Ed Tait

Ed Tait is the senior writer and reporter for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, leading the club’s editorial coverage across news, analysis, and feature content. His work focuses on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ football operations, from daily training camp sessions to game-day strategy and longer-term roster and franchise storylines. A veteran football journalist with 29 years of newspaper experience covering football, he brings hall-of-fame credentials and a deep historical lens to the team’s official platform. His coverage is distinguished by consistent on-the-ground access, detailed practice reporting, and the ability to connect current seasons to the club’s broader history.

Tait’s Take: Training Camp and Daily Notes

Tait’s recurring “Tait’s Take” series tracks the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ training camp day by day, building a granular picture of how the roster and depth chart evolve before the season. In pieces such as “Tait’s Take | Blue Bombers Training Camp Day 3,” “Day 5,” “Day 9,” and “Day 10,” he organizes each dispatch around collections of notes, quotes, and anecdotes from the field. These reports highlight positional battles, emerging players, and coaching decisions, with specific attention to quarterbacks and other key roles, as seen in his Day 5 camp coverage featuring quarterback Taylor Elgersma. The Day 9 training camp story continues this pattern, offering another structured set of observations that capture tempo, player performance, and the mood around the team as camp progresses.

Across these pieces, the emphasis is on immediacy and detail: how practice periods unfold, how units respond, and how small moments might signal larger trends for the season ahead.

Game Day HQ and Game Day Minus 1

Beyond camp, Tait anchors pre-game coverage that helps readers understand how each matchup fits into the arc of a season. In “Game Day HQ | Blue Bombers vs. Elks,” he frames a deep dive around the halfway point of the Canadian Football League season, using that natural checkpoint to assess the team’s form and context before kickoff. The analysis in this type of piece combines team performance trends, opponent scouting, and roster considerations, positioning the game within broader storylines rather than treating it as an isolated event.

He extends that preview work into multimedia formats through “Game Day Minus 1,” where he and Sam Calvert set up upcoming contests such as the late-season meeting with the Montreal Alouettes. Those Minus 1 segments preview the next game by walking through key matchups and narrative angles on the eve of play, giving a structured look at what matters most once the game starts.

Together, the Game Day HQ articles and Game Day Minus 1 previews show Tait using both written and on-camera formats to translate team strategy and season stakes into accessible, game-focused storytelling.

Features, Interviews and Exclusive Content

Tait’s work also includes player-focused features and interviews that sit alongside the day-to-day news flow. On the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ “Exclusive Content” hub, he is identified as the writer of written features and as a co-host of a team podcast that delivers interviews and behind-the-scenes stories with players, coaches, and alumni.

Feature pieces such as “1st & 10 | Bryant: ‘We can still be really good.’” show him building narratives around conversations with veteran players, integrating direct quotes and context about team expectations and leadership.

That Bryant story, built from a phone interview, uses the player’s own words to anchor a discussion of where the team stands and how core leaders view the season ahead. Within the broader news section, his byline appears on standard club updates and transaction notes, but the through-line remains a focus on football substance rather than lifestyle or off-field features. Across these formats, Tait’s voice is steady and straightforward, using players’ perspectives and football details to explain how the team operates and evolves over time.

Blue By The Numbers and Long-Term Perspective

Tait’s historical series “Blue By The Numbers” illustrates the depth of his long-term engagement with the franchise.

In that project he compiles jersey numbers and associated players, documenting gaps in the record and inviting fans to help fill in missing details. The piece emphasizes accuracy and completeness, reflecting both his knowledge of the team’s past and a willingness to tap supporter memory to refine the archive. His biography notes that he previously spent 29 years in the newspaper industry with major Canadian outlets, providing analysis on radio and television and earning recognition such as induction into the Football Reporters of Canada wing of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and a CFL Reporter of the Year honour.

He has also served as president of the Football Reporters of Canada, underscoring his standing within the football media community. That long history informs his current work with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, where he oversees and contributes to year-round editorial content, tying present-day coverage back to the club’s historical context when warranted.