Stories By Darrell Davis
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/ July 30, 2015Another quarterback will go boom or bust in Saskatchewan
Brett Smith is about to become a household name. In Saskatchewan, home of most of Canada’s wheat farms and one well-scrutinized...
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/ July 23, 2015Smoke and fires can’t obscure Riders’ record
Unless you have lived in Saskatchewan, you can never understand the angst that affects the followers of the community-owned Roughriders. This...
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/ July 18, 2015Riders problems well-displayed in fourth straight loss
What a disaster! The Saskatchewan Rougriders remained the CFL’s lone winless team after losing 27-24 to the visiting B.C. Lions on...
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/ July 16, 2015Reminiscing with The Don
Ron Lancaster was always my favourite person to talk football with. He could explain the game so concisely, so articulately, so...
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/ July 11, 2015Horrible coaching decisions leave Riders winless
It’s always been nearly impossible to figure when Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Corey Chamblin was going to gamble on third-and-short. Or...
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/ July 6, 2015Soft and mushy defence drops Riders to 0-2
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are 0-2, which is predictable in the absence of their franchise quarterback, Darian Durant. But it’s tough to...
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/ July 3, 2015Milo’s release serves as smokescreen for Riders problems
How do you spell scapegoat? M-I-L-O. As in Chris Milo, the Saskatchewan Roughriders kicker who was jettisoned following the CFL team’s...
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/ June 28, 2015Riders grudgingly confirm Durant’s torn Achilles
Darian Durant’s comeback season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders ended half-way through the CFL team’s first game. On a seemingly innocent play,...
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/ June 23, 2015Little Room for Rookie Receivers with Riders
CFL coaches like veterans. Why shouldn’t they? Veterans make fewer mental mistakes, so they block the right guys, blitz in the...
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/ June 18, 2015The Riders and their stadium are the same: under construction
General manager Brendan Taman made an interesting point at the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ annual general meeting, just before the community-owned franchise announced...