Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Who the heck is Rod Zimmer?
With Senator Zimmer currently in the headlines, Aaron Wherry considers one obvious question (there are others, of course)
A family that’s too big to fail?
Asper’s firm received a $90-million taxpayer loan to build a stadium
UManitoba set to get new 30,000-seat football stadium
In winter, stadium will have a bubble dome covering the field for soccer and other activities
Small balls: home runs, redemption, and Brett Favre’s tears
La première étoile: As baseball reaches the All Star break, the story of the season is, without a doubt, Josh Hamilton. The Dallas Morning News does a nice job of telling the tale of Hamilton’s battle against drug and alcohol addiction, to claw his way back into the major leagues. Batting over .300, with 21 homers and 95 RBIs, just two years after he was completely out of the game. We at Balls don’t often get teary over tales of redemption and the power of the human spirit, but, you know…sniff…we’re not made of stone either.