Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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Jamie Nye: Hope vs. expectation; the difference between Sask and Calgary
It has been a while since the Saskatchewan Roughriders played a Calgary Stampeders team that didn't have Bo Levi Mitchell starting at quarterback. It was October 2014 when the Riders played the Stamps...
Jul 05, 2019
Jamie Nye: Are big-money QBs going to be worth it in 2019?
Early indications are the money spent by the Calgary Stampeders and B.C. Lions on their quarterbacks aren't giving them quite the return they had hoped. The Stamps and Lions changed the pay structure ...
Jul 04, 2019
Through years as a backup, Riders' Fajardo waited for opportunity
Cody Fajardo had to play the waiting game to get a chance to start in the CFL. Before joining the Saskatchewan Roughriders this off-season, Fajardo spent two seasons as the backup to quarterback Ricky...
Jul 03, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo. (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Darrell Davis: NBA, NHL bury CFL with non-stop buzz
The past three weeks should have served as a great lesson for the CFL. Why? Because the CFL has been fighting a losing battle for exposure against the NBA and NHL, two professional sports leagues that...
Jul 03, 2019
Riders' Shepley shows skills on football field, the big screen
Dakoda Shepley's journey to becoming a professional football player has been filled with twists and turns. The 24-year-old's first passion in life wasn't even a sport at all -- it was music. "I've pla...
Jul 01, 2019 Photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders
Roughriders feel some pressure to get first win
While it's not a must-win game, the Saskatchewan Roughriders know Monday's home opener is an important game early in the 2019 CFL season. "I think there's some pressure (to get a win), I think the pla...
Jul 01, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Craig Dickenson. (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Liam Richards/Electric Umbrella)
'I've dreamed of this moment': Riders' Ryan excited for home opener
The CFL game Monday is shaping up to be a very special one for Saskatchewan Roughriders punter Jon Ryan. Not only is it Ryan's first Canada Day since signing with a Canadian team after spending 13 yea...
Jun 30, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders punter Jon Ryan punts against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in a CFL pre-season game on June 6, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Terran Vaughn to start on Saskatchewan Roughriders' offensive line
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are to make another change to their offensive line early this CFL season. Terran Vaughn is to make his first start of the season at right tackle when the Roughriders meet ...
Jun 29, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders right tackle Terran Vaughn. (Britton Gray/980 CJME file photo)
Roughriders' defence looking to bounce back, force turnovers
The Saskatchewan Roughriders' defence is looking to leave Week 2 in the rear-view mirror. The CFL team gave up 44 points in a 44-41 loss to the Ottawa Redblacks on June 20. In 2018, the Riders' defenc...
Jun 28, 2019 The Saskatchewan Roughriders' defensive line performs a drill at practice on June 27, 2019. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Wray Morrison: The right amount of confidence
Following a loss that felt like a win, the 0-2 Saskatchewan Roughriders ready themselves for their home opener against the Toronto Argonauts on Monday. Toronto suffered a 50-point loss to Hamilton las...
Jun 28, 2019
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