Anthony Partipilo savours six years of Brand-new experiences in Saskatchewan

24 hours ago | Rob Vanstone
Over 12 seasons as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays’ organization, Anthony Partipilo witnessed an assortment of tape-measure home runs. His subsequent sporting journey began with a tape-measure ...

Rob Vanstone: The Roughriders’ premier deep threat? Jeff Fairholm in a runaway!

March 26, 2024 | Rob Vanstone
Today, we take a deep dive into the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ deep passing game. A descent into the latest (admittedly nerdy) research-related rabbit hole has led to the documentation of 391 ...

Tom Shepherd is “still in love with my Riders”

March 25, 2024 | Rob Vanstone
Tom Shepherd, a dear and devoted friend of the Riders, remembers how his football fandom was fuelled. “In 1951, when I was eight years old, Glenn Dobbs was our quarterback,” Shepherd ...

Riders Ink All-big 12 Db Damarcus Fields

March 25, 2024 | Staff
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American defensive back DaMarcus Fields.   Fields (6’0-200) signed with the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent following the 2022 NFL Draft. He ...

O’Leary: Sherritt, Roosevelt help prospects shine at CFL Combine

March 24, 2024 | Chris O'Leary
Naaman Roosevelt and J.C. Sherritt share their approaches to working with prospects at the CFL Combine presented by New Era. The two former players also discuss how they’ve landed in their ...

Rob Vanstone: To Mom, with love and a lament, on her 90th birthday

March 24, 2024 | Rob Vanstone
Nov. 20, 1976, outside Taylor Field. My mother, like her rebellious relic of a car, was smoking too much. We were stuck in traffic, with horns honking for reasons that didn’t have anything to do ...

Robservations: Here’s to a win for Wolseley … former Riders cheerleader supports Hockeyville bid … Lancaster on legibility

March 23, 2024 | Rob Vanstone
The town of Wolseley, like the Saskatchewan Roughriders once upon a time, is looking for an ice-breaker of a victory. For the Roughriders, the long-awaited breakthrough occurred in 1966, when the ...

Hurlbert, McFeeters appreciate time together in Regina after three years of logistical “chaos”

March 22, 2024 | Rob Vanstone
Jacqueline Hurlbert and Evan McFeeters have noticed a REAL difference in their married life over the past few months. Their workplaces, once separated by thousands of kilometres and further ...

2023 Combine was a time to shine for Roughriders’ Jaxon Ford

March 22, 2024 | Rob Vanstone
Time can elapse at a glacial pace when you are hoping to run your fastest. That is the recollection of Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive back Jaxon Ford, who could feel each second tick by at ...

Mimbs wants to be a great catch in CFL Draft

March 21, 2024 | Rob Vanstone
D’Sean Mimbs hopes to add some combustibility to the CFL Combine. “The impression I’m wanting to make is that I’m the most explosive receiver in the Combine,” the University of Regina Rams ...

Corey Mace comes full circle at CFL Combine

March 20, 2024 | Rob Vanstone
Corey Mace is in a different place, career-wise, as he returns to the CFL Combine. Mace, who is at this week’s Combine in his capacity as the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ Head Coach, was among the ...

Joe was a true pro: Paopao signed here 40 years ago

March 19, 2024 | Rob Vanstone
Forty years ago today, the Throwin’ Samoan became the Signin’ Reginan. Joe Paopao, who joined the Saskatchewan Roughriders on March 19, 1984, was one of the first marquee free-agent additions in ...

Rob Vanstone: The Roughriders’ 100-yard history — “Reed” all about it!

March 18, 2024 | Rob Vanstone
At this rate, it will be a challenging statistical exercise to calculate the number of statistics-based columns that grace this space. This is what happens, dear reader, when an antiquated ...

Roughriders accountant Emma Brezinski gives back to local sports

March 17, 2024 | Rob Vanstone
Emma Brezinski had two schools of thought during a recent Regina Intercollegiate Basketball League game. She was helping to coach the Sheldon-Williams Spartans junior girls team as it opposed the ...

Robservations: The Irish ties compiling … here’s to a win for Wolseley … and see you in Regina Beach!

March 16, 2024 | Rob Vanstone
Here’s the scoop on Coan … Jack Coan, whose signing was announced on Friday, is the 15th University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish alumnus to reach a contractual agreement with the Saskatchewan ...

Riders Sign Fiesta Bowl Record-holding Quarterback Jack Coan

March 15, 2024 | Staff
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American quarterback Jack Coan.   Coan (6’3-220) signed with the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent following the 2022 NFL Draft. He attended ...

Saskatchewan Roughrider Pep Band plays instrumental role in the community

March 15, 2024 | Rob Vanstone
Rhonda Kerr-White and Stacy Grunert are delighted to bang the drum for the 620 CKRM Saskatchewan Roughrider Pep Band. Kerr-White plays the trumpet, actually, while Grunert is a percussionist for ...

Rob Vanstone: Prolific passing performances — the Riders’ single-game bests

March 14, 2024 | Rob Vanstone
On this statistical tangent, we turn our focus on the arms race — the jockeying for positions atop the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ single-game passing categories. The choice spots on the podium are ...

Rob Vanstone: Greene and Wright … and friends — the Roughriders’ Multi-TD Club

March 13, 2024 | Rob Vanstone
Today’s exercise: Multi-touchdown authentication. Several minutes of exhaustive research have uncovered 425 instances of a Roughriders player crossing the goal line at least twice in a game, ...

Rob Vanstone: Lauding Long-Distance Lauther

March 12, 2024 | Rob Vanstone
This dusty historian’s off-season priorities have been twofold: (1) To unapologetically Hoover all the bagels in the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ lunch room; and, (2) To revise and expand the CFL ...
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