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Success not uncommon for Kwong
March 4, 2010
He was a member of the 1948 Calgary Stampeders, the Red and White’s first Grey Cup winner and still the only Canadian team to go through an entire season undefeated.
Some would be content to rest on that remarkable athletic career and coast for the rest of their life, but not Lim Kwong Yew. Better known as Normie Kwong or the China Clipper, the Calgary native quickly moved past the ex-jock phase to become a businessman, a football executive, a hockey magnate, a politician, a statesman and socially conscious mover and shaker.
Ex-Stamp cheering for Saints
February 7, 2010
Among the many reasons that local resident Da’Shann Austin will be rooting for the New Orleans Saints today, there’s one that’s pretty rare to come by.
How many people at a Super Bowl party can say they’ve intercepted a world champion?
Former Stamps boss carries torch
January 21, 2010
The Olympic torch has travelled through Indian reserves, small prairie towns, parks, across desolate stretches of Canadian highways and through the rock-solid Canadian Shield.
On Thursday, it will enter the home stretch as it crosses the border into British Columbia's stunning Kicking Horse Pass. And who better to pass the torch than two old football warriors — one a former politician and the other a coach.
The Stamps ruled in 2001
January 11, 2010
The Calgary Stampeders, a team which began the year with four straight losses, had just three wins on Labour Day. But Calgary rallied, saving their season with an 8-10 record, good for a third place finish in the West Division. The Stampeders secured their berth in the Grey Cup with playoff victories over B.C. and Edmonton.
Stamps willing to pitch for good causes
November 30, 2009
There was no need to explain to Jeremaine Copeland the purpose of the Salvation Army Coat Drive.
The Calgary Stampeders' star receiver became all too familiar with the program as a kid in his hometown of Harriman, Tenn.
"Growing up we didn't have a lot, so we went to the Salvation Army for a coat or a pair of pants here and there," says Copeland. "It was a big help. So I know first-hand what the need is."
Stamps pick ready for Vanier Cup
November 27, 2009
Osie Ukwuoma is quick to credit the Calgary Stampeders for making him into just that much better a football player.
“It was fun, it was an amazing experience,’’ said the six-foot-two, 250-pound Queen’s University defensive lineman, who attended the Canadian Football League team’s training camp in the spring. “They have phenomenal coaches there, always willing to teach. I think as a player they advanced me. But the time wasn’t right for me to be there, so I came back.’’
Tearrius is getting it right now
November 14, 2009
When Tearrius George signed on for a second stint in the Stampede City, he never imagined he'd be saddled with a nickname like this.
Then again, you'd be hard-pressed to find a person in any workplace, let alone the testosterone-charged world of pro football, who would embrace a handle like 'Can't Get Right.'
Shouldice project's in the red zone
November 3, 2009
Shouldice Park is in the red zone. It just needs a little push to hit paydirt.
Former Calgary Stampeders star Greg Peterson, president of the Greater Calgary Amateur Football Association, said his group is close to completing an eye-opening football facility.
"We're on the 20(-yard line)," Peterson said. "We just need to get to the goal-line. When it's done, it'll be the nicest minor football complex in all of Canada."
Q&A: Tim Johnson
October 8, 2009
In our latest Q&A feature, we get up close and personal with middle linebacker Tim Johnson. After some time in the NFL, mostly with the Oakland Raiders, the 31-year-old Youngstown State product is enjoying life in Calgary.
Kilam's a homegrown success story
October 1, 2009
Mark Kilam is blazing his own trail in the coaching ranks of the Canadian Football League.
In a league that employs startlingly few Canadian coaches -- just 15 of 73 head and assistant coaches were born here--the Calgary Stampeders linebackers coach is an even rarer commodity: a relative youngster (just 30) who made the jump directly from the high school ranks to pro football.
