Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
Tag Archives: CFL
Darrell Davis: Extending the head coach
Nobody wants a lame-duck coach. If the Saskatchewan Roughriders had not extended the contract of Chris Jones, he would have been a lame-duck coach in the 2018 CFL season. Lame-duck coaches are in the ...
Dec 13, 2017
Chris Jones is sticking around Riderville
Chris Jones has always said he loves being around a team with passionate fans, and now he'll be sticking around for at least another year. The Riders head coach, general manager and vice president of ...
Dec 12, 2017 Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Chris Jones patrols the sidelines during a game on June 10, 2017. (Submitted by the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Jamie Nye: Riders best option now is Brandon Bridge
The Riders best option now for 2018 is most definitely Brandon Bridge. The young Canadian quarterback has shown the athleticism and arm strength to win games in the CFL. He came off the bench a few ti...
Dec 12, 2017
Darrell Davis: Riders will still be circling Franklin
It's still too early to emphatically state that quarterback James Franklin won't be joining the Saskatchewan Roughriders next season. Franklin has been traded from the Edmonton Eskimos to the Toronto ...
Dec 12, 2017
Edmonton Eskimos trade backup QB Franklin to Toronto
One of the most sought-after free agent quarterbacks in the Canadian Football League has been traded. Edmonton Eskimo's backup QB James Franklin is being sent east to the Toronto Argonauts in exchange...
Dec 11, 2017 James Franklin was traded from the Edmonton Eskimos to the Toronto Argonauts on Dec. 11, 2017. (Toronto Argonauts/Twitter)
Jamie Nye: CFL has opportunity to improve officiating
The Canadian Football League has a change at the top of the officiating hierarchy with Glen Johnson retiring. If you were the new guy, where would you put in work? Johnson's exit didn't come without r...
Dec 11, 2017
Darrell Davis: Jumping on the NFL treadmill
Brandon Bridge, Kacey Rodgers and Nic Demski have jumped on the NFL treadmill. Wish them luck. Players have for decades been trying to parlay their CFL careers into NFL contracts. Some, like Cameron W...
Dec 11, 2017
Darrell Davis: Two generations of Johnsons
In Taylor Field's old press box, the working media used to sit beside the CFL's officiating supervisors. Gord Johnson was one, who became especially proud when he was supervising games officiated by h...
Dec 08, 2017
Darrell Davis: CFL teams need players to stick around
There are 220 potential free agents in the CFL. That's ludicrous! For the good of the CFL, it's time for the players to backtrack and eliminate their one-year contracts. League rules used to insist th...
Dec 01, 2017
Jamie Nye: B.C.'s new structure is ... different
It is one more year for Wally Buono and best of luck to Ed Hervey being the general manager of the Lions with Buono still around as the head coach. Buono admitted he keeps the big office as Hervey say...
Dec 01, 2017
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
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