bigg jay

I'm in Radisson and the NDP candidate has already knocked on my door. They are starting early over here.

I would not put it past any political party to do this, especially one desperate to remain in power. Audrey Gordon is also trying to get in on the act and just like with Obby, there is no evidence to back up the claim: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2023/04/13/tory-sport-minister-accuses-ndp-leader-of-swearing-shoving

Check the article again. Walters isn't saying anything about his talent being too good to pass on, he's just saying that IF it came down to MOSJ and someone very similar, it'd be hard to overlook the personal connection.

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/penguins-fire-president-of-hockey-operations-brian-burke-gm-ron-hextall-1.1945796

If this happened at an event full of people, you would think it would be fairly easy to confirm if there was a physical incident or not.

Osh has said it wouldn't be his choice to have his kid here and feels it would be unfair to everyone. Kyle, however, says it would be hard not to take him in the draft if it was a toss-up between him & another player. https://3downnation.com/2023/04/04/mike-oshea-proud-of-sons-cfl-draft-eligibility-but-believes-him-joining-blue-bombers-wouldnt-be-fair/

What's the point of doing a detailed mock draft when those details are wrong? I'm not convinced that he actually watches games other than the ones he works. Last year Ferguson said that the Riders weren't desperate for help on the o-line - anyone with a pair of eyes could see that was way off. Hodge isn't much better... he had us taking an OL early because it filled a "need" for us. Not sure where he saw the need but the team obviously didn't feel the same way since they took a grand total of zero OL last year. I do enjoy reading the mock drafts but they hold next to no value.

https://www.bgmsportstrax.com/2023/04/11/winnipeg-blue-bombers-sign-rb-tazhawn-henry-and-ol-kelvin-ateman/

She does not have any producer credits on any of the Star Wars films. Her only official credits were on A New Hope & Return of The Jedi as an editor (she won an Oscar for ANH). She definitely did have an influence on the original trilogy but nothing official beyond that. The whole not doing it out of spite rumor has been around for ever (along with many others) but nobody can say for sure as the details of their divorce settlement have never been made public. I tend to not put much stock in this one since a) he was tinkering with and re-releasing the movies since day one essentially (ANH was re-released in 78, 79, 81 & 82) and b) he had way more than just the Star Wars franchise making him money but he didn't stop working on those companies/films. Depending on the terms of the settlement, she would have been entitled to money from that too as his ex according to California law (at least at the time).

https://www.starwars.com/news/swce-2023-new-star-wars-films

SFU is not #1 from the 2005-2020 time period that the article is using but all-time they are #1. That being said, their glory years of being a consistent CFL contributor ended about 25 years ago. #1 all time but that's a bit misleading. From 1969-1997 they averaged about six CFL draft picks each year which is really high but over the last 25 years (1998-2022) they've averaged less than 2 players per draft with multiple years of having no players selected. https://athletics.sfu.ca/sports/2015/4/27/Clan CFL Draft Picks.aspx

Not sure how credible this is (although it was posted before the story broke today) but apparently SFU did try to rejoin USports (and NAIA) but was turned down.

Not the first, won't be the last. I look forward to watching him get humbled.

Why would it be? They were the only Canadian school playing US college ball and no longer had a conference to play in. I'd say what happened was unique to them, and not some sign of things to come.

The league may have lost Sir Vincent Rogers to retirement but now we have Ye'Majesty!

TBF, the Bombers press release also has him at 6'4. https://www.bluebombers.com/2023/04/03/blue-bombers-transactions-april-3-2023/

Yes. https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-lord-of-the-rings-new-films-coming-2023

Lol I can't take credit for that. That was Suitor coloring on the TSN screen. In his defense, he's so used to talking to Riders fans that he just naturally dumbs things down.

CFL just put this out but haven't added it to the transaction page so it must be very new. https://www.cfl.ca/2023/04/03/bombers-add-to-linebacking-corps-with-joe-beckett/

Willie lined up a few times as a receiver last year (towards the end of the year). He never saw the ball but when he was asked about it, he basically said it's up to Buck as to whether or not they'd throw to him or if he was just a decoy.

First reservations group opened this morning and from what I've heard, reviews are mixed. My wife and her friend were both able book yurts and were done in less than 10 minutes. Other friends got the same old issue of being ready & signing in right on time, only to be put in a queue that already had about 5000 people ahead of them. Apparently with the new system you can be logged in from multiple devices at the same time to try to book so that could make the queue issue much worse than before. The new system was never going to fix the issue of limited supply and huge demand so it's still luck of the draw as to whether or not you'll be lucky enough to book something. Haven't heard of anyone being booted out of the system while they were waiting though, which was a huge issue previously, so that's good news.