Murray Wood: Saturday night leaver
There was a time that Canadians gathered around the TV on Saturday to watch Hockey Night in Canada on CBC. Those days ar...
Category Archives: *Sports
Light workout for Riders after Green and White Day
The Saskatchewan Roughriders resumed training camp with a very light walk through on Sunday. Head coach Craig Dickenson wanted to rest his players after Green and White Day on Saturday at SMF Field. "...
May 26, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Craig Dickenson gives instructions to players following the team's first scrimmage of training camp on May 25, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Leonard has 27 points; Raptors headed to NBA Finals for first time in history
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors will play in the NBA Finals, a Canadian basketball success story 24 years in the making. Kawhi Leonard poured in 27 points and hauled down a game-high 17 rebounds to lead...
May 25, 2019 (Canadian Press)
Riders' Butler is looking to bounce back in 2019
Crezdon Butler bounced around the NFL before signing with the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2017. His nomadic journey continued last season, but in different ways. The veteran defensive back was s...
May 25, 2019 (Photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Riders' Watford still catching on to playing quarterback
David Watford enjoys throwing passes more than catching them. The 25-year-old product of Hampton, Va., is entering his second full season as a quarterback with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He signed ...
May 24, 2019 (Photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Faces of concussions: NHL’s head-on battle with an epidemic
HOMER GLEN, Ill. - Wearing a black shirt with "Fight for your happiness" on the front and "Sick not weak" on the back, Daniel Carcillo eats an apple as his wife makes a cappuccino nearby and their old...
May 24, 2019 In this Nov. 10, 2001, file photo, Toronto Maple Leafs' Wade Belak, left, fights with New Jersey Devils' Jim McKenzie during first period NHL action in Toronto. Steve Montador, Todd Ewen, Wade Belak, Rick Rypien, Bob Probert, Jeff Parker and Derek Boogaard are dead. Many of them were enforcers tasked with delivering and taking punches for teammates and all took many blows to the head. (Associated Press photo/Aaron Harris, File)
Jamie Nye: An NHL team is about to test their fans
One NHL fan base is about to get their ethics and morals tested by the case of Slava Voynov. The defenceman, who hasn't played in the NHL since his arrest on a domestic violence charge, is now eligibl...
May 24, 2019
Roughriders' Johnson is looking to 'cause havoc'
Micah Johnson has a simple goal for the 2019 CFL season. "I just want to continue to be a game-wrecker," the Saskatchewan Roughriders' defensive tackle said Thursday after Day 5 of training camp at Gr...
May 23, 2019 The Saskatchewan Roughriders' defensive linemen gather for a discussion with coach Mike Scheper during a training-camp session in Saskatoon on May 23, 2019 (Wray Morrison/650 CKOM)
Jamie Nye: Charity is the last thing Kawhi needs
Stop it! Toronto, you're embarrassing yourself with the freebies for Kawhi Leonard. Urging restaurants to pay for his meals. A condo company offering up a multi-million-dollar condo. People, this is a...
May 23, 2019
Riders' Powell could be a busy man
Craig Dickenson had some good news for William Powell on Wednesday. Dickenson, the head coach of the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders, told reporters that he believes the running game is "vital" to a te...
May 22, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders tailback William Powell during training camp on May 22, 2019. (Wray Morrison/650 CKOM)
Blues' fathers enjoying playoff run
St. Louis Blues fans are partying like it's 1970. The NHL team has qualified for the Stanley Cup final for the first time in 49 years and three Saskatchewan-born hockey players have been helping lead ...
May 22, 2019 Saskatchewan-born players Brayden Schenn (L), Jaden Schwartz (C) and Tyler Bozak (R) played in the Stanley Cup final with the St. Louis Blues. (File photo from the St. Louis Blues/Twitter)
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Virtual health care is something patients should consider
The Sask. government has begun tendering for its Virtual Care Pilot Project. Sarah Mills says such care has been provide...
LATEST WEATHER
TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, June 17
Evan welcomes Saskatchewan Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill to take your calls and questions, gets the latest update on c...