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- Murray hunts down Fox and gives him both barrels
- Vancouver stations each score a punch
- Team Quebec goalies so-so, Cherry says
- Turin organizers still scrambling to get everything finished
- Satellite sports radio gives fans the wheel deal
- Canada's literary giants: Berton, Atwood ... and Meeker?
- TV audience tumbles for Grey Cup telecast
- How the Grey Cup was won WILLIAM HOUSTON CBC puts all its high-tech toys to good use in the Grey Cup, showing viewers this was no ordinary CFL telecast
- CBC hauls out gizmos and gadgets to cover Grey Cup
- CBC hauls out gizmos and gadgets to cover Grey Cup
- World Baseball Classic lands in Sportsnet's on-deck circle
- Crosby, Spezza, Staal: Guess which young gun's going to Turin?
- Cherry comes to aid of paralyzed player
- POWER PLAYERS Detroit Red Wings forward Brendan Shanahan changed how hockey is played in the NHL, and for that reason he has been chosen as Canada's most powerful sports figure for 2005, WILLIAM HOUSTON writes
- Conflicting stories from the hockey world
- CBC schedules blanket coverage for Turin Olympics
- Cherry comes to aid of paralyzed player
- POWER PLAYERS Detroit Red Wings forward Brendan Shanahan changed how hockey is played in the NHL, and for that reason he has been chosen as Canada's most powerful sports figure for 2005, WILLIAM HOUSTON writes
- A U.S. civil war? TSN will take a close look at the feuding, Terrell Owens-like American players
- Turn out the lights, the party's over
- The best -- and most quotable -- of the sports media year that was
- A U.S. civil war? TSN will take a close look at the feuding, Terrell Owens-like American players
- Record audience may prove elusive
- TSN's junior hockey trumps Leaf game with viewers
- Hockey Day fever hits Newfoundland
- TV audience for junior hockey game eclipses even CSI
- Stephenville's a star for a Day
- NBC turns to NASCAR producer for hockey
- Look for Canadian accent on NBC
- CBC on verge of announcing Games package
- Commonwealth Games get short shrift at CBC
- NBC's hockey broadcasts have people talking
- TSN ratings soar despite NHL lockout Sports channel easily holds position as most-watched specialty TV channel
- Turin Olympic advertising, sponsors golden for CBC
- NFL the only real winner in move to cable
- Entire schedule will be carried on networks CBC and TSN had large audiences last season, sparking total coverage
- TSN ratings soar despite NHL lockout Sports channel easily holds position as most-watched specialty TV channel
- ABC pulls out all the stops for Super Bowl coverage
- Global lowers price of ads as Sunday's big game falls short of being a marquee attraction
- Marsden battling lung cancer'You know, you reap what you sow'
- Global has super numbers for big game
- Entire schedule will be carried on networks CBC and TSN had large audiences last season, sparking total coverage
- Marsden battling lung cancer'You know, you reap what you sow'
- Analyst barred from meeting
- Broadcasts promise to ban jargon Athletes can sometimes find the transition to TV a little daunting, WILLIAM HOUSTON says
- Heil a mogul of the airwaves
- CBC gets a good review on opening night, despite cheerleading
- Marsden battling lung cancer
- HNIC apologists line up for Gretzky
- CBC comes up short on audience predictions for advertisers
- More has to be said than 'not a good opener' for Wotherspoon
- Figure skating gets the royal treatment in NBC's coverage
- CBC's answer to programming conflict fails to serve viewers
- Broadcasts promise to ban jargon Athletes can sometimes find the transition to TV a little daunting, WILLIAM HOUSTON says
- Shannon to quit Leafs, Raptors channels
- Calling CBC broadcasters to the podium
- CBC Olympic numbers rise
- Heil a mogul of the airwaves
- Klassen's silver-medal performance receives second billing
- CBC banking on Canadian men's Olympic hockey success
- Gretzky shows his lighter side in CBC spotlight
- Men's loss overshadows CBC's gold-medal day
- Men's loss overshadows CBC's gold-medal day
- Decline of Canadian hockey can be traced to its roots
- CBC Olympic numbers rise
- Shannon to quit Leafs, Raptors channels
- CBC giddy over big end
- CBC's blanket coverage is beginning to wear thin
- CBC wants to get back in the Games
- CBC giddy over big end
- Calling CBC broadcasters to the podium
- Summit Series movie doesn't paint rosy picture
- Midsummer WBC would be better for TV networks
- Klassen's silver-medal performance receives second billing
- CBC banking on Canadian men's Olympic hockey success
- Gretzky shows his lighter side in CBC spotlight
- Sportsnet cuts back Van Horne's on-air presence
- Men's loss overshadows CBC's gold-medal day
- Decline of Canadian hockey can be traced to its roots
- Up-and-comers from Vancouver on IOC short list
- CBC's blanket coverage is beginning to wear thin
- Toronto Maple Leafs Embattled Larry Tanenbaum gives a vote of confidence to his equally embattled subalterns -- Peddie and Ferguson
- Toronto Maple Leafs If the Maple Leafs' brain trust remains intact, hockey commentators will have plenty of material, WILLIAM HOUSTON writes
- CBC wants to get back in the Games
- Campbell vows to cut down on blather during Jays telecasts
- No Maple Leafs in playoffs hurts Hockey Night
- TV shows on hockey each score, but in different ways
- TV coverage of the Masters lives up to hype
- Toronto Maple Leafs Embattled Larry Tanenbaum gives a vote of confidence to his equally embattled subalterns -- Peddie and Ferguson
- Still no sign of surrender in Vancouver radio war
- NHL moves this year's entry draft to prime time
- CBC counting on playoff doubleheaders
- Networks gear up for start of NHL playoffs
- Sportsnet looks weak in Avery affair
- Leafs fire Pat Quinn
- Domi's influence on management questioned
- Hockey Night not quite yet in playoff form
- CBC looking to lock up NHL contract extension
- Potential for all-Canadian matchups thrills networks
- Leafs fire Pat Quinn

