Tag Archives: football

Remember the Purple People Eaters? If you were a sports fan in Saskatchewan during the late 1960s or early '70s, you knew the Purple People Eaters were the Minnesota Vikings' defensive linemen. You li...

When Shannon Fedorus remembers watching her tiny triplets in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 15 years ago she could never have imagined that her boys would someday find success on the football field,...

No one should be surprised that football players still hide their concussion symptoms from the team. It's the competitive nature of the game, knowing there is someone looking to replace them and if th...

Zach Collaros wore a green tie. He said all the right, diplomatic things when he met the media in his new role as Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback. He praised the fan base. He lauded the organizat...

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have released veteran international quarterback Kevin Glenn. The team announced the move on Twitter early Thursday morning. The news comes on the heels of a Wednesday trad...

The Riders' football czar Chris Jones is showing it takes time and patience to see a rebuild really take shape. And Zach Collaros may just be the final piece for Jones to take a three-win team to a Gr...

Zach Collaros isn't the same quarterback who signed a million-dollar contract with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. It showed in 2017 when he was winless as a starter before being relegated to backup duty des...

The National Football League is a crazy business ... you can go 9-7 and be fired or have one win in two years and still have a job. That is the story of Jim Caldwell, fired in Detroit and Hugh Jackson...

With Vince McMahon looking to reincarnate the XFL, it reminded me I once attended a real, live XFL game. It coincided with a family vacation to Disney World, so as a Regina Leader-Post sports writer I...

There were no NFL games played on TV Thursday night. Although I enjoy watching NFL games, for once that was a good thing. It meant no complaining about Thursday games, no arguments about the league's ...