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CBC Sports

CBC Sports is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for English-language sports broadcasting. The CBC's sports programming primarily airs on CBC Television, CBCSports.ca, and CBC Radio One.

Sports properties
Current Alpine SkiingFIS World Cup races AthleticsDiamond LeagueWorld Athletics ChampionshipsU Sports Athletics BaseballLittle League Canadian Championships BasketballFIBA 3x3 World Cup (2012–present) CricketGlobal T20 Canada (2023–) • All matches streaming (championship match on CBC Television) CurlingGrand Slam of Curling (weekend coverage of selected events) Equine sportsSpruce Meadows Figure SkatingWorld Figure Skating ChampionshipsInternational Skating Union (excluding domestic events (rights owned by TSN)) • Skate Canada InternationalCanadian Figure Skating Championships Gridiron FootballVanier Cup (beginning with the 55th (2019) edition) • U Sports Football HockeyNational Hockey League - Hockey Night in Canada (1952–present) • Produced by Sportsnet (Rogers Sports & Media) since the 2014–15 season under a sub-licensing deal. • Weekly Saturday night doubleheader and at least one playoff game each night a playoff game is played. • Professional Women's Hockey League (2023–present). • Produced in-house by the league. • Weekly Saturday afternoon game of the week on CBC Television • Additional streaming games. • Canadian Hockey League (2021–present) • Early-season weekend games across its constituent leagues. • Additional streaming regular-season games. • U Sports Hockey Multi-sports competitions2027 Pan American Games2028 Summer Olympics SoccerU Sports men's soccer championship VolleyballU Sports volleyball Previous Canoe Sprint2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships CurlingCross Canada Curling (1961–1965) • CBC Championship Curling (1966–1972) • CBC Curling Classic (1973–1979) • Canadian Curling Association (1961–2008) BaseballMajor League Baseball • Major League Baseball on CBC (19532008) • Toronto Blue Jays (19771980, 19922002, 20072008) • Montreal Expos (19691989) • All-Star Game/Postseason/World Series (1969–1996) BasketballNational Basketball Association • NBA on CBC (20072010) • Toronto Raptors (20072010) • Canadian Elite Basketball League • All games streaming (2019–2022), 7 regular-season games and the championship game on CBC Television (2020–2022) Gridiron FootballCanadian Football League (CFL on CBC) - (19522007) HockeyAHL on CBC – 10 games during the 2010–11 season Horse racingQueen's Plate Multi-sports competitionsOlympics on CBCSummer Olympics - 19561988, 19962008, 20162024Summer Paralympics - 2004, 2008, 2016, 2020Winter Olympics - 19562006, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026Winter ParalympicsYouth OlympicsCommonwealth Games1999 Pan American Games - (sublicenced to TSN) • 2015 Pan American Games/2015 Parapan American Games - (soccer sublicensed to Sportsnet) • 2019 Pan American Games/2019 Parapan American Games (streaming only) • 2023 Pan American Games/2023 Parapan American Games (streaming only) • 2017 North American Indigenous Games RugbyToronto Wolfpack SoccerCanadian Premier League – 20 games (10 streaming only). • U Sports men's soccer championshipMajor League Soccer - Toronto FC and MLS Cup (20072010) • 2007 FIFA U-20 World CupFIFA World Cup (19542014) • CONCACAF Canadian Championship (2008) - Most games show live on bold, then on tape delay on CBC. TennisCanadian Open (Semi-finals and finals through 2015) ==Notable personalities (past and present)==
Directors
• Len Casey (1965–1967) • Ron Hunka (1967–1970) • Don Goodwin (1970–1975) • Gordon Craig (1975–1977) • John Hudson (1977–1980) • Ron Devion (1980–1982) • Denis Harvey (1982–1983) • Don MacPherson (1984–1988) • Arthur Smith (1988–1990) • Alan Clark (1990 – December 8, 1999) • Nancy Lee (December 9, 1999 – February 28, 2007) • Scott Moore (March 1, 2007 – April 3, 2011) • Jeffrey Orridge (April 4, 2011 – April 9, 2015) • Greg Stremlaw (April 10, 2015 – January, 2019) • Chris Wilson (July 2, 2019 – present) ==Hall of Fame==
Hall of Fame
CBC Sports Hall of Fame recognizes those broadcasters of CBC Sports who have made a unique and lasting contribution to CBC and to the sports broadcasting industry. • Ernie Afaganis • Don E. Brown • Alan ClarkGordon Craig • Margaret Davis • Tom Fisk • Danny GallivanGeoff GowanFoster HewittDick Irvin Jr.Terry Leibel • Joan Mead • Howie MeekerBob Moir • George Retzlaff • Ted Reynolds • Fred Sgambatti • Jim Thompson • Fred Walker • Don Wittman == Proposed CBC SportsPlus channel ==
Proposed CBC SportsPlus channel
In 2008, the CBC received CRTC approval for a sports specialty channel, "CBC SportsPlus", which would have aired a mix of amateur and professional sports. Commercial broadcasters, including CTVglobemedia, Rogers Media, and The Score filed petitons against the channel for being unduly competitive with existing sports channels (therefore violating the CRTC's then-policy of genre protection among specialty channels). They showed particular concern for the CBC stating that it planned to devote 75% of its programming to professional sports. The CRTC approved the license application, but restricted it to only devoting 30% of its schedule per-week to professional sports, with only 10% of this quota allowed to be devoted specifically to "professional stick and/or ball sports", which placed major restrictions on the network's intended remit, including hockey and lacrosse coverage. The restrictions effectively made the application and license non-viable, and paired with the CBC's budgetary restrictions, the network never commenced operations. ==References==
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