Dave Naylor

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Reporter and Host at CHUM-AM (Toronto, ON)

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The CFL has never been more meaningfully Canadian

2 days ago | tsn.ca | Dave Naylor

As the Canadian Football League gets set to open its 67th season tonight in Regina where the Saskatchewan Roughriders host the Ottawa Redblacks, the league has never been more meaningfully Canadian. Where once the league was a place where Canadians participated but Americans starred and held most of the important off-field titles, that is no longer the case.
CFL season begins with unprecedented quarterback depth

3 weeks ago | tsn.ca | Dave Naylor

The strength of any football league is always rooted in the play and depth of its quarterbacks. And while that’s mostly about the starters, if there is one thing Canadian Football League teams have come to understand in recent seasons it’s that almost every team is going to have more than one quarterback start a game. That is why it’s worth noting the quality of QB depth charts across the CFL heading into the 2025 season, which exceeds any in recent memory.
Football Canada names Paul LaPolice, Rachel Lessard coaches of national flag teams

1 month ago | tsn.ca | Dave Naylor

Football Canada unveiled two key pieces of its plan to qualify for the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympic flag football tournament, naming head coaches for its men’s and women’s teams on Thursday. The men’s squad will be headed by former CFL head coach Paul LaPolice, who currently works as an analyst for TSN, while University of Montreal assistant coach Rachel Lessard will lead the women’s team.
Collaros suspended for failing to make himself available for drug test

1 month ago | tsn.ca | Dave Naylor

The Canadian Football League announced Wednesday that it has suspended Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros one regular-season game for failing to respond to requests for drug testing by officials from the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES). A statement released by the CFL says the centre attempted to reach him twice by phone, once by text, and once by email over a two-hour period and did not reply within the required 24-hour period.
Recovering Rourke eager to get started with 49ers

1 month ago | tsn.ca | Dave Naylor

While most of this year’s National Football League rookie class will begin getting their feet wet during upcoming team mini-camps, Kurtis Rourke will be meeting with San Francisco 49ers medical staff to begin determining his course of action for the upcoming season. Rourke, who was a seventh-round selection (227th overall) of the 49ers last weekend, played through a torn ACL last season at Indiana and had surgery in early January, performed by an Indianapolis Colts team surgeon.
The evolution of Canadian QBs about to hit another milestone

1 month ago | tsn.ca | Dave Naylor

The evolution of Canadian quarterbacks is about to hit another milestone with the arrival of this week’s National Football League draft. For the first time ever, two quarterbacks born and raised in this country are expected to either be drafted or signed as priority free agents by NFL teams over the weekend.
Dave Naylor: TSN president Stewart Johnston named commissioner of the CFL

2 months ago | tsn.ca | Dave Naylor

The Canadian Football League’s 15th commissioner will be a familiar face when he shows up for his first day of work roughly three weeks from now. Stewart Johnston is a well-known figure in CFL circles and boardrooms, serving since 2010 as president of TSN, the league’s rights holder and long-time television partner. The Canadian Press reported Tuesday that Johnston was top candidate to be the league’s next commissioner and engaged in negotiations for the job.
Dave Naylor: Unexpected Kansas City Chiefs loss is just what the NFL needed

Feb 10, 2025 | tsn.ca | Dave Naylor

New Orleans – For all the good things this era of the Kansas City Chiefs has delivered to the National Football League, there was one quality that the league could have done without. Predictability. That’s why the Philadelphia Eagles’ shocking 40-22 victory over the Chiefs in the 59th Super Bowl game is just what the NFL needed. Another Chiefs win, even in dramatic fashion, might have felt a tad stale. Instead, we get a result that was so unexpected.
'Underrated' Canadian Sydney Brown looks to make mark, help Philadelphia Eagles to Super Bowl title

Feb 9, 2025 | tsn.ca | Dave Naylor

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was asked this Super Bowl week which players on the Eagles were the most underrated. The first name from his mouth was Sydney Brown, the London, Ont. native and the only Canadian participating in Sunday’s Super Bowl between the Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs.
A Super Bowl week defined by tension

Feb 7, 2025 | tsn.ca | Dave Naylor

New Orleans – Every Super Bowl week comes with its own distinct feeling, a feeling that often reflects the mood in America or in the National Football League itself. This year that feeling is tension. Start with the Super Bowl city itself, New Orleans, where a little more than a month ago, 14 people were killed and dozens more injured when a terrorist drove a pickup truck down several blocks of Bourbon Street in the early morning hours of New Year's Day.