TSN analyst Craig Button’s coughing fit on broadcast sparks jokes from partner
"Great news, we've resuscitated Craig Button, he is back and he's ready to go."
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TSN exits team-owning business, with Sportsnet parent Rogers buying control of MLSE
Canada's two big cable sports broadcasters are ending their joint operation of the company that owns the Leafs, Raptors, and more.
CFL ref’s hilarious deadpan rule explanation cracked up announcers
"The kick hit the scoreboard...which is pretty odd. We're going to redo everything."
Canadian Olympic soccer spying scandal sees remarkable ‘Mafia sports media’ conspiracy theory
CFL games, including Grey Cup, return to CTV after almost four decades in long lobbied-for move
30 for 30 ‘I’m Just Here For The Riot’ illustrates multiple dimensions of post-2011 Stanley Cup vandalism, backlash
Incredible tributes pour in for TSN legend Darren Dutchyshen
"Dutch said the things out loud that other people were thinking and would never say."
Zach Edey dropped an F-bomb after Purdue advanced to Final Four
"They thought they knew what we had in our hearts."
TSN reports game-winning field goal on play that ended first half
"Texas State takes the First Responder Bowl over Rice with a game-winning FG!"
Raptors broadcast vs. Celtics features guest commentary from Drake
The Canadian singer joined the Raptors broadcast and things got a little crazy at times.
Dan O’Toole looks back at FS1: ‘We would be filled with what-ifs for the rest of our lives if we didn’t do it.”
FanDuel VP calls CFL ‘brilliant at coming to the table,’ says deal is ‘a real opportunity to work with TSN’
"It’s a real opportunity to work with TSN and help them elevate the stars around the CFL. That’s a big part of this partnership, integrating with the TSN broadcast."
After remote broadcast shaming, Leafs’ radio announcers will be allowed to go on road for second round
Once again, public shaming leads to a remote broadcast reversal.
Leafs’ radio announcer Joe Bowen says remote broadcast caused series-winning call error
"...It’s rather difficult to make the call off the TV monitor."
A TSN/BarDown personality vowed to lick carpet if the Jets lost their series, which they now have
A bold promise is now coming due for Jesse Pollock.
Toronto Maple Leafs head south — without their broadcasters
"Our radio broadcast plans for the playoffs will be consistent with the regular season."
NWSL strikes media rights deal with TSN in Canada
The NWSL has a deal in Canada.
Bruce Boudreau pumps up dejected TradeCentre panel: ‘Crack some ****ing trades!’
"Surely the **** we can do better than this. Let's get 'er going."
Super Bowl viewership up six percent in Canada, TSN and RDS set streaming record
Bell Media's CTV/TSN/RDS broadcasts of Super Bowl LVII averaged 8.6 million viewers.
TSN’s camouflaged on-ice camera at World Juniors owes a debt to Wayne Gretzky
"He said how much he loved the camera — he thought it was great — but the camera needed to be covered in white."
MLS announces linear deals with Fox, TSN, and RDS, Leagues Cup deal with Univision
Fox and FS1 will combine to air 34 regular-season matches a year, plus eight playoff matches and the MLS Cup.
TSN’s Jack Armstrong dons Drake’s fur coat during broadcast
"It's a meme, 'Listens to 'Her Loss' once. Jackie boy in the Teddy fur."
Bell Media extends exclusive Canadian TV deal with NFL, adds RedZone, International Series games, and new MNF games, keeps Thursday Night Football
A notable part of this deal sees Thursday Night Football and the Oct. 30 international game set for linear TV in Canada, even though they'll be streaming-only on the U.S. side of the border.
All CFL games will again air on ESPN platforms in the U.S., with 20 regular-season games on linear TV and the rest on...
Almost 25 percent of the CFL's 2022 regular season will air on linear ESPN networks, a high relative to recent years.
Dan O’Toole talks to Sean Fitz-Gerald about his new “Boomsies” podcast, says he feels like he’s “rising from the ashes”
"The transformation in myself in the last year, with my relationships with everyone in my life, with the person I’ve become, it maybe was one of the best things to ever happen to me."
