Category Archives: *Sports

In our neighbour's backyard, we used to play football, using the chokecherry trees as goalposts that we avoided while pretending to be Ron Lancaster, George Reed, Gord Barwell or Ed McQuarters. They w...

If there's one thing to know about Riders kicker Brett Lauther it's that he doesn't give up. Drafted by the Hamilton Tiger-cats in 2013, the 27-year-old played four games that season and then ... noth...

The season is here for the Canadian Football League! The off-season was full of Johnny Manziel talk, Zach Collaros came West, Ricky Ray came back, Darian Durant retired and the Montreal Alouettes ... ...

One year ago we were laughing at the Toronto Argonauts. The team had lost its head coach, unbelievably fired its general manager and took forever to hire GM Jim Popp. Popp was given just 2.5 months to...

Chris Jones has watched his linebacking corps all through camp and has been happy with what he's seen. They're a young group - not a single one is over the age of 30 - but Jones doesn't seem worried a...

This has been a weird week or so in terms of spouses and girlfriends in pro sports. Basketball executive Bryan Colangelo is out of work in Philadelphia because his wife set up twitter accounts and att...

Chris Jones has the media wrapped around his little finger and it's becoming quite comical. Reporters always want to know who's going to start at quarterback for Jones' team, the Saskatchewan Roughrid...

With three veterans out the door, the Roughriders are looking a lot younger in the receiving corps. After strong training camps, Shaq Evans and Jordan Williams-Lambert earned positions on the roster a...

On Monday, the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League announced the dispersal draft to help the Humboldt Broncos look forward to the 2018 season. Ten young men were told that they are going from Nipawin or...

Ovie frolicking in a fountain. Ovie sleeping with the Stanley Cup. Doing a handstand while drinking beer out of the bowl. At a Washington Nationals baseball game, throwing out the first pitch and hois...