richmond. Join the Lions downtown from noon til 2 p.m. on Tuesday to celebrate the victory.
Lions' owner David Braley and president Bob Ackles and vice-president Scott Ackles watched over the Grey Cup into the wee hours of Monday morning at the Elephant & Castle in the Winnipeg Delta Hotel. Fans posed for photos, but it was a case of look, don't touch because the trophy needs repairs. Kelly Bates' antics were mere accidental. Now there's a guy with the heart of a Lion.
Nelly Furtado? She dropped the ball again. Cute new hairstyle, but why'd you change the Steve Nash reference to Anthony Calvillo?
Lions' owner David Braley and president Bob Ackles and vice-president Scott Ackles watched over the Grey Cup into the wee hours of Monday morning at the Elephant & Castle in the Winnipeg Delta Hotel. Fans posed for photos, but it was a case of look, don't touch because the trophy needs repairs. Kelly Bates' antics were mere accidental. Now there's a guy with the heart of a Lion.
Nelly Furtado? She dropped the ball again. Cute new hairstyle, but why'd you change the Steve Nash reference to Anthony Calvillo?
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Podcasting from the Peg
Go to vancouver.24hrs.ca and click the podcast link for highlights of 24 hours' coverage of the Lions' final steps to triumph in 2006, plus exclusive locker room footage of the team celebrating with the most famous trophy in Canadian football.
Lions celebrate 2006 Grey Cup championship!
B.C. Lions shared the Grey Cup in a new and different way on Sunday when the trophy, donated in 1909 by the Governor General of Canada, separated from its base. Meanwhile, Bobby Singh keeps his kids protected from the flying champagne behind a plastic screen in his locker at Canad Inns Stadium.
musings from Bates and Miles
WINNIPEG: The Grey Cup was broken as offensive guard Kelly Bates celebrated. It’ll get fixed, his name will be engraved and so will his teammates.
“I was probably so excited to see it, shaking it up and down and kissing it, it broke,” Bates said. “Regardless, it’s a memory I’ll have the rest of my life. Amazing!”
Flashback to 1979 when the North American Soccer League Vancouver Whitecaps won their only Soccer Bowl against the Tampa Bay Rowdies in New Jersey. That trophy, too, separated from its base. That’s how it was paraded around Vancouver a day later.
Lions arrive Monday at 2 p.m. at Vancouver International Airport’s south terminal via a charter flight from Winnipeg. Unless the trophy can get repaired Monday morning, that’s how it’ll show up in Vancouver.
All Vancouverites are welcome to a noon to 2 p.m. celebration at the Vancouver Art Gallery on Tuesday.
It’s the Lions’ fifth Grey Cup championship and first since 2000 when they also beat Anthony Calvillo and the Montreal Alouettes.
Lions’ defensive back Barron Miles, who played six seasons for Montreal, leaves Dec. 5 for Hawaii. His travel buddy is Calvillo and he admits he’ll be the one buying meals.
“By the time I get out there I’ll be calmed down,” Miles said. “I’ll probably see him tonight.”
Miles admitted players did feel the bite of the sub-zero cold during long drives, but “it’s the Grey Cup, how are you going to feel the cold?”
--Bob Mackin
“I was probably so excited to see it, shaking it up and down and kissing it, it broke,” Bates said. “Regardless, it’s a memory I’ll have the rest of my life. Amazing!”
Flashback to 1979 when the North American Soccer League Vancouver Whitecaps won their only Soccer Bowl against the Tampa Bay Rowdies in New Jersey. That trophy, too, separated from its base. That’s how it was paraded around Vancouver a day later.
Lions arrive Monday at 2 p.m. at Vancouver International Airport’s south terminal via a charter flight from Winnipeg. Unless the trophy can get repaired Monday morning, that’s how it’ll show up in Vancouver.
All Vancouverites are welcome to a noon to 2 p.m. celebration at the Vancouver Art Gallery on Tuesday.
It’s the Lions’ fifth Grey Cup championship and first since 2000 when they also beat Anthony Calvillo and the Montreal Alouettes.
Lions’ defensive back Barron Miles, who played six seasons for Montreal, leaves Dec. 5 for Hawaii. His travel buddy is Calvillo and he admits he’ll be the one buying meals.
“By the time I get out there I’ll be calmed down,” Miles said. “I’ll probably see him tonight.”
Miles admitted players did feel the bite of the sub-zero cold during long drives, but “it’s the Grey Cup, how are you going to feel the cold?”
--Bob Mackin
Of number 97 and 007
WINNIPEG: Brent Johnson got the grand slam.
The defensive end is the league’s top Canadian, top defensive player, Chris Walby’s Warrior of the Year and now a Grey Cup champion.
“It’s the perfect closure to a perfect year,” he told 24 hours. “I’m just so proud of them. The guys I get to go out and play D with are responsible for this. They make it so fun and easy to go out and play football. I’m just so proud of them.”
One of the first things Lions’ running back Joe Smith will do on his return to Vancouver is see the new James Bond movie Casino Royale. He wanted to check it out in Winnipeg on the eve of the Grey Cup with his girlfriend, but had to change plans.
“I didn’t get a chance to, they sold out!” he said. “We wound up going to the Olive Garden.”
British spy Sir William Stephenson, considered the inspiration for the James Bond character, was born in Winnipeg.
--Bob Mackin
The defensive end is the league’s top Canadian, top defensive player, Chris Walby’s Warrior of the Year and now a Grey Cup champion.
“It’s the perfect closure to a perfect year,” he told 24 hours. “I’m just so proud of them. The guys I get to go out and play D with are responsible for this. They make it so fun and easy to go out and play football. I’m just so proud of them.”
One of the first things Lions’ running back Joe Smith will do on his return to Vancouver is see the new James Bond movie Casino Royale. He wanted to check it out in Winnipeg on the eve of the Grey Cup with his girlfriend, but had to change plans.
“I didn’t get a chance to, they sold out!” he said. “We wound up going to the Olive Garden.”
British spy Sir William Stephenson, considered the inspiration for the James Bond character, was born in Winnipeg.
--Bob Mackin
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