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- ↑ Jeff Blair & Stephen Brunt (13 March 2020). "Live From Chateau de Wagner". Writers Bloc (Podcast). Sportsnet. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ↑ "RRC Media Roll of Honour past winners gallery". Manitoba Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
- ↑ "SPORTSNET'S JEFF BLAIR NAMED WINNER OF CANADIAN BASEBALL HALL OF FAME'S JACK GRANEY AWARD - Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum". Archived from the original on 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
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