CBC Sports is the division of the

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the governmen ...

responsible for English-language sports broadcasting. The CBC's sports programming primarily airs on CBC Television, CBCSports.ca, and CBC Radio One. (The CBC's French-language Radio-Canada network also produces sports programming.) Once the country's dominant sports broadcaster, in recent years it has lost many of its past signature properties – such as the

Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a c ...

, Toronto Blue Jays baseball, Canadian Curling Association championships, the

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a multi ...

for a period, the

FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has ...

, and the

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranke ...

– to the cable specialty channels TSN and Sportsnet. CBC has maintained partial rights to the NHL as part of a sub-licensing agreement with current rightsholder Rogers Media (maintaining the Saturday-night ''

Hockey Night in Canada CBC Television has aired National Hockey League (NHL) broadcasts under the ''Hockey Night in Canada'' (often abbreviated ''Hockey Night'' or ''HNiC'') brand that is primarily associated with its Saturday night NHL broadcasts throughout its hi ...

'' and playoff coverage), although this coverage is produced by Sportsnet, as opposed to the CBC itself as was the case in the past. As a result of funding reductions from the federal government and decreased revenues, in April 2014, CBC announced it would no longer bid for professional sports broadcasting rights. The CBC has since used its digital platforms to provide overflow coverage of events not on television, and simulcasts of television coverage. Since then, CBC's in-house sports coverage has been largely focused on Olympic sports, other domestic amateur and semi-professional competitions such as the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), along with coverage of

Spruce Meadows Spruce Meadows is a multi-purpose sports facility near Calgary, Alberta built by the Southern family which opened in 1975. The facility contains an equestrian show jumping complex that comprises . The current president and CEO of Spruce Mea ...

' show jumping competitions. The majority of CBC Television's sports coverage is broadcast on weekend afternoons, under the blanket title ''Road to the Olympic Games'' (formerly ''CBC Sports Weekend''). CBC Sports also streams all of its programming, as well as other event coverage not shown on television, via its website and digital platforms. Former CEO of Curling Canada

Greg Stremlaw Greg Stremlaw is a Canadian sports executive who is the president of the Indy Eleven of the United Soccer League. He previously served as CEO of the Canadian Curling Association from 2007 to 2015 and executive director of CBC Sports from 2015 to 20 ...

was the head of CBC Sports from April 10, 2015 to January, 2019.

Sports properties

Current/upcoming

Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ...

and Pan Am * 2024 Summer Olympics Hockey *

- ''

'' ( 1952–present) **Series outsourced to Rogers Media under the ''

NHL on Sportsnet ''NHL on Sportsnet'' is the blanket title for presentations of the National Hockey League broadcast held by a Canadian media corporation, Rogers Communications, showing on its television channel Sportsnet and other networks owned by or affil ...

'' series since

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**Weekly Saturday night doubleheader and at least one playoff game each night a playoff game is played * Canadian Hockey League (2021–present) **Early-season weekend games across its constituent leagues. **Additional streaming regular-season games. Alpine Skiing * FIS World Cup races Baseball * Little League Canadian Championships Basketball *

Canadian Elite Basketball League The Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) is a men's professional minor league basketball organization. The CEBL was founded in 2017 and began play in 2019 with six teams competing all owned and operated by ownership group Canadian Basketball V ...

** All games streaming (2019–2022), 7 regular-season games and the championship game on CBC Television (2020–2022) Curling * Grand Slam of Curling (weekend coverage of selected events) - 2007–present Equine sports *

Figure Skating *

World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. ...

and other

International Skating Union The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, N ...

competitions, excluding domestic events (rights owned by TSN) Football * Vanier Cup - beginning with the 55th (2019) edition Rugby * Toronto Wolfpack (streaming) Track & Field * Diamond League events * World Athletics Championships

Past properties

Hockey *

AHL on CBC The ''AHL on CBC'' was a television broadcast of American Hockey League games in Canada produced by CBC Sports and shown on CBC Television and CBC.ca, during 2010–11. 2010–11 season During the 2010–11 AHL season, ten broadcasts of the ''AH ...

– 10 games during the 2010–11 season Horse racing * Queen's Plate Soccer * Major League Soccer - Toronto FC and

MLS Cup The MLS Cup is the annual championship game of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the culmination of the MLS Cup Playoffs. The game is held in November and pits the winner of the Eastern Conference Final against the winner of the Western Conferen ...

( 2007– 2010) *

2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 16th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly called the FIFA World Youth Championship), hosted by Canada from 30 June to 22 July 2007. Argentina defeated the Czech Republic in the title game by the sco ...

( 1954–

) *

CONCACAF The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; types ...

Canadian Championship (

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) - Most games show live on bold, then on tape delay on CBC. * Canadian Premier League – 20 games (10 streaming only). Baseball *

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (A ...

** Major League Baseball on CBC - (

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugosl ...

–

) *** Toronto Blue Jays - 1977–

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – In ...

, 1992– 2002, 2007–

***

Montreal Expos The Montreal Expos (french: link=no, Les Expos de Montréal) were a Canadian professional baseball team based in Montreal, Quebec. The Expos were the first Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located outside the United States. They played in ...

