Frank Smith had a legendary coaching career at the University of British Columbia, spending 21 seasons at the helm from 1974 to 1994, winning two Vanier Cups. Smith coached the Thunderbirds to five Hardy Cup Canada West conference titles in 1976, 1978, 1982, 1986 and...
Jim Hopson began his Canadian Football League career on the field, playing offensive line for the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1973 to 1976 and finished it building the foundation for the Roughriders to be a business success. Hopson served four years on the...
In Tucker’s career he covered all the CFLʼs West franchises, starting with the Winnipeg Tribune in 1966 as a backup writer on the Blue Bombers beat. He joined Canadian Press in New Westminster in 1971 to follow the Lions, moved to the Saskatoon StarPhoenix in 1975 to...
For more than 40 years, Steve Simmons has covered football and other sports for three Canadian newspapers. In 1980, he was hired by the brand new Calgary Sun to cover the Stampeders, his first big-time beat at the age of 23. He began writing a column for the Calgary...
