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 ...
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Riders' Chris Jones signs contract extension through 2020
The man in black is back in green and white. Head coach and football operations boss Chris Jones has inked a deal that will keep him with the Roughriders through the 2020 season. The announcement come...
Jan 08, 2019 Head coach Chris Jones, who normally dresses in black from head to toe, sports a green shirt during the Labour Day Classic on Sept. 2, 2018. The Roughriders have won three straight games with him in green. (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Williams-Lambert leaving Roughriders for NFL opportunity
The Saskatchewan Roughriders Most Outstanding Rookie is on the move. Receiver Jordan Williams-Lambert was moved to the CFL's deferred list on Friday. That's where players with an NFL option in their c...
Jan 07, 2019 (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Jamie Nye: NCAA equals big money, except for the players
Tonight's College Football Championship will make people a lot of money. Think, sponsorship money for the title game is north of $20 million. The CEOs of major bowl games can make $1 million. Another ...
Jan 07, 2019
Darrell Davis: There’s pain in the game
Watching sports isn't for the squeamish. We were reminded of that again when Dallas Cowboys receiver Allen Hurns had a leg buckle straight sideways while being tackled during an NFL playoff game again...
Jan 07, 2019
NFL teams vetting Riders' Chris Jones for coaching jobs
Riderville has been buzzing ever since NFL insider Jason La Canfora sent out one little tweet about Roughriders head coach Chris Jones. "In a year were teams may go to lengths and look in unique direc...
Jan 04, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Chris Jones has been at the helm of the Green and White since December 2015. (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Jamie Nye: CFL pipeline to NFL a healthy sign of talent
It has begun. The purge of CFL talent taking NFL opportunities has started as the window opens to start the New Year for NFL teams to sign players to a futures contract. The Riders lost linebacker Sam...
Jan 02, 2019
Darrell Davis: NFL should heed Payton's point
Black Monday is a perverse term. It describes the day following the conclusion of the NFL season, when owners traditionally fire their teams' coaches. And with six more head coaches getting dumped in ...
Jan 02, 2019
Former Riders all-star Ted Urness dead at 81
Sad news in Riderville over the weekend as a long-time Roughrider and CFL all-star died. Ted Urness, an offensive lineman who helped the green and white win the Grey Cup in 1966, was 81 years old. Urn...
Dec 31, 2018
Darrell Davis: Austin returns to U.S. 12 years after fulfilling Riders promise
If Kent Austin never returns to a CFL sideline, his coaching record is 48 wins, 50 losses through four-plus seasons with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and one magical year with the Saskatchewan Roughriders....
Dec 31, 2018
Darrell Davis: A different Jones for Riders
No wonder the Saskatchewan Roughriders pushed aside John Murphy, their assistant vice-president of football operations and player personnel. He's reportedly being replaced by Paul Jones, who is credit...
Dec 28, 2018
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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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