ESPN broadcast schedule for CFL games released
It's no secret that CFLpass has a soft spot for the US Expansion Era and its loyal group of American fans – so let’s just ignore how much of a disaster that was for the league financially, mmmkay?
Fans south of the border are going to have a lot of CFL to watch in summer 2015. Two weeks ago, the CFL announced that ESPN would be televising 20 games, including 17 regular season games, playoffs and the 103rd Grey Cup Championship: We just didn’t know *which* games.
Now we know! On the league’s official site, the schedule is here. But hey, we’ll go ahead and list ‘em right here; all the below games, with the exception of the Winnipeg at Hamilton game on August 9, which will be broadcast on ESPN News, will be shown on ESPN 2.
June 25, 7:30pm EST: Ottawa Redblacks at Montreal Alouettes
June 26, 9pm EST: Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Calgary Stampeders
July 2, 8:30pm EST: Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Winnipeg Blue Bombers
July 3, 7:30pm EST: Calgary Stampeders at Montreal Alouettes
July 9, 9pm EST: Ottawa Redblacks at Edmonton Eskimos
July 10, 7pm EST: Montreal Alouettes at Winnipeg Blue Bombers
July 30, 8:30pm EST: BC Lions at Winnipeg Blue Bombers
July 31, 9pm EST: Saskatchewan Roughriders at Edmonton Eskimos
August 3, 7pm EST: Toronto Argonauts at Hamilton Tiger-Cats
August 6, 10pm EST: Edmonton Eskimos at BC Lions
August 7, 7:30pm EST: Montreal Alouettes at Ottawa Redblacks
August 9, 5pm EST: Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Hamilton Tiger-Cats
August 13, 7:30pm EST: Edmonton Eskimos at Montreal Alouettes
August 15, 10pm EST: Ottawa Redblacks at Calgary Stampeders
August 27, 7:30pm EST: Montreal Alouettes at Hamilton Tiger-Cats
August 28, 9pm EST: Toronto Argonauts at Edmonton Eskimos
August 30, 4pm EST: Saskatchewan Roughriders at Ottawa Redblacks
As a part of the deal, 69 games will be streaming on the online station ESPN3 throughout the season; features voiced by Trey Wingo on individual players and the unique rules of the Canadian Football League will be shown during ESPN’s CFL broadcasts.
– written by Travis Currah, with a tiny assist from Os Davis