Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
For Murray Wood, Easter brings to mind grandma's practical advice about repurposing, and some of life's little lessons.
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Canada faces Denmark in game 4 match-up at World Juniors
Team Canada will face Denmark in one of four games on Saturday for the World Junior Hockey Championship. The game will be back to being played indoors after Canada lost to the U.S.A. 4-3 in a shootout...
Dec 30, 2017 (Twitter/@HockeyHallFame)
Riders sign Crezdon Butler to extension
Rider fans can consider it a late Christmas present - the team has signed Crezdon Butler to a one-year contract extension. In his first CFL season, Butler was a consistent force in the secondary for t...
Dec 29, 2017 The Saskatchewan Roughriders extend international defensive back, Crezdon Butler, for one more year in the green and white on Dec. 29, 2017. (Twitter/@CFL)
History Repeats; Bellows, Tkachuk help U.S. to 4-3 shootout win over Canada
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - Kieffer Bellows and Brady Tkachuk scored in the shootout as the United States beat Canada 4-3 on Friday in the first outdoor game in world junior hockey championship history. Weat...
Dec 29, 2017 Team USA beats Team Canada in a shootout, in game three of the World Juniors on Dec. 29, 2017. (Twitter/@HC_WJC)
Darrell Davis: The not-so-great outdoors
Canada versus U.S.A. on an outdoor rink in Buffalo in December for a world junior hockey championship game is either the greatest idea ... or the worst. Plenty of hockey fans think imperfect condition...
Dec 29, 2017
Motivated opponents, revenge and tough conditions factors in Canada vs. U.S.
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Canada had a day off at the world junior hockey championship Thursday after opening the tournament with a pair of decisive wins over Finland and Slovakia. The Canadians face their bigg...
Dec 29, 2017
Darrell Davis: Howe and Bower, saving face
Johnny Bower and Gordie Howe were Saskatchewan guys, fishing buddies and opponents throughout their NHL careers. Bower died this week, about 18 months after Howe, and it spurred memories of a favourit...
Dec 28, 2017
Darrell Davis: Bringing back the XFL
With Vince McMahon looking to reincarnate the XFL, it reminded me I once attended a real, live XFL game. It coincided with a family vacation to Disney World, so as a Regina Leader-Post sports writer I...
Dec 27, 2017
Darrell Davis: Fixing the NFL
There were no NFL games played on TV Thursday night. Although I enjoy watching NFL games, for once that was a good thing. It meant no complaining about Thursday games, no arguments about the league's ...
Dec 22, 2017
Darrell Davis: Als owners cause the problems
New Montreal Alouettes coach Mike Sherman was extremely impressed with the job interview conducted by team owners Bob and Andrew Wetenhall. There's the problem, right there. Good organizations hire qu...
Dec 21, 2017
Darrell Davis: Saskatchewan's 500-plus NHL connections
On the day the NHL honoured its 100th anniversary by scheduling an afternoon contest between Toronto and Carolina, there had been 503 Saskatchewan-born players who laced up skates in the world's best ...
Dec 20, 2017
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