Author Archives: Darrell Davis

Zach Collaros expects to be the Saskatchewan Roughriders' starting quarterback. If he isn't, the CFL team may as well cut him. Heading into his seventh season, Collaros was acquired from the Hamilton ...

Like so many great hockey people, Clarke Drake was from Saskatchewan. He was born in Yorkton and as a teenager played two games for the junior Regina Pats. Drake died at age 89 Sunday in Edmonton, whe...

Swift Current might save the Memorial Cup. If a few dozen Swift Current Bronco fans follow their junior hockey team on a 16-hour drive to Everett, Washington, how many would make the two-hour trip to ...

It would be so much fun being in Smashville right now. A couple of friends recently visited the Tennessee city for sporting events. They came back raving about the hospitality, the cooking and the pro...

Professional sports teams don't just quit. Especially in the playoffs. Yet that's what the Toronto Raptors did during the fourth game of their NBA series against the Cleveland Cavaliers. After two clo...

Since I got dragged into this swearing thing by my buddy Jamie Nye, who trolled me on Twitter, I did not write any letters to the Canada Broadcast Standards Council. Apparently the same guy wrote the ...

What's the main topic around the water cooler today? LeBron James torching the Toronto Raptors? Winnipeg on the verge of eliminating the Nashville Predators? Swift Current falling behind 3-0 before be...

Dear Copy Editor: Sorry . . . we were having so much fun in Winnipeg I knew it would be difficult to file my commentary after last night's Jets-Predators game. I wrote this before the game, presuming ...

Call it Darrell and Rob's Excellent Adventure. Rob Vanstone and I are heading to Winnipeg today for Game 4 of the NHL playoff series between the Jets and Nashville Predators. What a great series it's ...

Baseball keeps getting more boring. As MLB teams research launch angles, swing trajectories and bat speed in pursuit of home runs, there are fewer hits. Worse, there are more strikeouts as pitchers ta...