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TSN25: Gretzky and Lemieux highlight 1987 Canada Cup

Mario Lemieux and Wayne Gretzky (Photo: The Canadian Press)

In honour of TSN's 25th Anniversary, TSN.ca is taking a look at some of the top sports stories over the last 25 years. Our final flashback is the 1987 Canada Cup, a tournament that many believe delivered as much drama and excitement as the historic 1972 Summit Series. Full Story.(Photo: The Canadian Press)

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See the best images from 25 years of sports moments since TSN went on the air.


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A King, a Prince and a whole lot of stars

In addition to basketball legend-in-the-making LeBron "King" James, plenty of great athletes were born in the same year TSN launched. Here is a list of some of the biggest stars born in 1984. Boy, do we feel old...


Prince Fielder: Son of former Blue Jay fan favourite Cecil Fielder, Prince was the 2007 NL Home Run Leader


Santonio Holmes: Steelers hero was the MVP of Super Bowl XLIII for Pittsburgh


Tim Lincecum: San Francisco's little Giant won the 2008 NL Cy Young Award


Rick Nash: Columbus star won the Rocket Richard Trophy winner as NHL's top goal scorer in 2004


Eric Staal: Oldest of the NHL's Staal brothers has already played in three all-star games and won a Stanley Cup


Thomas Vanek: The 2006-07 NHL Plus/Minus leader has scored at least 36 goals in three straight seasons


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The TSN Timeline

1984: TSN launches

1985: TSN broadcasts its first NHL Game (All-Star Game); Blue Jays win first division title on TSN; Canada wins world junior gold on TSN

1986: TSN broadcasts the World Cup for first time

1987: TSN reaches 1 million subscribers

1988: TSN televises 115 hours of Olympics coverage from Calgary

1989: TSN hits basic cable and surpasses 5 million subscribers; French language sister station, RDS, is launched

1993: SportsDesk (11pm et) becomes first one-hour sports news program in North America

1995: TSN.ca is launched

1997: TSN launches Pacific Prime and Friday Night Football

2000: CTV buys Netstar Communications, TSN's parent company

2000: SportsDesk becomes SportsCentre; NHL Network is launched

2003: TSN launches HDTV service

2008: TSN2 is launched

Kraft Celebration Tour

The Top 20 community finalists for the Kraft Celebration Tour have now been selected. Review the finalists and get ready to vote!

TSN By The Numbers

15,800,000: Number of page views recorded on TSN.ca on Trade Deadline Day 2009

9,000,000: Number of TSN subscribers in 2009

3,700,000: Number of viewers for 2009 World Juniors Gold Medal Game - top audience ever for TSN

1,600,000: Number of votes received for the Kraft Celebration Tour to celebrate TSN's 25th anniversary

323,000: Number of subscribers to TSN when it launched in Sept 1984

219,000: Number of hours of sports programming TSN has delivered since 1984

5,800: Number of guests to appear on Off the Record with Michael Landsberg since it debuted in 1997

4,289: Number of hours of live programming on TSN and TSN2 in the 2008-2009 season

1,170: Number of NHL regular season games broadcast on TSN over 25 years

884: Number of CFL games broadcast on TSN over the past 25 years

77: Number of CFL games to air on TSN in 2009 - including the Grey Cup

64: Number of cheerleading specials aired on TSN over the past 25 years

30: Number of cameras TSN used during its first Grey Cup broadcast in 2008

6: Number of episodes of Guys TV to air on TSN (hey, they can't all be gems)

4: Number of moustaches shaved off by TSN talent (Gino Reda, Chris Schultz, Rod Black and Glen Suitor)

3: Number of words that the Barenaked Ladies added to TSN's iconic Hockey Theme song

2: TSN2 launched in Aug 2008

1: TSN is Canada's most-watched specialty network in Canada