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Riders have continuity in place on offence ahead of CFL free agency
The Saskatchewan Roughriders can now focus on finding the right pieces to complete the puzzle instead of trying to determine what the picture needs to look like. In 2024, the CFL club was able to retu...
Jan 31, 2025 Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Trevor Harris signed an extension to keep him with the team through 2025. (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Reese Hamilton enjoying being close to home in NHL draft year
Reese Hamilton gets to enjoy one of the more exciting years of his hockey career closer to home. The Whitewood, Sask. product was playing his WHL hockey with the Calgary Hitmen after the defenceman wa...
Jan 31, 2025 Reese Hamilton is expected to be selected in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft. (Keith Hershmiller Photography)
Riders GM O'Day hoping to be 'a little less active' during 2025 free agency
The Saskatchewan Roughriders find themselves in a different position heading into the CFL's free agency communication window this year. Back in 2023, the team was looking for a new quarterback and rev...
Jan 30, 2025 Riders general manager Jeremy O'Day is hoping for continuity heading into 2025. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Jamie Nye's Saskatchewan Roughriders quarter-century team
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have enjoyed some success over the past 25 years. The CFL club won Grey Cups in 2007 and 2013, and appeared in the championship game two more times. Plenty of great player...
Jan 30, 2025 (980 CJME file photo)
Riders add Super Bowl and Grey Cup champion Shane Ray to defensive line
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed Super Bowl and Grey Cup-winning defensive lineman Shane Ray. The 31-year-old Ray was a first-round NFL draft pick and won Super Bowl 50 with the Denver Broncos...
Jan 27, 2025 Shane Ray won a Super Bowl with the Denver Broncos in 2016 and a Grey Cup with the Toronto Argonauts in 2022. (Saskatchewan Roughriders/Submitted)
Martin, Kleiter win Sask. provincial curling crowns
Saskatchewan now knows who will wear the green jackets at this year's national curling championships. Nancy Martin and her rink defeated Jolene Campbell 9-7 to win the 2025 Viterra Prairie Pinnacle Wo...
Jan 26, 2025 (From left to right) Skip Nancy Martin, third Chaelynn Kitz, second Kadriana Lott, lead Deanna Doig, and alternate Colleen Ackerman celebrate winning the 2025 Viterra Prairie Pinnacle Women's Championship. (CurlSask/Twitter)
Roughrider Ajou Ajou set to join the NFL's Indianapolis Colts
The Saskatchewan Roughriders will be losing a key piece on the field, and an energetic part of the locker room with second-year wide receiver Ajou Ajou set to join the NFL's Indianapolis Colts. Ajou h...
Jan 25, 2025 Saskatchewan Roughriders wide receiver Ajou Ajou catches his first CFL touchdown pass at Mosaic Stadium on June 23, 2024. (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Nelson Lokombo signs extension with Saskatchewan Roughriders
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are bringing back its starting safety from 2024. Nelson Lokobmo has been announced as the latest Rider to sign a contract extension. The Abbotsford, B.C., product will ret...
Jan 24, 2025 Saskatchewan Roughriders safety Nelson Lokombo (21) has signed an extension with the CFL club. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
UPDATE: Riders announce Trevon Tate extension, Ajou released for NFL chance
The Saskatchewan Roughriders made a few roster moves on Wednesday -- an extension and a release. Trevon Tate will be back in green and white for another CFL season while Ajou Ajou has been released to...
Jan 22, 2025 Trevon Tate will be back with the Riders in 2025. Tate joined the Riders in August after suiting up for four games with the Calgary Stampeders. He had asked for his release from Calgary, which was granted. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Lumsden Lynx hosts Female Hockey Day to celebrate young women and girls in sports
It's an event that could inspire the next Hayley Wickenheiser or Marie-Philip Poulin. The Lumsden Lynx are hosting its third annual Female Hockey Day on Saturday. The event intentionally falls on Hock...
Jan 18, 2025 The Lumsden Lyxn Female Hockey Day on Jan. 18, 2025 will welcome over 250 female athletes, from over 20 different communities, between the ages of four and 22. (Silver Swan Photography/Submitted)
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Sarah Mills: World Cup dreams are made
The score may not have been ideal, but Sarah Mills says the World Cup experience was everything she hoped it would be.
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