The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have stolen at least one headline of Grey Cup week, announcing head coach Mike O’Shea is not leaving the team.

“Mike O’Shea will return as head coach in 2026. More details to follow,” was the full content of a team message posted on social media site X late Friday afternoon.

An hour later, the Bombers made the same announcement for general manager Kyle Walters, ensuring the team brass remains intact for a 12th CFL season.

O’Shea was being wooed by the Toronto Argonauts, travelling there earlier this week on what a source with knowledge of the situation described as a fact-finding mission.

Argos general manager Mike (Pinball) Clemons was hoping to lure O’Shea back east, closer to his home of North Bay, Ont., and to the place he spent the majority of his career

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