SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 27
Canadian Football League–Week 4 of the 2021 regular-season starts:
Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Montreal Alouettes—5:30 p.m.
(The Saskatchewan Roughriders are off until Sunday, September 5th when they host the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the annual Labour Day Weekend Classic. Game time is 4 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium. The Riders have 3 wins, 0 losses for 6 points…good for 1st place in the West Division.)
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The Prairie Football Conference returns to action tomorrow when Week 2 of the 2021 season starts with the battle of Edmonton, Wildcats against the Huskies. The Saskatoon Hilltops are idle until Sunday when they visit the Calgary Colts. Game time is 1 p.m. CJWW’s coverage starts at 12:45 p.m. with Dave Thomas and pre-game talk. Dave will, also, have updates throughout the game and a post-game wrap-up. The Toppers have 1 win, 0 losses for 2 points…tied for 1st place. Calgary has 0 wins, 1 loss for 0 points…tied for 4th place. CJWW will broadcast all Hilltops’ home games, the first of which is Saturday, September 11th against the Regina Thunder at Saskatoon Minor Football Field. Game time is 7 p.m. with the broadcast beginning at 6:30 p.m.
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National Football League Exhibition—Week 4 starts with 4 games:
Indianapolis Colts at Detroit Lions—5 p.m.
Pittsburgh Steelers at Carolina Panthers—5:30 p.m.
Philadelphia Eagles at New York Jets—5:30 p.m.
Minnesota Vikings at Kansas City Chiefs—6 p.m.
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The 2021 Double-I-H-F World Women’s Hockey Championship is off today, but resumes tomorrow and runs through Tuesday in Calgary. The 10 countries taking part have been pared to eight teams for the start of the playoff round tomorrow. Following are the quarter-final match-ups…
Canada vs Germany—5 p.m.
(Canada finished preliminary round-robin play with 4 wins, 0 losses for 12 points…good for 1st place in Pool A. Germany finished preliminary round-robin play with 2 wins, 2 losses for 6 points…good for 3rd place in Pool B. Saskatoon product Emily Clark is a forward on Team Canada.)
Russia vs Switzerland—10 a.m.
United States vs Japan—1:30 p.m.
Finland vs Czech Republic—8:30 p.m.
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The Canadian Mid-Amateur Men’s Golf Championship continues and winds up today in Fort MacMurray, Alberta. The event is four rounds of stroke play with the field cut to 76 for the final 36 holes. Among the remaining players are 13 competitors from Saskatchewan. Today is the fourth and final day of 18 holes.
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Saskatoon Senior Baseball League Playoffs:
Outlaws vs Stallions–6:30 p.m. at Cairns Field
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Saskatoon Men’s Baseball League Playoffs:
Sabres vs Rays—9 p.m. at Cairns Field
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Major League Baseball:
American League—6 night games, including
Toronto Blue Jays at Detroit Tigers—5:10 p.m.
National League—6 night games
Inter-League—3 night games
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