CBC keeps Cherry for another year

TORONTO – One of hockey’s best-known personalities has renewed his contract with Hockey Night in Canada through the 2011-2012 NHL season, the CBC has confirmed.Don Cherry will continue to team up with host and longtime partner Ron MacLean on the popular segment Coach’s Corner, which will air on Saturday nights and throughout the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. The terms of Cherry’s contract were not disclosed. “We’re delighted to announce that the venerable hockey icon Don Cherry has signed on for another season and will continue to provide hockey’s liveliest and sometimes provocative commentary,” said Kirstine Stewart, EVP of CBC English Services,...