Author Archives: Darrell Davis

Watching video clips and interviews of the Saskatchewan Roughriders practising on the old grass pitch beside Taylor Field brought back some memories. Quarterback Kevin Glenn, a 17-year CFL veteran, mi...

When people get angry at NFL players for not standing during their American national anthem, I remember I used to get angry at the Francophone, Quebec-based reporters inside Montreal press boxes who d...

Maybe, just maybe, the Saskatchewan Roughriders are overcoming their desire to make needless roster changes. After playing their best game of the past two seasons before recessing for a bye, when the ...

It's been a good week for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. And they didn't even play a CFL game! During their second bye of the season, the Riders acquired quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. and defensive end ...

The stories were side-by-side on TSN's website. Both involved football and, maybe, its inherent dangers. Former CFL receiver Ken Evraire is donating his brain to Boston University, which conducts post...

Judging by what everyone in the NHL is saying, Bryan Murray was one of the league's most popular people. Players, co-workers, commissioner Gary Bettman and even the media have told wonderful stories a...

Hopefully Saskatchewan's tougher impaired driving law is saving lives, because it's evidently killing businesses. Regina is losing three bar/restaurants and the owner of another says his revenue has f...

Who predicted that? The Saskatchewan Roughriders smoked B.C. 41-8 on Sunday, just eight days after the Lions gutted them 30-15. Playing behind a rebuilt offensive line, quarterback Kevin Glenn tossed ...

When Brad Wall became Saskatchewan's premier in November 2007, the Roughriders had won only two Grey Cups. Their third came three days later; since then they have appeared in three others, and won a f...

CFL observers want to know why the league won't follow the lead of the NFL and hire full-time officials. The CFL can't afford it. The CFL has 38 part-time, contract employees who typically work one ga...