TSN was ratioed after including Tim Tebow in a “Who’s the GOAT multi-sport athlete?” poll
Bo Jackson, Deion Sanders, and...Tim Tebow? Those are certainly choices.
International News
Canadian soccer commentator Karina LeBlanc is quarantining away from her new daughter after possible COVID-19 exposure
LeBlanc gave birth to daughter Paris on March 24, but then had to return to the hospital this past week over heart problems. And that meant she was possibly exposed to the COVID-19 coronavirus, so she now has to quarantine away from her daughter and her husband.
Canadian fried chicken restaurant chain pays to lift all Postmedia paywalls in April
KFC would never do this.
President Trump attributes quote from PA radio host R.J. Harris to CFL player R.J. Harris, Harris uses mixup to promote his camp
Ottawa Redblacks' receiver R.J. Harris was tagged by President Donald Trump with a quote from Harrisburg, PA radio host R.J. Harris.
Norwegian broadcasters lost their minds when Viktor Hovland sank a long putt to win his first PGA Tour event
Hovland became the first Norwegian to win on either the PGA Tour or the European Tour.
Adam Silver: NBA will lose “hundreds of millions of dollars” over Chinese media backlash
"I think that the magnitude of the loss will be in the hundreds of millions of dollars...probably less than $400 million.”
Yahoo Sports cuts whole UK editorial team following further layoffs in US and Canada
"We are aligning our resources to opportunities where we feel we can differentiate ourselves and can scale faster to deliver a best in class experience to our fans."
Super Bowl LIV was up 79 percent in Canada, the most-watched Super Bowl ever there, boosted by the return of simsub
The average Canadian audience of 9.5 million viewers for Super Bowl LIV was an all-time record, and the return of simsub was important there.
Newcastle United fan celebrates goal by exposing himself on TV, is seen on BBC One when viewers were expecting news
Allan Saint-Maximin's goal got one Newcastle United fan a little, uh, excited.
FloSports’ 2020 FloBikes schedule includes exclusive Tour de France rights in Canada, the first time that event has been a digital exclusive
Streaming company FloSports picked up another $47 million in Series C funding last June and has struck deals...
The Weather Network’s Chris Murphy got knocked over by a massive gust of wind during a Newfoundland storm report
"I'm okay! The wind just blew me down!"
Australian cricket broadcast captured and laughed at miked-up cricketer Liam Livingstone’s “Oh, no!” after second shot to his groin
"I hate to say, there's been two massive blows in this over, and I think he preferred that one."
Chinese streaming broadcast refuses to mention Mesut Özil’s name, while Pro Evolution Soccer’s Chinese release pulls him
The PPTV broadcasters refused to mention Özil during the Bournemouth-Arsenal match Thursday.
Jonah Keri arrested again, faces eight new charges relating to alleged acts from before his first arrest in July
The new charges include assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, criminal harassment and uttering threats.
Serie A CEO Luigi De Siervo calls moving crowd mics to avoid racist chants “producing a spectacle to be enjoyed…not censorship”
“What we were doing was considering how TV coverage can best explain the beauty of Italian football. We do that continually and the basic idea is to avoid dwelling on ugly incidents.
