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Winter will leave, I'm sure! Someday!!

A good weekend for sports on TV. The Brier got off to a good start on TSN. The Sunday afternoon "colour" commentatoor was Russ Howard who did a great job. He offers very different insights from Ray and Linda. Very refreshing. Thanks, TSN! And, he and Vic probably had more "dead air" than the CBC staff in most of their games. We actually could listen to the athlete deliberations, without having to listen to colour commentators then beat on the skips' decisions. How refreshing!! Once again, "there's more than one way to skin a cat."

The Score aired the CIS woomen's basketball final from Saskatoon. Since I finally have The Score, it was great to be able to see the game. They aired ONE women's game of this tournament, and are airing FOUR games of the men's final basketball tournament. Small steps, to be sure. But let's pick up the pace! More women's games in 2009, please.

One notable problem in the telecast was the sound. With the noise of fans, it was very difficult to hear the female colour commentator (Shawnee Harle) most of the time, and the man's voice was drowned out quite often.

Otherwise, a good game, played before a rather slim crowd, which is too bad.