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'Resilient:' Blackmon ready for 1st start as a Rider
Perhaps one could say it was meant to be. A former NFL defensive back signs a deal with the Saskatchewan Roughriders - his children's names? Ryder and Jade. Even Will Blackmon marvelled at the coincid...
Aug 31, 2018 Will Blackmon (24) will play in his first CFL game on Sept. 2, 2018 in the annual Labour Day Classic. (Arielle Zerr/980 CJME)
Lions fail to break Roughriders defence in 24-21 loss
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions know they're facing an uphill slog in the second half of the season after dropping yet another close game. The Saskatchewan Roughriders (5-4) squeezed out a 24-21 win Saturd...
Aug 26, 2018
Roughriders offensive line seeing sharp improvement
Early in the season there were big concerns about the Roughriders' offensive line, but the last few weeks should have silenced most of the critics. The Roughriders have allowed 14 sacks this season, b...
Aug 23, 2018
Riders' Johnson giving away 500 backpacks to kids in need
Jovon Johnson knows what it's like to show up for the first day of school not having what you need. Far from having the perfect childhood, the Roughriders' defensive back grew up in a low-income famil...
Aug 22, 2018 Roughriders defensive back Jovon Johnson makes a play against the Redblacks on June 21, 2018. (CFLPA/Twitter)
Riders make trade for Canadian receiver Brian Jones
The Riders have added another Canadian receiver to the fold. Saskatchewan announced Monday the team has acquired Brian Jones from the Toronto Argonauts in exchange for a seventh-round pick in the 2019...
Aug 20, 2018 Canadian Brian Jones was acquired by the Saskatchewan Roughriders from the Toronto Argonauts on Aug. 20, 2018. (Saskatchewan Roughriders/Twitter)
Jamie Nye: Riders pointing in the right direction
For the second game in a row, Chris Jones' defence made Bo Levi Mitchell look average. Watching Jones' mastery of the defensive game plan in the games against Calgary, despite a 24-0 deficit a few wee...
Aug 20, 2018
Darrell Davis: A dumb Riders prediction
Before the Calgary Stampeders arrived for Sunday's CFL game, during Green Zone discussions and commentaries, I said this was a contest the Saskatchewan Roughriders had no chance of winning. But, I ins...
Aug 20, 2018
A 40-27 win against Calgary had the Roughriders dancing
There was a whole lot of dancing going on in the Roughriders locker room Sunday night. After a 40-27 win over the Calgary Stampeders there was certainly no shortage of things to celebrate. They sacked...
Aug 19, 2018 Nick Marshall picks off Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell and runs it back for a touchdown on Aug. 18, 2018. (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
New Yorker turned Rider fan heads to the Labour Day Classic
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have a new fan, a man from Merrick, New York. After the NFL Superbowl in February this year, Joe Lozito was looking for a football fix during the NFL's offseason. Lozito p...
Aug 19, 2018 Joe Lozito and his wife Andrea at a game in Hamilton on July 21, 2018. (Joe Lozito)
Riders work on cleaning up little things against Stamps
Give the Calgary Stampeders an inch and they'll take a mile. That was a lesson learned the hard way the last time the Saskatchewan Roughriders played the Stampeders. Those little mistakes, according t...
Aug 19, 2018 Roughrider running back Marcus Thigpen charges the line after taking a hand off from Brandon Bridge on July 28, 2018.
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