Roughnecks named as evidence in case for new City of Champions

November 26th, 2008 by Lauren Ward

In a piece from yesterday’s Edmonton Journal, columnist Dan Barnes makes a case for Calgary swiping the title of City of Champions from their neighbours to the North, Edmonton. To help prove his point, he draws on evidence from the National Lacrosse League:

For instance, each city has a National Lacrosse League team, and Calgary’s Roughnecks have taken it to the Edmonton Rush. The Roughnecks are 25-23 since 2006, the Rush a truly terrible 11-37.

That’s all fine and good, as are the rest of his team-by-team comparisons, but aside from Sunday’s Grey Cup (which Edmonton themselves won in ‘05), where are the championships? Why wouldn’t you cite the Roughnecks winning the Champion’s Cup in ‘04 instead of their records? The City of Slightly-Betters. Don’t worry Calgary, maybe you can get everyone to call you T-Bone.

In other news:

Attention Mammoth fans not already in the know, you can now direct a question to Gavin Prout and Gee Nash on the team’s message boards: coloradomammoth.com

Ward began covering lacrosse for The Lacrosse Journal in 2005 and became its editor-in-chief a year later. Email her at lauren.ward@nllinsider.com.

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