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Category Archives: Riders
Emilus adds to already-deep Riders receiving corps
There's a lot of excitement around the Saskatchewan Roughriders this year, especially the receiving corps. The team is deep with talent and loaded with more options for quarterback Cody Fajardo this s...
May 26, 2022 Samuel Emilus. (File photo courtesy of Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Pete Robertson pushing for starting job at Riders training camp
Playbooks and bruises are some of the biggest challenges a CFL player can face at training camp. For Pete Robertson, one of the toughest things about coming to Canada is being away from his family. "R...
May 25, 2022 Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive end Pete Robertson (45) at training camp at Griffiths Stadium. (650 CKOM file photo)
CFL players have big decision ahead of them as CBA deadline looms
The future of the 2022 CFL season remains foggy heading towards Thursday's league-imposed deadline. After the players rejected a proposed collective bargaining agreement that had tentatively been agre...
May 25, 2022 Kicker Brett Lauther, who kicked a game-winning field goal in the 2019 Labour Day Classic, is ready for another shot at the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Agent feels players, CFL not far apart on CBA negotiations
It has been a shocking 24 hours for CFL players, teams and fans. It was announced on the evening of May 18 that the CFL and the CFL Players' Association had reached a new tentative collective bargaini...
May 24, 2022 (Steve Seto/650 CKOM)
Roughriders on practice field despite CFL's labour issues
It was business as usual for the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Tuesday morning. How long it stays that way is up in the air. The CFL team's players and coaches were on the field at Griffiths Stadium for...
May 24, 2022 Saskatchewan Roughriders kicker Brett Lauther. (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
CFL players vote down tentative deal with CFL: Report
It appears the tentative deal between the CFL and the CFL Players' Association has fallen incomplete. According to TSN's Dave Naylor, the majority of players voted against the proposed collective barg...
May 23, 2022 (Steve Seto/650 CKOM)
'Dynamic duo': Williams, Evans have high expectations in 2022
Shaq Evans and Duke Williams are looking to take the Saskatchewan Roughriders' aerial attack to new heights. "We've got to put that work into becoming a dynamic duo," Williams said following Day 2 of ...
May 20, 2022 Saskatchewan Roughriders receivers Duke Williams (5) during training camp. (Steve Seto/650 CKOM file photo)
Riders hold walkthrough on first day of training camp
It wasn't a full-fledged jump into training camp for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Thursday was the first time the team was able to practise as a full unit with the coaching staff present after CFL pl...
May 19, 2022 Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo following walkthrough on May 19, 2022. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Roughriders' first pre-season game rescheduled
The Saskatchewan Roughriders -- and their fans -- will have to wait a little longer for the CFL team's first game of 2022. According to the schedule on the league's website, Saskatchewan's first pre-s...
May 19, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Fajardo believes CFL players want to feel more valued; team staying sharp
Cody Fajardo knows firsthand that when you come up to play in the CFL in your first year, it doesn't leave a lot in your pocket. "It was hard. My first year up here in 2015, I came up halfway through ...
May 17, 2022 Cody Fajardo (centre, in hoodie) and other Saskatchewan Roughriders players during a player-led workout at SMF Field in Saskatoon on May 17, 2022. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: May long weekend looks different this year
Sarah Mills says we should be excited about the official start to summer, as the May long weekend represents all that li...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, May 15
8:30 - Avi Lewis, the newly elected federal NDP leader, is touring Saskatchewan this week with 11 stops over five days, ...