There will be no Regina Red Sox baseball in 2020. On Wednesday evening the WCBL announced that the 2020 season had been canceled. The league said with the current restrictions on mass gatherings and border restrictions between Canada and the U.S. still in place, a season was not possible. Covid-19 Forces cancellation of WCBL 2020 […]
A memo has been sent by the CFL to all nine clubs stating teams can re-open training facilities, but it comes with a list of strict protocols. The memo “hereby permits the reopening of your fitness facilities for your local players to participate in individual training and receive medical treatment, under the following conditions: (1) […]
The Esso Cup will be presented in Prince Albert after all. The 2020 national under-18 female hockey championship was to have been played in the city in April, but was cancelled due to COVID-19. On Wednesday, Hockey Canada announced the 2021 event will go at the Art Hauser Centre with the 2022 event going to […]
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says the league and the NHL Players’ Association have agreed on a return-to-play format in the event the 2019-20 season can resume. The 24-team plan would see the top-4 clubs in the Eastern and Western Conference play two mini round-robin tournaments to determine seeding for the playoffs. The other eight teams […]
The NHL is hoping to move to Phase 2 of its return-to-play protocol, including the opening of practice facilities and allowing small group workouts, early next month. The league, which was forced to pause its season March 12 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, released a 22-page memo detailing the plan Monday. The document stresses there’s […]
The NHL and its players are going to keep talking. The NHL Players’ Association announced late Friday its executive board has authorized “further negotiations” on a 24-team playoff format as the league bids to resume the 2019-20 season and award the Stanley Cup. The executive board, which held a vote with its 31 player representatives, […]
An American developmental football league wants to help CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie out. Brian Woods, the CEO of The Spring League, has approached Ambrosie about a partnership. Woods is offering an opportunity for some CFL teams to practise with and play against Spring League squads in September in a condensed format he says has proven […]
The UFC’s second appearance in Saskatchewan will have to wait. The scheduled “fight night” that was to go at Sask-Tel Centre on June 20 has officially been cancelled. UFC had never announced what would make up the main event and only a couple of fights for the event had been finalized.
It’s that time of year when normally Saskatchewan Roughriders coach Craig Dickenson, would be busy trying to figure out who will play where on the big club for the upcoming season. Instead, with COVID-19 delaying the CFL season until at least September, like many of us, Dickenson finds himself still at home. Speaking with Derek […]
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed Deon Lacey to a contract. The American linebacker has spent the last three seasons in the NFL, most recently with the Miami Dolphins. He has 20 career tackles in the NFL, including four from last season. Before his NFL time, he spent three seasons with the Edmonton Eskimos, and helped […]
