Salim Valji

1 week ago | tsn.ca | Salim Valji

New Calgary Stampeders defensive coordinator Bob Slowik, a veteran who has coached in each of the past six decades across the NFL, CFL, and NCAA, has some lofty praise for the team’s new-look defence. Slowik joined Calgary back in 2021 as a defensive assistant, and was promoted after the team missed the playoffs last season. He replaced Brent Monson, who is now the defensive coordinator in Hamilton. The Stamps rebuilt the unit in the off-season, replacing almost every single starter from 2024.

2 weeks ago | tsn.ca | Salim Valji

Saskatchewan Roughriders running back Ka’Deem Carey remembers being a rookie practice roster player with the Calgary Stampeders back in 2018 and noticing a young defensive line coach with a magnetic energy about him. “Seeing him get after the defence and how he got the best out of his players is something I always admired,” Carey said this week of Corey Mace, now his head coach in Saskatchewan. “He was always one of my favourite coaches.

3 weeks 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.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.