Chiu, Maas Tasked with Improving Redblacks

 Jason Maas fields questions at a press conference. Photo credit: Lucy Scholey/Metro The Ottawa Redblacks will assign the arduous task of improving their offence on the respective shoulders of Bryan Chiu and Jason Maas. Chiu, who was hired as the team’s new offensive line coach on Dec. 23, held the

Potential Soccer Growth in Ottawa Rests with Ottawa Fury

 Photo courtesy of Ottawa Fury With the Ottawa Fury FC having wrapped up their inaugural season in November, it is perhaps premature to start envisioning an MLS team in the nation’s capital. The NASL doesn’t employ a promotion and relegation system, so the Fury won’t play in the MLS by

Redblacks Here to Stay

 Chevon Walker fends off Argonaut Brendan Smith during a carry. Photo credit: Mike Carroccetto / METRO The Ottawa Redblacks are a work-in-progress, which was clear the moment they joined the CFL as an expansion team. Expansion teams don’t have a winning history in sports. Most of them struggle out of the

Just Big Joe: How a Legend Became the New Mascot of the Ottawa RedBlacks

 Historical figure, fictional character, mascot: “Big Joe” is all of the above. The Ottawa RedBlacks dropped “Mufferaw” from “Big Joe” as the last name drew criticism from the francophone community. The name “Mufferaw,”some have complained, does not give proper homage to the real French-Canadian logger, Joseph Montferrand. Not wanting to