{"id":18320,"date":"2016-12-01T13:48:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T18:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=18320"},"modified":"2020-03-26T03:48:23","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T07:48:23","slug":"redblacks-win-grey-cup-and-ottawa-celebrates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2016\/12\/01\/redblacks-win-grey-cup-and-ottawa-celebrates\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa celebrates the Redblacks Grey Cup win"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Grey Cup is the championship trophy in the Canadian Football League. Photo: James Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n

Gray skies didn\u2019t stop thousands from welcoming the Grey Cup to Ottawa on Tuesday. The Ottawa Redblacks won the Canadian Football League\u2019s (CFL) championship trophy last Sunday, defeating the Calgary Stampeders 39-33 in overtime in Toronto, the host city for this year\u2019s game. Crowds lined Bank Street in The Glebe to celebrate the Redblacks big win. It\u2019s the first time an Ottawa team has won the Grey Cup in 40 years. In 1976, it was the now-defunct Roughriders. Canadian football is like American football, but with a few differences. The Canadian field is larger, a team has 12 players instead of 11, and there are three downs instead of four. The Grey Cup was commissioned in 1909 by the Earl Grey, then the Governor-General (representative of the British Crown in Canada) as the annual football championship trophy and remained in use after the CFL was officially organized in 1958.<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

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The Sons of Scotland Pipe Band led the Grey Cup victory parade. Photo: James Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n

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The parade was pretty informal. Redblacks players reached out to fans along the route. Photo: James Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n

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Big Joe is the Redblacks mascot. Photo: James Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Ottawa Redblacks Cheerleaders marched down Bank Street. Photo: James Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n

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Players\u00a0waved to fans. Photo: James Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Ottawa Fire Services Band. Photo: James Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Frosty<\/a>

Frosty the Football Fan. Photo: James Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n

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A proud fan waved the Redblacks flag. Photo: James Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n

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This Redblacks fan made his own Grey Cup. Photo: James Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n

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A nostalgic fan. \u00a0 The Roughriders were Ottawa’s pro football team from 1876 to 1996 and won the Grey Cup nine times. Photo: James Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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