100 Grey Cups - This Is Our Game by Stephen Brunt On-Sale Now
Published on October 4, 2012 under Canadian Football League (CFL) News Release
TORONTO - The Canadian Football League and McClelland & Stewart announced today that 100 Grey Cups: This is Our Game, authored by Stephen Brunt, is now available in book stores across the country.
In this official celebration of the 100th Grey Cup, which will be played in Toronto on Sunday, November 25, 2012, bestselling author Stephen Brunt captures all the pride, triumph and heartbreak that have marked the path that the trophy and the country have taken together.
"The 100th Grey Cup is not only a chance to celebrate our great game and league, it's an opportunity to celebrate something that is uniquely, passionately and unapologetically ours," said CFL Commissioner Mark Cohon. "And through the words of Stephen Brunt and iconic images of our game, our fans can reflect on our proud history while we start to write the next chapter of our league's bright future."
All the legendary teams from Canadian Football League lore are chronicled: from the first Grey Cup win captured by the University of Toronto in 1909, through to the last B.C. Lions' triumph on home turf in 2011, and all the dynasties, bad bounces, incredible stories and unforgettable moments in between. Fully illustrated with rare and never-before-seen photos and ephemera from the Canadian Football Hall of Fame's archives, this book captures what has made our game and our league such an integral part of who we are as a country.
"Canadian football is a pure product of our country and of our culture," said Brunt. "It is our game, not someone else's, played under our rules on our field. Somehow, across the decades, for more than a century, it has retained its special character, even as so much in sport and elsewhere has become homogenized."
Brunt, a columnist and broadcaster with Rogers Sportsnet following a distinguished career in Canadian newspapers including The Globe and Mail, is Canada's premier sportswriter and commentator. His most recent book is the #1 national bestselling Searching for Bobby Orr. He is also the author of Facing Ali: The Opposition Weighs In; The Way it Looks from Here: Contemporary Canadian Writing on Sports; Mean Business: The Rise and Fall of Shawn O'Sullivan; Second to None: The Roberto Alomar Story, and Diamond Dreams: 20 Years of Blue Jays Baseball. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario.
In late October, Brunt is scheduled to make appearances at bookstores in Winnipeg, Regina, Edmonton and Calgary to discuss 100 Grey Cups: This is Our Game. Brunt will also be joined by a Grey Cup champion in each city to discuss their Grey Cup experiences.
Stephen Brunt - 100 Grey Cups: This is Our Game Book Tour:
Regina - Monday, October 22 at 7pm
Chapters Regina, Southland Mall, 2625 Gordon Road. Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 6H7
Grey Cup Champion - Don Narcisse
Edmonton - Tuesday, October 23rd at 7pm
Indigo North Town Centre, North Town Mall, 9450 - 137 Avenue NW, Unit 186, Edmonton, Alberta, T5E 6C2
Grey Cup Champion - Tom Wilkinson
Calgary - Wednesday, October 24th at 7pm
Chapters Chinook, Chinook Centre, 6455 Macleod Trail, Suite L1, Calgary, Alberta, T2H 0K9
Grey Cup Champion - Rocco Romano
Winnipeg - Thursday, October 25th at 7pm
Chapters Polo Festival, 695 Empress Street (across from the Bluebombers stadium)
Grey Cup Champion - Ken Ploen
100 Grey Cups: This is Our Game can be purchased for $45.00 and is available at print and e-book retailers in Canada.
In this special year, the CFL is taking the Grey Cup trophy across the county on a special retrofitted train, bringing it to more than 100 communities before arriving in Toronto for the 100th Grey Cup Festival and Game. The Grey Cup 100 Train Tour presented by RONA is currently in the prairies and making its way to Winnipeg for Saturday, October 6.
The CFL has also introduced a circulation and commemorative stamp collection with Canada Post, five million Grey Cup circulation one-dollar coins and other commemorative coins with the Royal Canadian Mint, and a special edition 100th Grey Cup souvenir magazine.
TSN, the CFL's exclusive English broadcaster, have commissioned an ambitious original documentary series titled Engraved on a Nation - celebrating the 100th Grey Cup with eight 60-minute documentaries demonstrating how one of the oldest trophies in professional sport has played an intrinsic role in shaping Canada's history and national identity. The series premieres on Thanksgiving Monday (October 8) at 7:30 pm ET with The 13th Man - a documentary that examines the unique love affair between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and their fiercely loyal fans.
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