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It wasn't how Jeff Knox Jr. thought his second season would start. He was coming off an outstanding rookie season with the Roughriders that saw him nominated as the team's Most Outstanding Player, Mos...

Play to your strengths. It's an age old phrase that can be useful in sports, business or life. It can serve as great advice. Jim Popp was one of the masters at it as a CFL GM, yet not when he was a co...

Jim Popp's 25-year relationship with the Canadian Football League started right here, in Saskatchewan, when Don Matthews and Al Ford hired him as a Roughriders assistant coach. They quickly moved him ...

The best thing for Roughrider fans anxious about Darian Durant's contract status is time. There is lots of time between now and February when Durant officially becomes a free agent. I know the more th...

Forget the U.S. election - it's the ongoing drama between Darian Durant and the Saskatchewan Roughriders that people are talking about in Saskatchewan. The longtime quarterback still has not re-signed...

There are two sides to every contract negotiation, and on Monday the Roughriders presented theirs. On Sunday, Darian Durant said his talks with the team were pretty much at a standstill after he and h...

It's been tough for the Rider fan base to keep its emotions in check in the last couple of days. Darian Durant's description of talks with the team being at a "stand still" has generated discussion an...

Contract negotiations are seldom pretty. Case in point: Quarterback Darian Durant and the Saskatchewan Roughriders are embroiled in contract talks that, a couple weeks ago, seemed amicable a...

A tone that was once lighthearted and optimistic seems to have soured some for Darian Durant. Earlier in the season Durant was joking with the media about his contract situation and making pledges abo...

Braylon Shmyr was the hero as the Saskatoon Blades beat the Kootenay Ice 3-2 in overtime Saturday night. The 19-year-old forward scored thirty-five seconds into overtime for the Blades' second straigh...