Apr
Riders unscathed by NFL draft
Courtesy Regina Leader Post: The Saskatchewan Roughriders emerged relatively unscathed from the NFL draft on the weekend. Eric Tillman, the Riders general manager, said only one player off the CFL team’s 35-player negotiation list was selected during the two-day draft. Negotiation lists are confidential and Tillman would only say the player was selected in the [...]
Apr
Lynch and Mitchell remain Riders
Courtesy CFL.ca: Saskatchewan Roughrider General Manager/Vice President of Football Operations Eric Tillman announced today they have re-signed import linebacker Brandon Lynch and import defensive end Kyle Mitchell. Financial details of the signings were not released. Lynch (5’11 – 192 lbs) is entering his second season in Saskatchewan. He dressed in six regular season games last [...]
Apr
Riders add 3
Courtesy Regina Leader Post: The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed three import receivers Wednesday. The Riders signed DaVon Fowlkes, Roosevelt Kiser and Princeton Shepherd to contracts of one year plus an option. Financial details of the signings were not released. Fowlkes (5-foot-8 and 170 pounds) signed with the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2006. He dressed in six [...]
Apr
Riders sign defensive end
Courtesy Regina Leader Post: The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed import defensive end DeVon Hicks. Hicks, 6-foot-2 and 265 pounds, signed with the NFL’s Green Bay Packers in 2007. He was released prior to the start of the season. Hicks signed with the Roughriders for two years plus an option. Financial details were not released. Hicks [...]
Apr
Hunt in better shape this time around
Courtesy Vancouver Province: Aaron Hunt extended his stay with the Lions through the 2009 CFL season, and he can thank a couple of NFL teams for his increased job security. The easygoing defensive tackle didn’t stick with either of the two NFL teams for which he auditioned during his option-year window during the offseason. But [...]
Apr
Dominguez OK with changes
Courtesy Regina Leader Post: Matt Dominguez has already picked up on a mini-trend with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. When Dominguez re-signed with the Roughriders after the 2004 season, the veteran receiver was hoping to catch passes from quarterback Henry Burris. That didn’t turn out as Burris signed with the Calgary Stampeders in February of 2005. This [...]
Apr
Riders hire Etcheverry as assistant defensive coach
Courtesy Riderville.com: Saskatchewan Roughrider head coach Ken Miller announced today Gary Etcheverry has joined the team as a defensive assistant coach. “We are very pleased to have someone of Gary’s credentials join our staff,” stated Ken Miller. “Coach Etcheverry has an amazing defensive mind and is a great instructor of the fundamentals. He is a [...]
Apr
How the riders almost folded
Courtesy RodPedersen.com: The Saskatchewan Roughriders almost folded in the spring of 1997. Actually the club Executive was just days away from making the decision to pull the plug before a miracle came along. Here’s the story: Hall of Fame Roughrider volunteer and Past President Tom Shepherd was on 620 CKRM’s Currie’s Corner last Thursday, talking [...]
Apr
Doug Brown talks about Pacman Jones
Courtesy Winnipeg Free Press: The Adam “Pacman” Jones story is one that every professional football player has been forced to contend with at one point or another during his career: the quandary of how to react to someone joining your football team who has had multiple transgressions with the law and who at the same [...]
Mar
Franchise depends on stadium plan
Courtesy Regina Leader Post: The Canadian Football League announced Tuesday it has reached an agreement with a group of Ottawa businessmen to bring a franchise back to the nation’s capital, possibly by the 2010 season. CFL commissioner Mark Cohon made the announcement at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, alongside Jeff Hunt, the head of the ownership [...]
