The 2019 Western Final may have happened 22 months ago, but the sting of that heartbreaking 20-13 loss to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers is still strong with two veteran members of the team. Sunday’s Labour Day Classic will be the first meeting between the two since that defeat. Quarterback Cody Fajardo admits there is still […]
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have announced the 56th Annual Labour Day Classic has sold out. The Riders will host their long-time rivals, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, on Sept. 5, and will feature a half-time performance from The Sheepdogs, as well as the first Party in the Park of the 2021 season. “After an absolutely electric home […]
The CFL says no decision has been made regarding a hub city for an abbreviated 2020 regular season. On Friday, a CFL spokesman denied reports the league had settled upon Winnipeg as a hub city in the event football was played this year. The spokesman added the CFL also hasn’t reached a decision whether or […]
Khari Jones says he received death threats while he was the quarterback of the CFL’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers because of his interracial marriage. Jones, entering his second season as the Montreal Alouettes head coach, said during a teleconference with reporters Tuesday the threats came in the form of letters that remain in his possession to […]
The man who was the general manager of the Saskatchewan Roughriders the last time they won the Grey Cup is back in the CFL. Brendan Taman, who has not had a job since being fired by the Riders midway through the 2015 season, was hired Friday to become a senior player personnel executive with the […]
CALGARY — A historic first by Andrew Harris ended the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ dubious championship drought and continued the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ Grey Cup misery. The 32-year-old Winnipeg native scored rushing and receiving TDs as the Bombers stunned Hamilton 33-12 in the 107th Grey Cup before 35,439 spectators at McMahon Stadium. Harris put an exclamation mark […]
It’s a difficult day in Rider Nation, as the Saskatchewan Roughriders lost Sunday night’s Western final 20-13 to their biggest rival, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. There were mixed emotions on display from fans leaving Mosaic Stadium after the game, whether it was excitement from Bomber fans in attendance, or shock and devastation from Rider fans. […]
The Saskatchewan Roughriders season is over In front of a sold-out crowd at Mosaic Stadium Sunday afternoon, the Riders lost 20-13 to Winnipeg. On the last play of the game from the 8, Cody Fajardo, who played the game with two torn oblique muscles, saw his third down pass hit the crossbar and fell incomplete […]
After some doubt was cast on Friday, the Riders confirmed that Cody Fajardo will start Sunday in the West Final. “He’s shown that he’s healthy,” says Head Coach Craig Dickenson. “He’s going to have some soreness and some stiffness. But he’s shown that he can execute and run the offense the way we need him […]
He may not be 100 percent, and he still hasn’t officially been given the designation as the starter by Head Coach Craig Dickenson, but quarterback Cody Fajardo is listed on the team’s depth chart as their quarterback for Sunday’s Western Final against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Mosaic Stadium. “I don’t know if he will […]
