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Focusing on five footballers: Rob Vanstone’s players to watch on Saturday

May 27, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
A point of emphasis: I am writing this as an extremely interested and embedded observer of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, by whom I am employed as the resident writer and arthritic ...

Robservations: Plenty at stake for Jake Dolegala in Roughriders’ pre-season opener

May 27, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Jake Dolegala is part of a non-combative arms race with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.  The 6-foot-7 quarterback is competing with Mason Fine and Shea Patterson for the No. 2 job, behind Trevor ...

Rob Vanstone: Emergence of Emilus is a training-camp treat

May 26, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
A first-round pick is first in line to step in for Kian Schaffer-Baker.  With Schaffer-Baker sidelined for the early part of the 2023 CFL season after undergoing surgery to repair a torn labrum, ...

Craig Dickenson | May 26th Pre-Game

May 26, 2023 | Staff
“There’s two evaluations in these preseason games. Athletically can they compete at this level? And then two, can you trust them?”

Jake Dolegala | May 26th Pre-Game

May 26, 2023 | Staff
“I’m really just excited to get out there.”

Celebrating A Global Game: Why Community Culture Night Is A Reason To Come Together

May 26, 2023 | Staff
The 2023 CFL pre-season is on our doorstep! If that isn’t reason enough to be excited, the Saskatchewan Roughriders are rolling out the Green carpet for fans throughout the day, this Saturday, ...

The Claire Doré story: “We just think of her as Coach”

May 26, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Claire Doré has come full circle, just a few first downs away from Saskatoon’s Circle Drive.  A recipient of two degrees from the University of Saskatchewan, Doré has returned to the campus of ...

Rob Vanstone: Everyone can hear Lanier during Roughriders training camp

May 25, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Earlier this week, Saskatchewan Roughriders Head Coach Craig Dickenson referred to the “dog days” of training camp.  It should be noted, however, that the canine influence was discernible long ...

A gopher tale: Reflections on 30 years as Gainer

May 25, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
The gentleman in the giant gopher suit decided it was time for an extended paws.  With that in mind, Terry Ennis will no longer don the Gainer the Gopher costume on a full-time basis — although ...

Craig Dickenson | May 25th TC

May 25, 2023 | Staff
“We got to make sure we have 12 out there for every play and we’ve got to make sure that we get some eyes on a lot of these players that are right on the bubble.”

The Lafrenie Family

May 25, 2023 | Staff
The Roughrider Foundation first met Derek Lafrenie and his family at the Ronald McDonald House for a Christmas dinner, while they were in Saskatoon receiving treatment for their seven-year-old ...

Riders Add Versatile OL Brandon Council

May 25, 2023 | Staff
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American offensive lineman Brandon Council.   Council (6’4-328) joins the Roughriders after attending rookie minicamp with the New York Jets. He spent ...

Rob Vanstone: A legendary linebacker in our midst — Wayne Shaw visits training camp

May 24, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Fifty-plus years removed from his final game with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Wayne Shaw still won’t miss a day of training camp.  Even when it turns into raining camp, as it did for a while on ...

Passion and perspective: The story of “Coach Beck”

May 24, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Kevon Beckwith is younger than three of the talented defensive linemen he is coaching at Coors Light Riders Training Camp.  And, oh, how he would love to be one of them.  But, circumstances being ...

Craig Dickenson | May 24th TC

May 24, 2023 | Staff
“I think the D-line group is our strongest group.”

Rob Vanstone: Trevor Harris travelling by air to be part of special delivery

May 23, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Several years of operating hurry-up offences have prepared Trevor Harris for the pace that awaits.  The Saskatchewan Roughriders’ quarterback is to fly from Saskatoon to Columbus, Ohio, on ...

“To the house we go”: Randy Satterfield’s never-to-be-topped 99-yard TD catch

May 23, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Randy Satterfield knows what it is like to travel the length of the field in short order.  He scored from 99 yards away — the longest possible play from scrimmage in American football — for the ...

Trevor Harris | May 23rd TC

May 23, 2023 | Staff
“You can tell we’re starting to hit our spots, be on time, beat blitzes, be able to use the things that we want to do in our offence, and everybody’s really starting to mesh well.”

Craig Dickenson | May 23rd TC

May 23, 2023 | Staff
“They’re anxious to play a game, so we got to just try to get them to that game.”

No blocking, no fear: Remembering Jim Copeland (1939-2023)

May 23, 2023 | Staff
Jim Copeland, whose key interception set up George Reed’s first of 137 touchdowns as a Saskatchewan Roughrider, has passed away at age 84.  Copeland saw regular-season and playoff duty for the ...
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