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• Roughriders legend Joey Walters was a far better receiver than Williams.

• Issues near the goal line, in terms of play-calling and execution, were the primary reason why the Roughriders lost 20-13 to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the CFL’s 2019 West Division final. Following the season, the Green and White opted to move on from offensive co-ordinator Stephen McAdoo, hiring Jason Maas. Well, guess what? With Maas calling the plays last season, the Edmonton Eskimos were eighth among nine teams in red-zone percentage. The Roughriders were tied for sixth.

• Last week, the Vancouver Canucks retired the numbers of Henrik and Daniel Sedin, igniting a debate as to whether the twins belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Of course they do! When the likes of Dick Duff and Bob Pulford have been enshrined as players, what reasonable grounds are there for excluding the Sedins?

• The stain caused by the Houston Astros’ rampant cheating will not begin to disappear until commissioner Rob Manfred does the right thing and simply vacates the 2017 World Series title. It strains credulity to assert that the Astros, who contravened the rules with their elaborate usage of electronic sign-stealing, won that championship fair and square. It doesn’t help that many Astros employees have redefined “disingenuous” with their half-hearted, unconvincing apologies.

• How is it possible that Sidney Crosby, who still looks like a fresh-faced teenager, is in his 15th NHL season?