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Dear Saskatchewan Rush, Welcome Home! You have come to a province that has been craving a second professional sports franchise for years and a province that will welcome you with open arms. You should know this province is a football-mad province and that you may struggle initially with competing with our beloved Saskatchewan Roughriders, but this province will certainly come to love, value, appreciate and want you just as badly….

After days of discussions, the Saskatchewan Rush are now official. The 2015 NLL Champions Cup winners will move east from Edmonton. For months, there has been speculation of a move, and owner Bruce Urban has mentioned more than once how he didn’t believe Edmonton wanted the team. He has visited Saskatoon on more than one occasion. “This is a day of mixed emotions as we are very excited about what…

With the Edmonton Rush almost officially in Saskatoon, it appears the City of Champions is not quite ready to give up on losing a National Lacrosse League club. The Rush are coming off of an NLL title, but nonetheless Bruce Urban is moving his team east. The Edmonton Journal talked to Northlands CEO Tim Reid, who expressed interest in bringing a club back to Edmonton. “Our goal is to maximize…

It wasn’t official, but we knew that the Edmonton Rush would be holding a press conference on Tuesday announcing their move to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Yesterday, owner Bruce Urban confirmed these reports. Urban has been rather hostile towards the city of Edmonton since reports had surfaced of the team’s potential demise, and that continued yesterday. “Tough decision to make as we all love Edmonton, however no future offered for us by…