Paul Friesen

​Friesen grew up devouring the sportswriting of Jack Matheson in the Winnipeg Tribune. Little did he know that one day, he would cover the same league as ‘Matty’, but with the Winnipeg Sun – the newspaper that emerged from the ashes of the Tribune. Friesen’s time with the Sun began in 1997, and he was elevated to columnist in 2001. He has covered nearly everything, but there has always been a special place in his writer’s heart for the CFL. Throughout his journalistic career, he has seen ups and downs and victories and defeats, and his words have elicited both joy and fury from teams and fans alike. Through it all, his guiding principle has remained the same: tell it like it is, without any sugar coating. Because that’s what readers deserve.