The Canadian Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2020 has been announced and it features a few former Saskatchewan Roughriders. Under the player category are offensive linemen Clyde Brock and Freddie Childress, and quarterbacks Henry Burris and Greg Vavra. Builders inducted this year include former Calgary Stampeders head coach and current president and general manager […]
A tough decision last week by U Sports to not let fifth year university football players play as 25-year-old’s next year was met with criticisms . Those fifth year players who had their final season cancelled because of COVID-19, felt that it was an unfair way to end their university football careers. Related: U Sports […]
A decision by USports Canada to not allow football players who will turn 25 by the time the 2021 season starts to play is one which has upset many across the country including the head coach of the U of R Rams. Mark McConkey says this is a move that leaves him shaking his head. “I don’t […]
The NHL is officially returning to the ice this summer. The league and its players’ union formally signed an agreement Friday that would see hockey return — with hub cities in Toronto and Edmonton. The agreement includes the potential to return to the Olympics in 2022 and 2026 and a four-year extension of the collective […]
Curling Canada has been forced to re-think qualification for the Olympic team and mixed doubles trials after cancellations and postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Teams and mixed doubles duos ultimately must win events or collect enough points at events to earn berths in the 2021 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings and the national […]
The CFL sent federal Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault a revised financial request Friday. A league source said the league is seeking about $42.5 million in aid. In April, the CFL asked the federal government for up to $150 million in the event of a cancelled 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The source […]
Tough news on Thursday for U Sports football players waiting to hear what would become of their final year of eligibility after this season was axed. U Sports has said 24-year-old players missing their final year because of COVID-19 will not be eligible to play as a 25-year-old. According to TSN’s Farhan Lalji, the Football […]
Curling Canada’s 29-page return-to-play document is being reviewed and scrutinized by curlers across the country. Matt Dunstone is one of those curlers and he has some questions when it comes to sweeping. “There are some manageable changes, but the rule calling for just one sweeper now is a bit of an adjustment.” Dunstone said. “I […]
The Edmonton Eskimos promised to speed up a review of its name and provide an update at the end of the month after at least one of its sponsors announced it plans to cut ties with the Canadian Football League team unless it changes its name. Other corporate sponsors, meanwhile, say they are watching closely […]
Sportsnet is trimming its six-stop Grand Slam of Curling circuit to just two events next season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The network, which owns and operates the top-flight curling series, said Wednesday that three Canadian stops will not be held this fall as scheduled. The circuit’s American debut in January was also scrubbed. Instead […]