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

–

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

Multi-sports competitions *

Olympics on CBC The broadcasts of Summer and Winter Olympic Games produced by CBC Sports is shown on CBC Television and heard on CBC's radio networks in Canada. CBC was the broadcaster of the 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022 Olympics. History The first telecast ...

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The ina ...

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...

–

, 2016, 2020 **

Summer Paralympics The Summer Paralympics also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebra ...

- 2004,

, 2016 ** Winter Olympics -

– 2006,

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, 2022 * 1999 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) *

2017 North American Indigenous Games The 2017 North American Indigenous Games were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 16 to 23. The event featured 5,000 athletes aged 13 to 19 in 14 sports. Bidding process The 2017 North American Indigenous Games bidding process began on Janua ...

Basketball *

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball sports league, league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues i ...

** NBA on CBC - ( 2007– 2010) *** Toronto Raptors - ( 2007– 2010) Football *

('' CFL on CBC'') - ( 1952– 2007) Figure Skating * Skate Canada International and

Canadian Figure Skating Championships The Canadian Figure Skating Championships (french: Championnats du Canada de patinage artistique) is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of Canada. It is organized by Skate Canada, the nation's figure skating ...

Curling * Cross Canada Curling - 1961–1965 * CBC Championship Curling - 1966–1972 * CBC Curling Classic - 1973–1979 * Canadian Curling Association - 1961–2008 Canoe Sprint * 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships Tennis *

Rogers Cup The Canadian Open (french: Tournoi de tennis du Canada), also known as the Canada Masters, and currently branded as the National Bank Open presented by Rogers for sponsorship reasons, is an annual tennis tournament held in Ontario and Quebec. T ...

(Semi-finals and finals through 2015)

Notable personalities (past and present)

Ernie Afaganis Ernie Afaganis (born ) is a Canadian sports broadcaster, known for his work at CBC Sports. He was born in Lethbridge, Alberta. Career After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts from Eastern Washington University, Afaganis returned to Alberta where ...

Steve Armitage Steve Armitage (born June 20, 1944) is a retired British-born Canadian sports reporter formerly with CBC Sports. He reported on and hosted ''Hockey Night in Canada'' broadcasts for the Vancouver Canucks for nearly 30 years, the Canadian Football ...

* David Archer * John Badham *

Leo Cahill Leo Cahill (July 30, 1928 – February 15, 2018) was an American head coach and general manager in the Canadian Football League, much of it spent with the Toronto Argonauts. Early life Cahill was born on July 30, 1928 in Utica, Illinois and lat ...

Cassie Campbell-Pascall Cassie Dawin Campbell-Pascall (born November 22, 1973) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and a current broadcaster for Sportsnet and ESPN. Born in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Campbell grew up in Brampton, Ontario, playing for the Brampton Canad ...

Don Chevrier Don Chevrier (December 29, 1937 – December 17, 2007) was a television and radio sports announcer. He was born in Toronto, Ontario. Biography Early life and career He began his broadcasting career at CJCA in Edmonton, Alberta at the age of ...

* Don Cherry * Bob Cole * Ward Cornell * James Curry * Chris Cuthbert * Keith Dancy * John Davidson * Jason de Vos * Gary Dornhoefer * Steve Douglas * Don Duguid * Terry Evanshen * Darren Flutie * Greg Frers *

Elliotte Friedman Elliotte Friedman (born September 27, 1970) is a Canadian sports journalist. He currently serves as a hockey reporter for Sportsnet and as an insider for the NHL Network. He is a regular panelist on CBC's Hockey Night in Canada. Early life an ...

* Tom Harrington * Foster Hewitt * Kelly Hrudey * Joe Galat * Danny Gallivan *

Bob Goldham Robert John "Golden Boy" Goldham (May 12, 1922 – September 6, 1991) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman and broadcaster. He played two seasons for the Toronto Marlboros earning the name "Golden Boy". He was later called the "Second Goalie" be ...

* Mike Harris * Bill Hewitt * Dave Hodge *

Jim Hughson Jim Hughson (born October 9, 1956) is a retired Canadian sportscaster, best known for his play-by-play of the National Hockey League. He was the lead play-by-play commentator for the '' NHL on Sportsnet'' from 2014 to 2021 and '' Hockey Night i ...

Dick Irvin Jr. Dick Irvin Jr. (or III), (born March 4, 1932 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian retired sports broadcaster and author. In 1988, the Hockey Hall of Fame presented him with the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award, for his contributions to hockey broadca ...

Brenda Irving Brenda Irving is a Canadian television sports journalist employed by CBC Television. She was the first female ''Hockey Night in Canada'' rinkside reporter between 2001 and 2006, and previously served for seven years as a news reporter. She has al ...

Russ Jackson Russell Stanley Jackson (born July 28, 1936) is a former professional Canadian football player. Jackson spent his entire 12-year professional football career with the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a member of ...

