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It was a bad night all around for the Roughriders. The third loss of the season would have been enough, but the Roughriders also lost starting quarterback Darian Durant. The injury came in the second ...

Two costly errors early in Thursday night's season opener likely lost the Roughriders the game against the visiting Toronto Argonauts. First, a breakdown on special teams allowed Larry Taylor to get t...

After ending the preseason with another loss, the Roughriders cut 20 players from the roster. The biggest name on the list is the former second string quarterback Brett Smith. He was forced into a sta...

Chris Jones didn't get a warm welcome in his return to Edmonton. "People act ugly and call you names and stuff as you walk on the field, unfortunately, but that's part of it. It's pro football," admit...

Darian Durant is itching to see the field Saturday against the Edmonton Eskimos at Commonwealth Stadium.   It's been almost a full year since the Riders' quarterback has played in a CFL game...

Nine players got the news they're no longer members of the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Sunday morning. Head coach Chris Jones told the media he would make the first set of cuts the morning after the t...

There were a lot of flags and not a lot of power at Mosaic Stadium on Saturday night. In a game where Chris Jones hoped to get a good evaluation of the two players vying to back up Darian Durant at qu...

It took a few years for Dillon Grondin to come into his own, but now he's flying around the football field. The Roughrider rookie first turned heads at a mini camp in Vero Beach, Florida, where he sai...

The Roughriders were off to the races as training camp started in Saskatoon Sunday morning. The Rider Nation knows all too well the personnel changes to the Roughriders in off season - but there was n...

Chris Jones is making sure there are no questions about what he expects in year one of his tenure in Saskatchewan. "When we walk in that building every day and they're paying us a paycheque, they pay ...