CBC Sports unveiled its broadcast schedule for the 2007 CFL season on Wednesday.
The CFL on CBC will air 27 games this season — including all the playoff games and the Grey Cup game — beginning with a June 30 regular season contest between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Stampeders in Calgary.
B.C. kicker Paul McCallum nailed all six of his field-goal attempts in a 25-14 victory over Montreal in the 94th Grey Cup in Winnipeg last November. This year's Grey Cup takes place Nov. 25 in Toronto and will air live on CBC.
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The CFL on CBC schedule also features the annual Labour Day doubleheader with the Toronto Argonauts taking on the Tiger-Cats in Hamilton and the Stampeders hosting the Edmonton Eskimos on Sept. 3.
Other highlights include the network's first football tripleheader on Sept. 29 (Montreal at the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Hamilton at the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Calgary at the B.C. Lions) and the annual Thanksgiving doubleheader on Oct. 8, with Hamilton taking on the Alouettes in Montreal and Saskatchewan visiting Calgary.
The CFL on CBC wraps up its regular season coverage on Nov. 3 (Toronto at Saskatchewan), followed by exclusive coverage of the playoffs starting on Nov. 11, the East and West Division finals on Nov. 18, and culminating with the 95th Grey Cup game on Nov. 25 in Toronto.
CBC's contract with the CFL finishes at the end of this season.
Last December, the league announced it had signed a new television contract with TSN in a deal that leaves the CBC watching from the sidelines.
The new five-year contract, which includes an option year, begins in 2008 and will see TSN serve as the lone broadcaster of all regular season and playoff games, including the Grey Cup.
B.C. kicker Paul McCallum nailed all six of his field-goal attempts in a 25-14 victory over Montreal in the 94th Grey Cup in Winnipeg last November. This year's Grey Cup takes place Nov. 25 in Toronto and will air live on CBC.
