Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Jamie Nye: Olympics should be a hard pass now for NHL and players
Going to the Olympics no longer makes sense for the NHL. As badly as we all want to see McDavid and Crosby and Matthews and Ovechkin going head to head for gold, COVID has stolen the show again. Keep ...
Dec 20, 2021
Jamie Nye: The latest COVID news adds to more fatigue
The sound you heard Thursday was the collective air being knocked out of sports executives, athletes, fans and more so doctors and nurses who are burned out from the third, fourth and now the fifth wa...
Dec 17, 2021
Jamie Nye: Urban Meyer's tenure in Jacksonville was too long the day they hired him
NFL coach Urban Meyer got fired last night to end one of the ugliest and shortest tenures for a football coach in NFL history. Here's the thing: The Jacksonville Jaguars should have never hired him. D...
Dec 16, 2021
Jamie Nye: NHLers heading to Olympics seems more unlikely by the day
The odds of NHL players heading to Beijing for the Olympics are dropping by the day as cases of COVID-19 increase. The latest information the players have received is that strict protocols are in plac...
Dec 15, 2021
O'Day set to begin work on Riders' lengthy free-agent list
Saskatchewan Roughriders general manager Jeremy O'Day has his own list to worry about at this time of year. O'Day's work has already started when it comes to planning how the 2022 edition of the Rider...
Dec 14, 2021 Saskatchewan Roughriders general manager Jeremy O’Day. (Britton Gray/980 CJME file photo)
Roughriders sign seven players, including four draft picks
The Saskatchewan Roughriders started the CFL off-season with a series of transactions Tuesday. The Roughriders signed seven players, including four of their draft picks. Linebacker A.J. Allen, whom th...
Dec 14, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Pats' Bedard makes Canada's world junior team
Connor Bedard is following in some big footsteps. The Regina Pats' star centre has been named to Canada's 25-man roster for the 2022 world junior hockey championship tournament, Dec. 26 to Jan. 5 in E...
Dec 12, 2021 Connor Bedard skates during a practice at the Canadian world junior selection camp in Calgary on Dec. 9, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
CFL to implement revenue-sharing model
The CFL's haves are going to be helping the have-nots. During his State of the League address Friday in Hamilton, commissioner Randy Ambrosie announced the CFL will be implementing a revenue-sharing m...
Dec 10, 2021 CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie. (THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Andrew Vaughan)
Bombers' Collaros can relate to plight of Riders' Fajardo
Zach Collaros has heard it all before. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback remembered his own experiences from back in the day when he was asked about recent comments by Saskatchewan Roughriders piv...
Dec 10, 2021 Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros. (Winnipeg Blue Bombers/Twitter)
Pats' Svozil off to world junior tournament
At least one member of the Regina Pats will be competing in the 2022 world junior hockey championship. Pats defenceman Stanislav Svozil has been named to the Czech Republic entry for the tournament, w...
Dec 09, 2021 Regina Pats defenceman Stanislav Svozil. (File photo courtesy of Keith Hershmiller Photography)
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Sarah Mills: Americans need to dial back talk of World Cup dominance
Being a World Cup host comes with bragging rights and automatic entry, but Sarah Mills says if you have watched France o...
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