The Saskatchewan Roughriders have selected Offensive Lineman Jake Bennett in the 2019 supplemental draft. In doing so the Riders will forfeit their third round selection in the 2020 CFL Draft. The six-foot-three, 290-pounder was most recently a member of the Salt Lake Stallions in the AAF, suiting up at centre for the team. “The CFL […]
Saskatchewan has been the home to many great hockey players with Hayley Wickenheiser being one of them. On Tuesday, the Shaunavon native got the call to the Hockey Hall of Fame as she is one of six named in the Class of 2019. The 40-year-old Wickenheiser made her Canadian National Team debut in 1994 and […]
The Regina Pats had to deal one of their two import players before Thursday’s CHL Import Draft where they will select 7th overall and on Tuesday they did so. The team announced they have acquired 20-year-old forward Dawson Holt and a conditional seventh-round pick in 2022 from the Vancouver Giants in exchange for 18-year-old forward Sergei […]
What crazy world is this? The Riders have opened as a 13.5-point favorite for Monday’s game versus the Argos. Yes, the 0-2 Riders are a monster favorite on Monday. Online-betting site Bodog released its spreads late Monday morning. It seems the oddsmakers think much more highly of the Riders than they did last week. Or […]
For the second time in three years, the Western Hockey League has produced seven first-rounders in the NHL Draft. The Chicago Blackhawks made Saskatoon Blades forward Kirby Dach (pictured) the 3rd pick overall. The Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta native posted 73 points (25G-48A) in 62 games for the Blades during the 2018-19 WHL Regular Season, ranking third […]
Many were expecting points to be at a premium Thursday in Ottawa when the REDBLACKS battled the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Instead, they got a shootout. Quarterbacks Cody Fajardo and Dominique Davis combined to throw for 714 yards and five touchdowns with Davis and the REDBLACKS prevailing by a score of 44-41 to improve their record to […]
Major League Baseball has given the Tampa Bay Rays permission to explore the possibility of becoming a two-city team, commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday. Though the plan would face several significant hurdles, the Rays would split home games between Tampa and Montreal, which is approximately 1,500 miles north of Tampa. The Rays are committed to […]
The CFL Players’ Association informed the CFL on Wednesday night that it’s grieving the two-game suspension handed down by the league to Hamilton Tiger-Cats linebacker Simoni Lawrence. That means Lawrence will be eligible to continue playing until an arbitration hearing is held. The Ticats visit the Toronto Argonauts on Saturday afternoon. The league suspended Lawrence […]
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have made four changes to their roster for Thursday’s encounter in Ottawa against the REDBLACKS. Quarterback Bryan Bennett, offensive linemen Rene Brassea and Braden Schram and receiver Brayden Lenius have all been added with Zach Collaros, Dariusz Bladek, Max Zimmermann and Terran Vaughn being taken off. For Lenius, it will be his […]
Saskatchewan Roughriders Head Coach Craig Dickenson says it was his plan all along to start Cody Fajardo at quarterback Thursday in Ottawa, but they didn’t want to announce that right away. Fajardo was called into service just three plays into the season opener when Zach Collaros was knocked out of the game after a head-shot […]