Colleen Jones Colleen Patricia Jones (born December 16, 1959) is a Canadian curler and television personality. She is best known as the skip of two women's world championship teams and six Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's championships, including an un ...

Khari Jones Khari Okang Jones ( ; born May 16, 1971) is a former professional Canadian football player and the offensive coordinator and assistant head coach for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was formerly the head coach for ...

* Dan Kelly * Danny Kepley * Ron Lancaster * Mark Lee * Ron MacLean * Jeff Marek * Norm Marshall *

Doug Maxwell Douglas Dean Maxwell (c. 1927 – August 31, 2007) was a noted Canadian journalist and broadcaster, noted for his coverage in the sport of curling. Among his accomplishments, Maxwell served as director of the World Curling Championships for 18 yea ...

* Joan McCusker *

Brian McFarlane Brian McFarlane (born August 10, 1931) is a Canadian television sportscaster and author. He is also the Honorary President of the Society for International Hockey Research. He is the son of writer Leslie McFarlane. He is best known as a broadc ...

Wes McKnight J. Wesley McKnight (1909 – June 6, 1968) was a Canadian television and radio personality who did play-by-play for many sports broadcasts, including serving as one of the original hosts for ''Hockey Night in Canada'' telecasts and covering the CFL ...

* Mike Milbury *

Greg Millen Gregory H. Millen (born June 25, 1957) is a Canadian hockey commentator-analyst and a former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 14 seasons for six teams in the National Hockey League (NHL). He is currently a colour commentator on ' ...

* Gord Miller * Sean Millington * Howie Meeker *

Bob Moir Robert Munro Moir (1929December 18, 2016) was a Canadian television producer, sports commentator, and journalist. He covered the Canadian Football League for the '' Winnipeg Free Press'' from 1948 to 1958, then worked more than 40 years for t ...

Harry Neale Harold Watson Neale (born March 9, 1937) is a Canadian retired NCAA, NHL and WHA coach and general manager, and ice hockey broadcaster. Coaching career Following his playing career, Neale got his head coaching start at Hill Park Secondary Sc ...

Scott Oake Scott Oake (born 1952 or 1953) is a Gemini Award-winning Canadian sportscaster for CBC Sports, Sportsnet, and Hockey Night in Canada. Biography Early life Oake was born in 1952 or 1953 in Sydney, Nova Scotia, and raised in Sydney's "Shipyards" ...

* Mitch Peacock *

Andi Petrillo Andria "Andi" Petrillo (born April 9, 1980) is a Canadian sports broadcaster. She became the first-ever female member to serve on a full-time basis with the ''Hockey Night in Canada'' studio team. Career When she was 19, Petrillo began volunteer ...

Bruce Rainnie Bruce Rainnie is a broadcaster for CBC Sports and was the host (2003 to 2017) of CBC News: Compass, the supper-hour news program on CBCT in Prince Edward Island. He has been with CBC since 1995. Rainnie began his career at CJLS Radio in Yarmout ...

* Mickey Redmond * Chico Resch * Ted Reynolds * Frank Rigney * Jim Robson * Paul Romanuk * Scott Russell * Sandra Schmirler *

Craig Simpson Craig Andrew Simpson (born February 15, 1967) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Edmonton Oilers and the Buffalo Sabres. He is currently a bro ...

P.J. Stock Philip Joseph Stock (born May 26, 1975) is a Canadian sports broadcaster and former professional ice hockey player. After retiring as a player in 2004, he hosted a radio show on Montreal station Team 990 and later became a regular member of t ...

* Glen Suitor * Eric Tillman *

Alex Trebek George Alexander Trebek (; July 22, 1940 – November 8, 2020) was a Canadian-American game show host and television personality. He is best known for hosting the syndicated general knowledge quiz game show ''Jeopardy!'' for 37 season ...

* Chris Walby * Jack Wells * John Wells * Brian Williams * Don Wittman

Directors

* Ron Devion (1980–1982) * Denis Harvey (1982–1983) * Don MacPherson (1984–1988) * Arthur Smith (1988–1990) *

Alan Clark Alan Kenneth Mackenzie Clark (13 April 1928 – 5 September 1999) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), author and diarist. He served as a junior minister in Margaret Thatcher's governments at the Departments of Employment, ...

(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) *

(April 10, 2015 – January, 2019) *Chris Wilson (July 2, 2019 – present)

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. *

* Don E. Brown *

* Gordon Craig * Margaret Davis * Tom Fisk * Danny Gallivan *

Geoff Gowan Geoffrey Gowan, CM, (November 2, 1929 – May 16, 2013) was Canadian sports broadcaster for the CBC and a sport executive at Coaching Association of Canada. He died at the age of 83 after battling with Parkinson's disease since 1996. Biography G ...

* Foster Hewitt *

* Terry Leibel * Joan Mead * Howie Meeker *

* George Retzlaff * Ted Reynolds * Fred Sgambatti * Jim Thompson * Fred Walker * Don Wittman

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. The application was controversial, with CTVglobemedia, Rogers Media, and The Score among others filing interventions 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 to "professional stick and/or ball sports". The channel, however, never launched.

References

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