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Jones decided on Riders starting QB, no thanks to Friday's loss
Chris Jones knows who will start for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in next weekend's season opener. But it was no thanks to the performances of the two quarterbacks in question. Neither Zach Collaros n...
Jun 09, 2018 Zach Collaros makes a throw in the Roughriders second preseason game on June 8, 2018. (Courtesy the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
'Antsy, excited' Collaros to take 1st snap as Rider
It's a game six months in the making. On Friday, quarterback Zach Collaros will start for the Saskatchewan Roughriders for the first time since being traded to the team on Jan. 3. "Antsy, excited, anx...
Jun 07, 2018 Riders QB Zach Collaros, number 17, during preseason training camp in Saskatoon. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Jamie Nye: Salary cap on football ops is a step too far
The Canadian Football League looked at the books and didn't like what they saw when it came to football operations expenses for the teams. So, they're putting a cap on them as well as limiting the num...
Jun 06, 2018
'I don't want to settle:' Gainey wants the Grey Cup
Ed Gainey has set the bar to the highest rung - it's Grey Cup or bust. "We gotta get that ring," Gainey said in an interview at Roughrider training camp. "I feel like if we don't get the ring this yea...
Jun 05, 2018 Ed Gainey. (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Darrell Davis: No Canada Day for CFL
Somebody please explain why the Canadian Football League isn't playing games on Canada Day. This is a league that usually honours July 1, going so far as to putting its on-field officials into patriot...
Jun 05, 2018
'Quarterback or nothing:' Brandon Bridge keeps on fighting
After Brandon Bridge went undrafted into the NFL, he fielded calls from teams interested in his services - just not as quarterback. He hung up on all of them. "There was no way I was going to play wid...
Jun 04, 2018 Riders' Brandon Bridge throws the first touchdown pass by a Canadian quarterback in a playoff game since 1969 during the Eastern Division Finals against Toronto on Nov. 19, 2017. (Saskatchewan Roughriders/Twitter)
O-Line thrills fans and other notes from Green and White Day
The clouds cleared and the Riders fans in Saskatoon were treated to a full practice plus a little extra from the green and white at SMF Field on Saturday afternoon. The day started with the Roughrider...
Jun 02, 2018 Roughrider receiver Duron Carter signs a young fan's jersey at Green and White Day on June 2, 2018. (Arielle Zerr/980 CJME)
Jamie Nye: Riders lost pre-season game, as they should have
The score may not look good on the surface. A final score of 35-12 tells a tale of a much more dominant team, the Edmonton Eskimos over the Roughriders, but every year in the pre-season we have to rem...
May 28, 2018
Reilly shines early as Eskimos top Roughriders 35-12 in pre-season opener
EDMONTON - There doesn't appear to be any rust on Mike Reilly. The Eskimos' quarterback led Edmonton to the end zone on his team's first two drives and they didn't look back from there in a 35-12 vict...
May 28, 2018
Riders showing support for the Humboldt Broncos
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are showing their support for the Humboldt Broncos community. On April 6, a bus carrying the team collided with a semi while on the way to Nipawin, killing 16 people. Now,...
May 27, 2018 Saskatchewan Roughriders' helmets for the 2018 season will have the words "Humboldt Strong" on the bottom. (Arielle Zerr/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: Trudeau's behaviour after leaving office isn't endearing him to the public
Sarah Mills says the former PM has skied with a prince, appeared on Instagram with a backwards cap alongside his popstar...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 17
On Friday's show, Evan entertains the question of whether Pierre Poilievre should step down as Conservative Party leader...