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NHL, players reach tentative deal for 56-game season
Drop the puck in mid-January? The National Hockey League is well on the way to making that happen. The NHL and players reached a tentative deal Friday to hold a 56-game season that would begin Jan. 13...
Dec 20, 2020 (Mark Humphrey/The Associated Press file photo)
‘A mighty fine man’: Indigenous hockey pioneer Fred Sasakamoose remembered at funeral
Fred Sasakamoose was intent on telling his story. The Indigenous hockey pioneer didn't realize he was running out of time. Sasakamoose, who was remembered as a survivor, trailblazer and community lead...
Dec 06, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
Jamie Nye: Rangers make curious decision on Lafreniere
The New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils gave Team Canada and Team USA the bad news. Alexis Lafreniere will not be loaned to Canada by the Rangers for the world junior hockey championship and neithe...
Dec 04, 2020
Jamie Nye: TV money shows why the NFL, NBA are further ahead than the NHL
Remember that TV rules in sports. The deals cut with broadcasters are really the telltale signs of which league can move forward and which ones are stumbling around. The NFL is doing everything possib...
Dec 02, 2020
Jamie Nye: A gamble worth making on gambling
Saskatoon Member of Parliament and former TV sportscaster Kevin Waugh knows how a change in sports gambling could mean big business for Canada. It's why he introduced a private members bill to allow s...
Nov 27, 2020
Sask. author reflects on life of Fred Sasakamoose
Saskatchewan's hockey community is mourning the loss of one of its greats. Fred Sasakamoose was the first Indigenous athlete from Saskatchewan to play in the NHL. Sasakamoose grew up on the Ahtahkakoo...
Nov 25, 2020 Fred Saskakamoose.
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Jamie Nye: Fred Sasakamoose turned horror into heroism
The life of Fred Sasakamoose is fit for Hollywood. The iconic figure in Saskatchewan hockey is highly regarded not only in the athletic realm but as a fixture of inspiration for First Nations communit...
Nov 25, 2020
Former NHLer Fred Sasakamoose battling COVID-19
Multiple reports on social media indicate Fred Sasakamoose, the first Canadian Indigenous-born athlete to play in the National Hockey League has been admitted to hospital due to COVID-19. A post from ...
Nov 21, 2020
Jamie Nye: NHL proves far more embarrassing than Chicago's logo
The National Hockey League has now shown its hand on how it feels about the Chicago Blackhawks' logo. In the reveal of the 31 teams' new reverse retro looks, the league sent out a slideshow of one pho...
Nov 18, 2020
Jamie Nye: Two giant losses in Canadian sports
The Canadian Football League lost two greats on Monday. One had billions of dollars and the other didn't have billions but was just as much a champion for his team and his city. B.C. Lions owner David...
Oct 27, 2020
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