TSN anchor Jennifer Hedger apologizes for CFL snub

TSN anchor Jennifer Hedger has apologized on Twitter after snubbing the CFL during a SportsCentre broadcast on Friday and taking a significant amount of flak on social media.

To all the passionate cfl fans out there…last week, when referring to the city of Cleveland’s Championship drought vs Toronto’s…

— Jennifer Hedger (@jenniferhedger) May 31, 2016

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I was referring to the “big 4” sports leagues. The CFL and NLL is often overlooked when comparing Can and US cities. I regret the analogy.

— Jennifer Hedger (@jenniferhedger) May 31, 2016

Can we still be friends, fans of the CFL?

— Jennifer Hedger (@jenniferhedger) May 31, 2016

Hedger earned the scorn of CFL fans, owners and players when she neglected to include the Argonauts 2012 Grey Cup win when discussing Toronto’s supposed championship drought. That caught the attention of Argo defensive back Matt Black…

…Interesting, could of sworn the @CFL was a professional sports league. Meh, guess not…@TSN_Sports @CFLonTSN pic.twitter.com/EoiDaztmsF

— Matt Black (@MattBlack39) May 28, 2016

Fans from across the country slammed Hedger for sleight, particularly in light of the fact that TSN is the exclusive broadcast partner of the CFL. Ticats owner Bob Young summed things up nicely…

This is a pretty embarrassing @CFLonTSN mistake. https://t.co/qHKLlRUJLT

— Bob Young (@CaretakerBob) May 29, 2016

Nice hat, though.