- CBC Sports
CBC Sports is the division of the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible forsports broadcasting . The highest rated televised segment on theCBC Television network comes from the CBC Sports presentation of "Hockey Night in Canada ". CBC Sports also holds the rights toToronto Blue Jays baseball Games, the 2008Olympics ,Toronto Raptors basketball games and "Major League Soccer on CBC" (specificallyToronto FC and the playoffs).On
August 1 ,2007 , CBC Sports officially announced that it will broadcast 10Toronto Raptors games for the 2007/2008 and 20 games for the 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 seasons.cite web | url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/story/2007/08/01/raptors-cbc-deal.html?ref=rss | accessdate=2007-10-03 | date=1 August 2007 | title=CBC Sports signs broadcast deal with Raptors]The current director of CBC Sports is Scott Moore, who was appointed on
March 5 ,2007 . He succeededNancy Lee who resigned inOctober 2006 to organize the broadcast of the2010 Winter Olympics .David Masse was interim director before Moore.On August 20, 2008, the CBC received approval from the CRTC to create an all-sports digital tv channel, tentatively known as
CBC SportsPlus . Launch date is unknown.ports aired by CBC
Hockey
*National Hockey League -Hockey Night in Canada (1952/1953-2013/2014 season)Horse Racing
*Queen's Plate Soccer
*Major League Soccer -Toronto FC andMLS Cup (2007-present)
*2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup
*FIFA World Cup (1986, 2010, 2014)
*CONCACAF Canadian Championship - Most games show live on bold, then on tape delay on CBC.Baseball
*Major League Baseball -Toronto Blue Jays - 1977-1980, 1992-2003 and 2007-2010-Montreal Expos - 1969-1989Olympics
*Summer Olympics - 1956-1988, 1996-2008
*Winter Olympics - 1956-1968, 1976, 1984, 1992, 1998-2006Basketball
*National Basketball Association -Toronto Raptors - (2007/2008-2009/2010 season)Football
*Canadian Football League -CFL on CBC (1952-2007)Alpine Skiing
*FIS World Cup races through 2011Track & Field
*IAAF Golden League eventsFigure Skating
*World Figure Skating Championships - through 2009
*Skate Canada International andCanadian Figure Skating Championships References
External links
* [http://www.cbc.ca/sports/ CBCSports.ca]
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