UPDATE: Riders announce Trevon Tate extension, Ajou released for NFL chance
Jan 22, 2025
Tate is set to be the starting left tackle after Trevor Reid was released.
Canada’s athlete of the year became athletes — plural — in a tied vote between soccer phenom Alphonso Davies and Super Bowl-champion offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif.
Davies was a star for the Champions League winner with Bayern Munich and was named the second-best in the world at his position.
Soccer is such a global sport and we’ve never seen a Canadian receive such accolades for their play.
When you talk of the award for athlete of the year, Davies led the pack.
How did Duvernay-Tardif even the votes? He was a great human being. He helped the Kansas City Chiefs win the Super Bowl with only three games in January and February from the playoffs, so his on-field resume doesn’t match that of Davies.
Duvernay-Tardif opted out of his millions in salary to help during the COVID-19 pandemic as a trained medical doctor.
Remember, this is the athlete-of-the-year award. Duvernay-Tardif’s story is inspiring, no doubt. But he was not the best athlete in Canada in 2020. But he was one of our best people.