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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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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)
St. John returns to Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Roughriders brought back a familiar face on Day 2 of CFL free agency. Offensive lineman Josiah St. John, who spent three seasons with the Roughriders before signing with the Toronto A...
Feb 12, 2020
Jamie Nye: The long road to Saskatchewan for James Franklin
Finally, after three years, he has arrived in Saskatchewan. Quarterback James Franklin has signed with the CFL's Roughriders. Franklin admitted to the Green Zone on Tuesday that, yes, when Chris Jones...
Feb 12, 2020
'I'm coming in as the backup': Franklin joins Roughriders
James Franklin is ready to be the backup quarterback in Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan Roughriders announced they signed the 28-year-old pivot to a one-year contract on Tuesday -- the first day of CFL...
Feb 12, 2020 James Franklin. (File photo by Johany Jutras/CFL.ca)
Roughriders relatively quiet on Day 1 of free agency
As general manager Jeremy O'Day predicted Monday, the Saskatchewan Roughriders weren't too busy on the first day of CFL free agency. The team signed only one player who spent the 2019 season on a diff...
Feb 11, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Roughriders were busy before free-agency deadline
The 2020 CFL free-agency period is just about underway and Saskatchewan Roughriders general manager Jeremy O'Day has been busy leading into it. The team had 32 potential free agents following the 2019...
Feb 11, 2020 Jamie Nye/980 CJME
O'Day doesn't expect Roughriders to be active to start free agency
Saskatchewan Roughriders general manager Jeremy O'Day doesn't expect to be a big player when CFL free agency hits Tuesday. "I would say that we're probably not going to be very active in free agency. ...
Feb 10, 2020 Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Craig Dickenson (left) and general manager Jeremy O'Day. (Britton Gray/980 CJME file photo)
Jamie Nye: CFL negotiating window was a win for league and fans
The CFL's new negotiating window has closed ahead of Tuesday's free-agent deadline. And I'm willing to call it a resounding success -- not for yielding a bunch of accepted offers but for generating so...
Feb 10, 2020
Roughriders re-sign receiver Shaq Evans
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have scratched a big name off their list of pending free agents. The CFL team announced Friday it had signed receiver Shaq Evans to a one-year contract extension. Evans wa...
Feb 07, 2020 Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Shaq Evans. (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Jamie Nye: XFL 2.0 is just another spring league
Like the XFL 1.0 or the AAF or any other spring league that has tried, XFL 2.0 doesn't have much of a chance. But football fans will give it a go, mainly because it's Vince McMahon behind it and be ho...
Feb 07, 2020
OPINION
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
On Tuesday's show, Evan marks Green Shirt Day , talks youth crime and justice on the Round Table of Justice and anticipa...