REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have found an in-house successor to outgoing president and chief executive officer Jim Hopson.
Phillip Gaines Bills Jersey .The CFL team announced Tuesday that chief financial officer and senior vice-president Craig Reynolds will succeed Hopson when he retires in March after 10 years at the helm.Reynolds, 39, first joined the Roughriders as CFO in June 2009. He has helped with the teams strategic planning, budgeting, financial reporting, treasury, human resource and stadium operations functions.Reynolds has also worked closely with the football operations department to provide forecasting, modeling and analytics assistance to the team. He also chaired the 2013 Grey Cup operations committee and has led all aspects of the clubs involvement in the development of the new Mosaic Stadium.Under Hopsons tenure, the Riders reached the Grey Cup four times and won it in 2007 and 2013.Saskatchewan finished third in the West Division last season with a 10-8 record. The Riders dropped an 18-10 decision to Edmonton in the division semifinal.
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Chris Ivory Bills Jersey . -- The Chicago Bears agreed Tuesday to a one-year contract with defensive lineman Israel Idonije and are bringing him back for a second stint.BERLIN -- Germany defender Per Mertesacker is retiring from the national team, becoming the third member of the World Cup-winning squad to quit. Mertesacker announced his decision in interviews with ZDF television and the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper Friday. "After 10 fantastic years in the national team, I have reached the decision to step down," ZDF quoted Mertesacker on its website as saying. "It was always important to me to stop at a successful time, and that is the case after winning the World Cup title." The 29-year-old, capped 104 times, added that many young and fresh players are coming up and "the point simply has come now to make the next step possible for these boys." The Arsenal defender follows Philipp Lahm and veteran striker Miroslav Klose, who have both walked away from international football since Germany beat Argentina 1-0 last month to win its first World Cup since 1990. "Thee national team is in such good shape that Im not at all worried about three players retiring now," Mertesacker said.
Custom Buffalo Bills Jerseys. He will now concentrate on his career with Arsenal, and told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung that he wants to become English champion with the London club. Mertesackers first game for Germany was against Iran on Oct. 9. 2004. He scored four goals for the national team during his career, and appeared in six of Germanys seven matches at this years World Cup in Brazil. World Cup-winning coach Joachim Loew, who is staying on for the 2016 European Championship, said Mertesacker "was always open to new things -- he always wants to learn, despite his immense experience." Loew said Germany would miss "Pers experience ... his positional play, above all his character and his attitude." "I could always rely on him in the 10 years he played for the national team," he said.
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