Author Archives: Darrell Davis

Peter Chiarelli fired my brother and traded away my neighbour. He made me no longer care for the Edmonton Oilers, the NHL team that employed my father for 28 years. But that's not why Chiarelli should...

Are the Saskatchewan Roughriders too nice or too darned naive? After letting their coach, Chris Jones, walk away from his newly-signed contract to take a lesser job in the NFL, the Roughriders have re...

As some pieces get put into place for the Saskatchewan Roughriders' upcoming season, the next urgent matter will be quarterback. Who is going to be the CFL team's starting quarterback? Darian Durant, ...

To their credit, the Saskatchewan Roughriders already have a decent hierarchy in place with Jeremy O'Day, Paul Jones and Mike Davis. Roughriders president Craig Reynolds doesn't have to do anything wi...

Craig Reynolds looks like a complete fool right now. And I warned him. I wrote a commentary last week imploring the Saskatchewan Roughriders president to not let Chris Jones escape any contract unless...

There's nothing wrong with the CFL venturing to Mexico and conducting a draft full of Guillermos, Juans and Franciscos. Football players can come from anywhere. Money . . . that's tougher to find. As ...

Four million dollars - that used to be the Saskatchewan Roughriders' drop-dead amount of debt. Now it's the amount of money distributed last year by CFL teams to amateur football across Canada. The le...

Christmas has long passed, but once or twice a day I click onto YouTube to watch Elton John in my favourite holiday commercial. It starts with him plinking a few notes on his upright piano before the ...

Some so-called "hockey purists" will hate Hockey Canada's directive to have seven and eight-year-old novice players use half the ice surface for their games. Those purists are wrong. This is a good id...

Following CFL Commissioner Randy Ambrosie would be lots of fun these days, but that could soon change. Halifax. Edmonton for Grey Cup. Back to Halifax for discussions with owners of the prospective CF...