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Darrell Davis: Protecting CFL players
Tackling and blocking may suffer from the CFL's new rules, but the players won't. Effective immediately, full-contact practices are no longer allowed in the CFL, except during training camp. Commissio...
Sep 13, 2017
Linebacker Otha Foster is back with the Riders
The Roughriders have their 2016 Defensive Player of the Year back in the fold. Otha Foster has signed a contract with the green and white, head coach Chris Jones confirmed after practice on Tuesday. F...
Sep 12, 2017 Otha Foster chases down Tigercats quarterback Zach Collaros during a 2016 regular season game. (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Darrell Davis: More trouble for troubled DB
Hurray for Jeffrey Orridge! And the Saskatchewan Roughriders! They knew that defensive back Justin Cox was trouble, not worth keeping around, couldn't be rehabilitated. So Orridge, the CFL's former co...
Sep 12, 2017
Jamie Nye: Toughness doesn't prevent concussions
Good on the concussion spotter on Saturday night to take Mike Reilly out of the game after a vicious helmet to head hit on the quarterback. As much as head coach Jason Maas talks up his quarterbacks' ...
Sep 12, 2017
Jeff Knox Jr. returns to Riders after trying NFL
When it didn't work out with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, there was no other place but Riderville for Jeff Knox Jr. The 25-year-old linebacker was one of the last players to be cut by the Bucs earlier th...
Sep 11, 2017 Jeff Knox Jr. participates in linebacker drills at training camp in Saskatoon in June of 2016. (Arielle Zerr/980 CJME)
Kevin Glenn day-to-day with hand injury
We may not know until game time if Kevin Glenn is available to play for the Roughriders this week, but the good news is nothing is broken. Glenn left Saturday's game against Winnipeg after hitting his...
Sep 11, 2017 Kevin Glenn drops back for a pass in the 2017 Labour Day Classic. (Courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Former Rider Justin Cox facing assault charges
Former Saskatchewan Roughrider Justin Cox, 24, is facing charges in connection to two separate assaults on Aug. 30. The first assault happened around 6:15 p.m. According to Regina police, they receive...
Sep 11, 2017
Jamie Nye: Playoff spot is there for the Riders to take
Five games ago, the Riders were 2-3 and were about to face five games against West Division opponents. I dared ask the question on the Green Zone how many wins the Riders will get in these five games....
Sep 11, 2017
Darrell Davis: Riders take a step back
After a week out of the basement, the Saskatchewan Roughriders fell back down the stairs with a 48-28 loss in Winnipeg. Rider fans may be upset about a few things, but the loss can be attributed to a ...
Sep 11, 2017
Moose calf tranquilized outside Winnipeg stadium right before CFL game kickoff
WINNIPEG - There's not much that can stop a football team, let alone two of them, but a roaming moose nearly delayed kickoff for the sold-out Banjo Bowl in Winnipeg on Saturday. Winnipeg Police Const....
Sep 10, 2017
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