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Riders’ Chris Jones looking for personality, character in combine participants

You could be the most athletic football player at the draft, but if you don’t fit with the Riders philosophy general manager and head coach Chris Jones just might pass you over. It’s the final day of...

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Roughriders unveil 2017 coaching staff

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have made some changes to the coaching staff for the 2017 season. Head coach Chris Jones will continue to call the defence, but he will have a new linebackers coach....

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Darrell Davis: Riders invested in Young

Vince Young didn't embarrass himself. So he's going to attend Saskatchewan Roughriders' training camp next month in Saskatoon. As long as he didn't gain 20 pounds, trip over his own feet or have every...

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Jamie Nye: Vince Young is a great example for NFL draftees

Let Vince Young be a lesson to those young kids who were picked in round one of the NFL Draft last night. As quickly as the rise to being a first round pick is, the fall from grace can be just as...

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Riders, Jones smacked with $36K in fines by CFL

While the Roughriders maintain that they never worked out former NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel, head coach and vice-president of football operations Chris Jones has been fined $5,000 for speaking with...

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Riders president shares disappointment with fans over fines

Craig Reynolds gets it. The President and CEO of the Saskatchewan Roughriders says he knows that fans must not be feeling too good about the latest set of fines levied against the green and white. In...

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Cates, Brandvold inducted into the 2017 Plaza of Honour

Two greats will have their names forever etched in Saskatchewan Roughrider history. Wes Cates and Roger Brandvold have been announced as the 2017 Plaza of Honour inductees. Cates was the running back...

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Jones to 'play by those rules' after Riders' fines

It’s a lesson learned, according to Roughriders general manager and head coach Chris Jones. The Roughriders were fined another $36,000 last week by the CFL for breaking league rules. The fines date...

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Chris Jones feels 'very prepared' for CFL Draft

One of the greatest things that determines success in the CFL is the quality of the Canadian talent, making the annual CFL Draft of vital importance for teams. As it stands right now, the Roughriders...

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Roughriders take LB Cameron Judge 2nd overall in CFL Draft

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have taken linebacker Cameron Judge with the second overall pick in the CFL Draft.  Judge was a linebacker and special teamer with UCLA, playing in 11 games in the 2016...

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Riders select Regina’s own Mitchell Picton in CFL Draft

Kids in Saskatchewan grow up dreaming they might one day play for the Roughriders and Mitchell Picton was no exception. Gathered with his family at his home in Regina, it was his brother Aaron Picton,...

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Former Rider domestic violence charge quickly set for trial

A former Saskatchewan Roughrider is looking to deal with a domestic violence charge quickly. On April 18, Justin Cox was arrested and charged with assault causing bodily harm after police were called...

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3 things we learned from the Riders' season preview

General manager and head coach Chris Jones and quarterback Kevin Glenn previewed the Roughriders’ 2017 season in a media conference call on May 17, 2017. The CFL and the Saskatchewan Roughriders held a...

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All eyes on Vince Young as Rider Training Camp begins

He just wants to make the football team. But Vince Young won’t be able to do much of anything these next few weeks without everyone watching. The former NFL quarterback and Texas Longhorns star signed...

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Thieves target borrowed bicycles at Rider training camp

Showing a little kindness has backfired for one member of Rider Nation trying to make the players’ Saskatoon training camp more comfortable. Each year, fans lend out bicycles to help athletes get...

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LaBatte recovers from 'weird' injury in time for Rider camp

For a long time, no one really knew what was wrong with Weyburn's Brendon LaBatte. The veteran Roughrider offensive lineman was injured when he ended up at the bottom of a pile during a play in July...

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Former Rider Justin Cox won't be allowed back in CFL

REGINA - The commissioner of the Canadian Football League says a former Saskatchewan Roughrider still can't play in the CFL even though he was found not guilty of assault causing bodily harm....

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Chris Jones says no to Justin Cox returning to the Riders

It is a “matter of principle” for the head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Chris Jones said that, with two little girls at home, he just couldn’t bring himself to have Justin Cox back in the...

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Jackson returns to Riders after sudden death of his father

A love of football is often passed on from father to son and the same could be said for Jarious Jackson and his father. Jackson’s dad, Jarious Jackson Sr., died on Mother’s Day in a single car accident...

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Rob Bagg hopes to spend entire career as a Roughrider

He is the longest-serving Roughrider and a fan favourite, but Rob Bagg still considers himself a bit of an underdog. The 32-year-old receiver was not selected in the 2007 CFL Draft, the Riders instead...

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