Author Archives: Darrell Davis

Two days before the 75th anniversary of D-Day, think about the war terminology prevalent in football. Linemen "battle" in the "trenches." "Blitzing" and "bombs" proliferate passing downs. Looking at a...

One point. That's all the Saskatchewan Roughriders scored in their first exhibition game: One point during a 37-1 loss to the Calgary Stampeders. That doesn't exactly alleviate concerns anyone has abo...

Only the most ardent Saskatchewan Roughriders fans will recognize more than a handful of names on the CFL team's roster tonight for a pre-season game against the hometown Calgary Stampeders. Pre-seaso...

Masai Ujiri is justifiably getting credit for building the Toronto Raptors into NBA finalists. The Raptors president was roundly criticized during the off-season for trading away star forward DeMar De...

For sentimental reasons, I want this Stanley Cup final between the St. Louis Blues and Boston Bruins to last forever. Mick, Lorne and Wick. Those are the reasons. Mick McGeough began refereeing as a c...

The NHL continues sliding down the slippery slope of video review. It's going to get messier and messier. During his traditional Stanley Cup media conference, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman admitted th...

I just spent a week away from home with a broken phone. I survived. Barely. Mainstream media -- radio, newspapers and TV -- kept me updated on the Toronto Raptors and Saskatchewan Roughriders. But aft...

Saskatchewan Roughriders training camp never used to conflict with the Canadian racquetball championships. But this inexorable march toward an earlier CFL season means I might entirely miss Riders tra...

I'll never learn. Almost everyone else was saying, "CFL players will be at their training camps Sunday. They always are. They never go on strike." I responded, "This year is different. The CFL Players...

Driving by a city park the other day, I noticed two pre-teens throwing around a football. It didn't seem that unusual until I started thinking about it. When was the last time I saw two kids tossing a...