Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
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Jamie Nye: CFL pondering a change to rouge? I hope so
The CFL has a new innovation committee. While on the Green Zone on Friday, commissioner Randy Ambrosie brought up a rule change that he thinks could garner some support. And it's a rule change I've lo...
Mar 02, 2020
Grey Cup committee reveals some plans for one-stop festival
For the first time in its history, the Grey Cup Festival will be in the same location as the game in 2020. Everything will be within walking distance on the grounds of Evraz Place. Saskatchewan Roughr...
Feb 28, 2020 Some details about the 2020 Grey Cup Festival were announced Feb. 28, 2020. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
Roosevelt excited to get to work with Alouettes
The Montreal Alouettes have reunited a quarterback-receiver pairing that once worked for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Literally once. On Aug. 25, 2017, quarterback Vernon Adams Jr., completed an eigh...
Feb 27, 2020 (Naaman Roosevelt/Facebook)
Jamie Nye: CFLPA needs to get it right
Members of the Canadian Football League Players' Association are in Las Vegas voting in a new executive. And believe it or not, they are two years away from having to negotiate a new collective bargai...
Feb 27, 2020
Alouettes officially add former Riders receiver Roosevelt
The Montreal Alouettes officially announced Wednesday the signing of former Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Naaman Roosevelt. The 32-year-old product of Buffalo, N.Y., became a CFL free agent Feb. 1...
Feb 26, 2020 (Naaman Roosevelt/Facebook)
Jamie Nye: XFL isn't a threat to CFL talent, yet
The XFL is starting to pluck a handful of CFLers. Future Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductee S.J. Green went south. Then Derek Dennis found work. Receiver Armanti Edwards has also made the decisio...
Feb 20, 2020
Roughriders sign a pair of former NFLers
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have added two players with NFL experience. The CFL team announced Wednesday it had signed 25-year-old wide receiver Demarcus Ayers and 27-year-old defensive lineman Pete ...
Feb 19, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Jamie Nye: I'm all in for a change to CFL playoffs
Randy's Road Trip is underway as the CFL commissioner visits all nine CFL markets plus Halifax. In his first stops, you've heard about Randy Ambrosie wanting a guaranteed starter spot for an internati...
Feb 18, 2020
CFL’s Edmonton Eskimos keep team name following consultations
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League have decided to keep their team name despite concerns from some Inuit leaders. The club says consultations in the North provided no agre...
Feb 14, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power
Elimimian has high expectations for 2020 Roughriders
A game in the middle of the 2019 CFL season helped convince Solomon Elimimian to sign a contract extension with the Saskatchewan Roughriders for the 2020 campaign. "The Labour Day Classic was one of t...
Feb 13, 2020 Solomon Elimimian (10) has signed a contract extension with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: Cancelled ferries on west coast put the short Saskatchewan commutes into perspective
Using the ferry system is a great way to enjoy BC from the water, but Sarah Mills says recent issues have had a big impa...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 7
8:30 - Today is Green Shirt Day, which falls one day after the eighth anniversary of the Humboldt Bus Crash. The anniver...