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Bombers have fan in the Dalai Lama
10/Nov/07 07:23 Filed in: Local
News (Winnipeg)
November 10, Winnipeg Free Press
By Joe Paraskevas
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have received all the inspiration they should need to win their playoff game Sunday. The Dalai Lama, one of the world's holiest figures, has emerged as a surprise Big Blue booster. "Victory to the Blue Bombers," he scribbled in Tibetan with a black Sharpie marker on some Winnipeg Blue Bomber equipment, adding his name to the lore of this city's Grey Cup-seeking CFL team.
By Joe Paraskevas
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have received all the inspiration they should need to win their playoff game Sunday. The Dalai Lama, one of the world's holiest figures, has emerged as a surprise Big Blue booster. "Victory to the Blue Bombers," he scribbled in Tibetan with a black Sharpie marker on some Winnipeg Blue Bomber equipment, adding his name to the lore of this city's Grey Cup-seeking CFL team.
Allan Nimmo/Special to
the Winnipeg Free Press
The Bombers play the
Montreal Alouettes in the East Division semifinal in
Winnipeg on Sunday. The exiled Tibetan leader signed
the helmet and an official CFL football as he flew to
Ottawa two weeks ago.
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