http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/breakingnews from direct CP feed en-gb Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:18:04 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/breakingnews/All-work-no-play-for-Jets-as-they-eye-playoff-spot-135937363.html How difficult is it to get into the Stanley Cup playoffs? The Winnipeg Jets are finding out, even if the 75th day of the season is not the day that matters most. An invitation to move over the line and up into one of the top eight places in the Eastern Conference was in play for the Jets all of... Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:05:10 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/breakingnews/SLIDESHOW-Devils-at-Jets-Dec-3-2011-134979078.html The Winnipeg Jets skated to a 4-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils at the MTS Centre Dec. 3. Sat, 3 Dec 2011 23:19:52 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/breakingnews/Lets-talk-about-sex-Grey-Cup-coaches-134410108.html VANCOUVER - Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach Paul LaPolice and B.C. Lions head coach Wally Buono kicked off Grey Cup week with a 'bang' here Wednesday morning. The Grey Cup head coaches were asked at their news conference this morning the annual off-colour question - What are your thoughts on Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:13:35 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/breakingnews/Saskatoon-Hilltops-silence-Rifles-130945738.html WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Rifles dropped a 48-28 decision to the Saskatoon Hilltops at Canad Inns Stadium Sunday afternoon. Already locked into a playoff date with the Hilltops in the Prairie Football Conference, Winnipeg (3-4) has one more game left before they’ll travel to Saskatoon Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:54:32 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/breakingnews/green-scores-twice-leads-oilers-to-4-2-exhibition-win-over-blackhawks-130250808.html SASKATOON - Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews was too excited to play a shift with his brother to worry about an exhibition loss. Toews played alongside his younger brother David in the Blackhawks' 4-2 loss to an Edmonton Oilers split squad on Tuesday. "It was awesome. He's one of those Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:16:08 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/breakingnews/Scheifele-makig-big-impression-130249158.html He’s wearing one of those awful nondescript training-camp numbers — 45 — that just doesn’t look right on a jersey and reeks of a bus ticket back to junior or to an outpost in the minors. But if Mark Scheifele continues to make magic like he did Tuesday night in the Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:05:13 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/breakingnews/Goldeyes-had-top-attendance-130212123.html You love them, you really love them. The Winnipeg Goldeyes found out Tuesday that they led all independent professional baseball teams in North America in average attendance of 5,740 fans per game in the 2011 season. It is the 10th time in the past 11 seasons that the Goldeyes achieved the top Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:12:35 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/breakingnews/Byfuglien-likely-to-face-charges-129686158.html Winnipeg Jets defenceman Dustin Byfuglien is expected to face criminal charges following his arrest last month in Minneapolis for suspicion of boating while impaired and refusing a sample. Steve Tallen, a Lake Minnetonka Conservation District attorney, gave his legal blessing on Monday for the Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:30:16 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/breakingnews/High-school-football-season-kicks-off-129501093.html The Winnipeg High School Football League kicked off the 2011 season on Thursday night in Winnipeg and Brandon. The 31-team league will continue with season-opening action on Friday with eight games scheduled. Highlights included Murdoch MacKay Clansmen winning their debut game in the Potter AAA Thu, 8 Sep 2011 21:27:38 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/breakingnews/Gerula-loses-to-Wallberg-for-WBC-super-featherweight-title-129195113.html Olivia “The Predator” Gerula failed to win back the WBC women’s super featherweight title on Saturday losing by unanimous decision to Frida “Golden Girl” Wallberg in a 10-round bout in Karlstad, Sweden. Wallberg had won the title last November beating Gerula in an Sun, 4 Sep 2011 07:56:14 CDT