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Vancouver mayor says Occupy encampment must be gone by Grey Cup weekend
Mayor Gregor Robertson says he wants to see the Occupy Vancouver movement gone from their tent city before Grey Cup weekend. Of course he does; where else are Hamilton fans going to stay? DRAIN:...
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Lions 40 Eskimos 23 –post-game report
Another non- award winning video but a quick description nonetheless of how the Lions find themselves in the Grey Cup game. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU0VAOXqetk …
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What do you remember about Grey Cup ’94?
Were you around for the BC Lions’ classic win in the 1994 Grey Cup at BC Place? What do you remember? We want to hear your stories from that historic weekend. Please share them in the comments below. …
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Dan Murphy: Lesser-known Grey Cup events
Editorial cartoonist Dan Murphy’s latest creation for Sunday, November 27, 2011 The editorial pages editor is Gordon Clark, who can be reached at gclark@theprovince.com. Letters to the editor can be...
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Motown tribute to Nickelback settles the halftime score
Detroit Lions fans made no secret of their displeasure with the choice of Canadian band Nickelback as halftime performers on that most American of holidays, Thanksgiving, when the team faced the Green...
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Mosca, Kapp Grey Cup rivalry continues almost 50 years later
In a stranger-than-fiction professional sports moment, septuagenarians Angelo Mosca and Joe Kapp came to blows at Friday’s CFL alumni luncheon held in advance of the Grey Cup. The 73-year-olds, rivals...
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Province Letters: Marijuana, legalization, Ukrainian genocide, RCMP, Grey...
The pot pushing club of Vancouver mayors has now reached four. British Columbians should firmly reject their entreaties to legalize marijuana. They wish to enhance its availability on the grounds that...
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Mosca thinks there is ‘something wrong’ with Kapp
A Toronto paper has an interesting blog piece posted on their website right now. It’s an interview with Angelo Mosca, who lives in St. Catherines, Ont., and is still hurting over the now legendary...
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Angelo Mosca talks grudges with Dr. Phil
The war of words between Angelo “King Kong” Mosca and retired B.C. Lions quarterback Joe Kapp spilled over Friday to daytime television where Dr. Phil McGraw wanted to heal the pair’s decades-long...
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B.C. Lions grab former Roughrider Stu Foord to back up Andrew Harris
Province Sports’ Lowell Ullrich reports Thursday afternoon on the latest acquisition by the B.C. Lions … The move to make junior graduate Andrew Harris the featured tailback worked out so well for the...
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Healthy Chef Competition Gala 2012 Featuring Grey Cup Champion BC Lions
Travis Lulay, Geroy Simon and the 2011 Grey Cup winning BC Lions football team were among the many local celebrities and VIPs in attendance at the 13th annual Healthy Chefs competition and gala. Held...
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Lions’ Grey Cup ring quite the thing
As one who once presented a wedding ring disguised as a cigar wrapper we’re surely no expert when it comes to the ones handed out by the Lions tonight, so it’s probably best to let others pass their...
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Trainspotting: Cup Express hits Regina
A replica (well sort of a replica) of the locker stalls of Geroy Simon and Travis Lulay on the Grey Cup train, and yes both players autographed the glass in front. You could either step back in time...
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Calgary Stampeders fans take horse inside posh Toronto hotel
A group of Calgary Stampeders fans – including their Grey Cup committee chairman – paraded a horse named Marty through the lobby of Toronto’s Royal York Hotel today after initially being denied entry....
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I’ll say it: I was a Jon Cornish fan before it was cool to be a Jon Cornish fan
Jon Cornish was a high school star at St. Thomas More. (Province files.) I miss covering high school sports. Did it for a long time at The Province, met a lot of great people. Howard Tsumura has taken...
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Booing is bad manners
Canadians are known for being polite people, but last weekend thousands of spectators at the Grey Cup game in Toronto were anything but when they aggressively booed their nation’s most famous young...
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Lions looking to host Grey Cup ’14
Winning the Grey Cup at home, as the Lions did in 2011, never gets old (PNG) It worked well the last time, so the Lions aren’t wasting time waiting to see if they can get their hands on hosting the...
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Letters: Journalism, Mike Smyth, justice system, Gregor Robertson, Grey Cup,...
The Province, Smyth just doing their jobs If you’ve ever been an NDP supporter in B.C., it’s laughable to think that The Province or Michael Smyth are somehow biased in favour of the NDP. Does anyone...
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Three years to sell Lions: Braley
David Braley on the Lions: ‘We are a very, very successful franchise and many people would like to buy it’ (PNG) David Braley will probably wonder what all the fuss is about, but the truth is he has...
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The 10 O’Clock: If the 2020 Euro’s going to be hosted all over the place,...
The B.C. Sports Hall of Fame honoured its new inductees last night with a lovely dinner attended by hundreds in one of the gorgeous ballrooms at the new Convention Centre. (It’s still new, right? Can...
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