SPORTS S TUFF

FOOTBALL — Now in top spots: Buck Pierce is the new head coach of the Canadian Football League’s British Columbia Lions while Mark Kilam is the new head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos. Did you know? MSU Bobcat QB Tommy Mellott is on the CFL’s Calgary Stampeders negotiation list? A look back at 2024: In case you missed it, television viewership of the CFL’s championship game, the 111th Grey Cup Game in Vancouver, British Columbia, was up 18 percent in the 2024 season in Canada. The Grey Cup Gameaveraged3.6millionviewersinCanadabetween The Sports Network (TSN), Canadian Television (CTV) and Reseau des sports (RDS), a Canadian French language discretionary specialty channel oriented towards sports and sports-related shows. Television viewership for the West Final and East Final playoff games were up 18.2 percent from 2023. However, television viewership during the regular season was down 6 percent on TSN year over year, which...