Blanchard hits 40-yard walk-off field goal to lift Elks past Blue Bombers
Vincent Blanchard kicked a 40-yard field goal as time expired to give the Edmonton Elks a 22-19 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Friday night.
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Coverage at a glance
- First observed by CurrentWire: Global News · Aug 22, 2026 at 12:34 AM ET
- Coverage span: 7 min
- Coverage: 2 reports from 2 independent publications
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- “19 win” — Sportsnet, Global News
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CurrentWire ranked this story 77.4 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.
- Freshness
- 32 of 35
- Source authority
- 14 of 20
- Coverage breadth
- 8.5 of 20
- Geographic relevance
- 10 of 10
- Story prominence
- 8 of 10
- Velocity
- 5 of 5
Strongest signal: geographic relevance, 10 of 10. How each signal is calculated.
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