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Riders fill out 2014 coaching staff
Here’s the official release on Corey Chamblin’s coaching staff in 2014. Missing from the group is a running backs coach. Considering the short list of RBs on the Riders roster, maybe they won’t need...
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Riders’ off-season moves
It has been a busy off-season for the Riders. I’ve been tracking the comings and goings of the 2013 Grey Cup champs since the end of the season and here’s my list of what has transpired on that front....
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Riders Day 2 Training Camp Report
GROUNDFORCE DRILLING RIDER TRAINING CAMP DAY 2 REPORT The following is the Day 2 report from the 2014 Roughrider Training Camp. ROSTER MOVES ADD: Imp WR Martel Moore Imp RB Javon Ringer INJURED: NImp...
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TGIF: Friday’s Riders Report
The Riders conducted their walkthrough and media availability on Friday in advance of Saturday’s game against the Montreal Alouettes. Here are the highlights, some musings and attempts to sell a few...
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A very special Wednesday Riders Report
Chris Milo may be adding punting to his place-kicking duties with Josh Bartel nursing an injured hamstring (BRYAN SCHLOSSER/Leader-Post) The Riders were back on the field today for Day 1 of their...
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TGIF: The Friday Riders Report
Here’s Friday’s update from the final full practice before the Riders head to Winnipeg on Saturday for Sunday’s Banjo Bowl: - Slotback Chris Getzlaf isn’t expected to play on Sunday due to an...
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Saturday’s Bonus Banjo Bowl Report
WINNIPEG – The Riders and I have both touched down in Winnipeg. The 11th annual Banjo Bowl brings out the best in fans of the Riders and Blue Bombers It’s beautiful afternoon in Winnipeg. The forecast...
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Thursday’s Riders Report
Kerry Joseph was in fine form for a 41-year-old on Thursday (TROY FLEECE/Leader-Post) Kerry Joseph has officially returned to the Roughriders. The Riders announced his signing during Thursday’s...
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Roughriders sign Bartel and West
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have renewed ties with a national punter who is, by another definition, an international player. The CFL team announced on Thursday the signing of Australian-born punter...
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Breaking down the 2016 Riders
The reconstruction of the Saskatchewan Roughriders continued through the CFL’s free-agent frenzy. The Riders were among the league’s busiest teams after the free-agent period kicked off on Feb. 9,...
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Riders kickers share passion for football
SASKATOON — Josh Bartel and Quinn van Gylswyk appear to have little in common besides football. Bartel is a veteran of three CFL campaigns as a punter with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Saskatchewan...
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MacDonald getting comfortable with Riders
Dan MacDonald wasn’t sitting on the couch waiting for a CFL team to call with a job offer. Actually, he was moving couches while waiting for the call. The Saskatchewan Roughriders’ new long-snapper was...
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First and 10: Rob Vanstone's take on the Saskatchewan Roughriders' 17-10 loss...
1. This is conventionally the first thing I write after a Saskatchewan Roughriders game but, given the circumstances, there was an additional urgency to the column-writing process. So, for this week...
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Vanstone: Failed fake field goal flattened the Roughriders
Chris Jones has done a considerably better job of cashing in than his team’s red-zone offence. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are paying Jones several hundred thousand dollars to be their (inhale) head...
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Bartel is a success story for the struggling Riders
Josh Bartel’s punting skills were quite apparent in the Banjo Bowl. With his parents in the crowd at Investors Group Field, the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ Australian-born punter averaged 47.6 yards per...
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Vanstone: Here's to the Roughriders players who have made my job easier
It recently occurred to me that I have been annoying members of the Saskatchewan Roughriders for 20 years. Nobody sent over a cake. In August of 1996, upon being named the Regina Leader-Post’s sports...
View ArticleRazzle dazzle goes a long way for Blue Bombers versus Riders
Craig Dickenson reiterated Tuesday that special teams can be a game of cat-and-mouse. The Saskatchewan Roughriders’ special-teams co-ordinator was responding to inquiries about the Winnipeg Blue...
View ArticleVanstone: Roughriders' offence needs a kickstart
TORONTO — The Saskatchewan Roughriders are expertly melding their running and passing attacks to set up the punt. Twenty-four of their last 31 possessions — excluding obligatory end-of-half and...
View ArticleVanstone: Nobody is picking on the kicking anymore
The weekly Leader-Post-mortem is a between-the-posts-mortem. Tyler Crapigna split the uprights on an 18-yard field-goal attempt with seven seconds remaining in Saturday’s fourth quarter to give the...
View ArticleRoughriders' holder isn't holding his tongue
For the longest time, it seemed that laurels for the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ holder were, well, on hold. But finally, after yet another stellar performance by Roughriders placekicker Brett Lauther,...
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