Canadian Football League-Week 11 of the season starts:
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 34, Edmonton Eskimos 28
(The Saskatchewan Roughriders return to action today when they host the Ottawa RedBlacks. Game time is 5 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium and on T-S-N.)
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The Prairie Football Conference returns to action today when the Wildcats entertain the Huskies in an all-Edmonton contest. The five-time defending Prairie Football Conference and Canadian Junior Football League-champion Saskatoon Hilltops are idle until tomorrow when they visit the Regina Thunder. Once again, 92-9, THE BULL is the broadcast home for Hilltops football. The broadcast starts at 2:30 p.m. with play-by-play at 3 p.m. The Toppers’ first home game isn’t until Saturday, September 7th against Regina. Game time is 7 p.m. at Saskatoon Minor Football Field.
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On campus…
Canada West University Men’s Soccer Conference:
Saskatchewan Huskies 3, MacEwan Griffins 2
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National Football League Pre-Season:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13, Cleveland Browns 12
Buffalo Bills 24, Detroit Lions 20
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The Canadian Elite Basketball League is set for its first-ever Championship Weekend in Saskatoon at SaskTel Centre. The following semi-final games will be played tomorrow…
Saskatchewan Rattlers (11-8, 3rd place) vs Edmonton Stingers (14-6, 2nd place)-1 p.m.
Hamilton Honey Badgers (10-10, 4th place vs Niagara River Lions (15-5, 1st place)-3:30 p.m.
Those winners meet in the final on Sunday at 4 p.m.
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The following Baseball Canada national championships continue today and run through Sunday…
The 13-and-under Boys in Repentigny, Quebec. Saskatchewan is among 10 teams taking part.
Ontario-1 10, Saskatchewan 3
Nova Scotia 12, Saskatchewan 11
The 15-and-under Boys Ray Carter Cup in Oshawa, Ontario. Saskatchewan is among 11 teams taking part.
Host-Oshawa 7, Saskatchewan 1
The 16-and-under Girls Invitational in Bedford, Nova Scotia. Saskatchewan is among 12 teams taking part. Saskatchewan has 1 win, 0 losses…tied for 1st place in Group B. On their schedule today…
Quebec 13, Saskatchewan 6
B-C 7, Saskatchewan 0
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Major League Baseball:
American League
Seattle 7 Toronto 4
Tampa Bay 7 Baltimore 1
Cleveland 4 Kansas City 1
Chicago White Sox 8 Texas 3
Houston 5 L.A. Angels 4
Detroit 9 Minnesota 6
National League
Washington 9 Chicago Cubs 3
Pittsburgh 3 Cincinnati 2
Milwaukee 6 Arizona 1
St. Louis 8 Colorado 3
Miami 19 Philadelphia 11
Atlanta 2 N.Y. Mets 1 (14 innings)
Interleague
Boston 11 San Diego 0
N.Y. Yankees 10 L.A. Dodgers 2
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The Saskatoon Blades open training camp Sunday with registration, medicals, meetings and fitness testing. The Bridge City Bunch will hit the SaskTel Centre ice on Monday with between 70 and 80 players taking part. The four-team scrimmage tournament for the Kirkness Cup runs through Tuesday.
The Blades will open their pre-season schedule on Friday, August 30th in Regina against the Pats. Saskatoon will be the home team, once again, for the annual exhibition game in Warman against the Prince Albert Raiders on Friday, September 6th. Game time is 7 p.m. The Blue and Gold will host the Winnipeg ICE in a pair of pre-season games at SaskTel Centre on Friday and Saturday, September 13th and 14th. Game time both nights is 7 p.m. Both of those games will be aired on 98-COOL, beginning with the Sardinia Family Restaurant pre-game show at 6.
Saskatoon opens the regular-season on Friday, September 20th in Prince Albert. The broadcast on 98-COOL starts at 6 p.m. and the play-by-play at 7. The same teams meet Saturday, September 21st for the Blades’ home opener at 7 o’clock at SaskTel Centre.
The Prince Albert Raiders will open their training camp on Friday, August 30th with on-ice sessions beginning at 5 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A plays their first pre-season game on Wednesday, September 4th against the Moose Jaw Warriors. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.
