The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have not won a Grey Cup game since their bitter parting with star running back Andrew Harris.

When Harris was reminded of that on Thursday, he quickly laughed with a satisfied smirk but did not respond verbally.

Harris has since won a Grey Cup ring with the Toronto Argonauts and is now the Saskatchewan Roughriders running backs coach. If the Riders beat the Montreal Alouettes on Sunday, it will be his fifth CFL championship. He has never lost one.

“Yeah, it’d be five-for-five,” said Harris, adding that the Blue Bombers were involved in each one. “In ’11, beat Winnipeg (as a B.C. Lion), won two with Winnipeg (2019 and ’21), then beat Winnipeg with Toronto (2022). Now, I’m coaching in Winnipeg.

“Winnipeg’s been a part of my stories in Grey Cups and winning one

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