Paul Friesen
Winnipeg Sun
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Bombers' Miller shrugs off Als' takeover, looks for profitable 2023
It’s never a good look for a league to take over one of its teams. → Read More
NFL tryouts behind him, Blue Bombers receiver Dalton Schoen sets sights on Grey Cup
The last impression Dalton Schoen wants to leave is that he’s complaining. → Read More
CRACK IN THE ICE: First-place WHL team could be on last legs in Winnipeg
The Winnipeg Ice have built a dominant WHL team, but their failure to build a new rink puts the franchise’s future in question. Read more. → Read More
Jets kiss off Kraken in first shootout of season
Winnipeg Jets were last NHL team to go to a shootout this season, using it to extract two points from Seattle Kraken on Tuesday. Read more. → Read More
'Such a cowardly act': Jets' Appleton disgusted with shooting at alma mater
The news hit Winnipeg Jets forward Mason Appleton via social media on Tuesday morning: a gunman had opened fire at his alma mater. Read more → Read More
Unbeaten teams set to clash at provincial curling showdown
The form chart held true on Day 2 of the Manitoba men’s curling championship, but not without a few nervous moments. → Read More
One step closer to Bombers: Lawler posts goodbye message to Edmonton
Star receiver Kenny Lawler's goodbye message to Edmonton all but seals his agreement with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Read more. → Read More
FRIESEN: Bombers' Walters should be nervous as CFL dating game kicks off Sunday
It's just days away from the CFL free-agency dating game, Kyle Walters. Do you know where your receivers are? Read more. → Read More
Gruesome injury won't stop Winnipeg Goldeyes' Max Murphy
He remembers flying through the air and coming down dangerously close to his neck, behind home plate. → Read More
Back from the dead: McEwen back in Brier as Team Ontario
Look who's heading back for another crack at the Brier: it's Ontario champion Mike McEwen. → Read More
FRIESEN: Former teammates mourn loss of Golden Jet
It was a relatively quiet Monday morning at the counter of Joe Daley’s Sports and Framing, although the proprietor was hopping. → Read More
'Golden Jet' Bobby Hull gone at 84
Former NHL great Bobby Hull, the man who put Winnipeg on the pro hockey map 41 years ago, has died at the age of 84. Read more. → Read More
Ackland upsets Lawes to reach provincial final
The top seed crashed and burned in the semifinal at the Manitoba women's curling championship on Sunday at the East St. Paul Arena. → Read More
Jennifer Jones edges former teammate Kaitlyn Lawes to reach Manitoba Scotties final
Jones defeated Kaitlyn Lawes, her long-time third, in the last draw of the championship round of the Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts. → Read More
'All gas, no brakes': new skip wants pedal to the metal
Halfway through Day 2 of the Manitoba women's curling championship, Meghan Walter nicely summed up her team's mindset. Read more. → Read More
Gauthier back with Bombers
30-year-old linebacker Shayne Gauthier has signed a one-year contract extension with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, rather than become a free agent next month. → Read More
FRIESEN: Lawes, Jones, lead buffalo hunt in East St. Paul
You could easily argue it's the toughest field ever for a provincial women's curling championship. Read more. → Read More
Casting his own shadow: Bombers' Jeffcoat adds to family football legacy
Jackson Jerffcoat's brush with football greatness came in back seat of a Mustang convertible, celebrating 1993 Super Bowl victory in Dallas. → Read More
It's Miller time again for Bombers
The CFL's all-time leading special-teams tackler is staying with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for at least one more season. Read more. → Read More
FRIESEN: Flyers' and NHL's support of Provorov misses the equality goal
Hockey is for everyone. Which means it should call out any intolerant view that doesn't give every human being the respect they deserve. → Read More