The B.C. Lions are 2011 Grey Cup Champions, after a 34-23 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 99th Grey Cup held at B.C. Place Sunday afternoon.Lions quarterback Travis Lulay and the Lions offence managed the game well all day, making key plays thorughout and not turning the ball over. Lulay finished the day completing 21 of 37 … [Read more...]
Lulay leads Lions to Grey Cup victory
November 27, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - They opened the season with a whimper, but Travis Lulay and the B.C. Lions ended it with a bang Sunday.Game MVP Travis Lulay threw two second-half touchdown passes to lead B.C. to an exciting 34-23 Grey Cup win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Sunday. The victory, before an ear-splitting B.C. Place sellout of 54,313, capped a stunning … [Read more...]
Grey Cup tickets still available — for a price…
November 26, 2011 by
While tickets for the 99th Grey Cup have officially sold out, those willing to pay the price, may be able to snatch a last minute seat. One local ticket broker says people are still buying and selling for the big game. Kingsley Bailey, owner of Vancouver Tickets, says lower bowl seats are in high demand.Some are going for over $ 1,000.He says with … [Read more...]
Grey Cup weekend begins!
November 26, 2011 by
Well over 100,000 people are expected downtown Saturday as the Grey Cup weekend kicks-off with the annual parade. The parade starts at Smithe and Hornby and will run the length of Burrard Street down to Canada Place. "We got a great parade, over 70 entries." Parade Chairman and former CKNW weatherman Phil Reimer says actor Corey Monteith will serve … [Read more...]
Vancouver and Winnipeg mayors make Grey Cup wager
November 25, 2011 by
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson has agreed to stand at Winnipeg's major intersection wearing a Bombers jersey if the B.C. Lions fail to win the Canadian Football League's coveted prize Sunday in Vancouver. Robertson and Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz made a friendly wager in advance of the 99th Grey Cup match between the Leos and the Blue Bombers. The … [Read more...]
Mayors make friendly Grey Cup bet
November 24, 2011 by
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson has agreed to stand at a major intersection in Winnipeg wearing a Blue Bombers jersey if the Leos fail to win the Grey Cup Sunday in Vancouver. According to a press release Thursday from Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz, the two mayors have made a friendly bet that would see the losing team’s mayor wear the other’s jersey … [Read more...]
Grey Cup touches down
November 24, 2011 by
Canadian football’s holy grail has arrived. The Grey Cup travelled in style yesterday, aboard a Canadian Forces Sea King helicopter, to officially kick off the celebrations for the four-day football festival. “There’s no better city than Vancouver to host this Grey Cup,” CFL commissioner Mark Cohon said. “It’s going to be an unbelievable weekend … [Read more...]
Glee’ star Cory Monteith to serve as grand marshal of Grey Cup parade
October 18, 2011 by
“Glee” star Cory Monteith has been named grand marshal of the Grey Cup festival parade. Monteith grew up in Victoria and moved to Vancouver as a teen to try his hand at acting. In recent years he shot to TV superstardom playing singing jock Finn Hudson on “Glee.” Monteith has also made the leap to the big screen, starring in “Monte Carlo” … [Read more...]
Grey Cup festival promises family fun
October 14, 2011 by
The 2011 Grey Cup festival is ready to raise the roof. Party plans for the largest sporting event in Canada were released Thursday, which includes a parade, street festival, family zone and two concert series. “What’s going to make this Grey Cup as exciting and more successful than the last Grey Cup in Vancouver in 2005 is the fact that we’re … [Read more...]
Grey Cup fest greenlit
September 21, 2011 by
The City of Vancouver gave the go-ahead yesterday for 2011 Grey Cup festival events to take place on city streets. Council also approved a preliminary budget of up to $ 250,000 to cover the festival’s policing and engineering costs. In the wake of the June 15 Stanley Cup riot, the city established that festivities for the November football party … [Read more...]
