Salim Valji

1 day ago | tsn.ca | Salim Valji

Before the question was even finished, Calgary Stampeders quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. smiled and shook his head. “Last year, I was in the same spot,” he said. “I don’t feel any different [this year]. I’m still earning my spot, earning my paycheque, coming in early, staying late, doing what I need to do to hopefully be successful on game day.” Adams, of course, was referring to opening the 2024 season as the undisputed starting quarterback of the BC Lions.

4 weeks ago | tsn.ca | Salim Valji

Game 2 of the Western Hockey League final in Medicine Hat on Sunday is far more than just another playoff game for Tigers’ captain Oasiz Wiesblatt. It’s also Mother’s Day and will mark the first time the junior hockey star will see his mom, Kim, in two years. Kim, who is deaf, has been working in London, Ontario while Oasiz pursued his hockey dreams. Oasiz recently signed with the Nashville Predators, the organization his brother, Ozzy, plays in.

4 weeks ago | tsn.ca | Salim Valji

A CHL phenom is using a lesson he learned as a 16-year-old to rewrite the junior hockey record books. Medicine Hat Tigers star Gavin McKenna is in the midst of a 53-game point streak, the longest in modern league history. Over that stretch, the 2026 NHL Entry Draft top prospect has tallied 135 points. Last season, he began pushing himself more away from the rink.

1 month ago | tsn.ca | Salim Valji

In his first meeting with Calgary Flames media members after he was taken 13th overall in the 2021 NHL Draft, Long Island native and Harvard commit Matt Coronato was asked about the prospect of playing in a smaller Canadian market. The wound from losing blueliner Adam Fox – the team’s third round pick in 2016 who also played at Harvard but refused to sign with the Flames before eventually making his way to the New York Rangers – was still fresh.

1 month ago | tsn.ca | Salim Valji

Receiver Damien Alford, the 2025 No. 1 overall pick in the CFL Draft, already has some familiarity with his new surroundings in Calgary. The Stampeders made the Utah Utes’ receiver the top selection on Tuesday. Alford, a Montreal native, already has an important connection to his new home. “I actually have my sister that lives out there,” he said. He also knows his new quarterback, Vernon Adams Jr. When Adams was with the Montreal Alouettes, the two would sometimes work out together.