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Eric Francis has been a Calgary sports columnist since 1994, covering everything from the Flames and Stampeders to the British Open, Super Bowl and Olympics. Eric is also a best-selling author and longtime morning show host on JACK FM who spent two years on Hockey Night in Canada before moving over to Sportsnet where he is a Flames TV analyst and senior columnist.<\/p>\n

Francis is extremely active in the community, emceeing various charity events including his Charity Hotstoves and his beloved Pizza Pigout, which raised $70,000 at his 16th annual for KidSport Calgary.<\/p>\n

Eric and wife Sarah have two young children, Kelly and Cole.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":579,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[16],"class_list":["post-578","news_stories","type-news_stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ambassador"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTeam KidSport: Eric Francis - Calgary & Area<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kidsportcanada.ca\/alberta\/calgary\/fr\/news-stories\/team-kidsport-eric-francis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Team KidSport: Eric Francis - Calgary & Area\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Eric Francis has been a Calgary sports columnist since 1994, covering everything from the Flames and Stampeders to the British Open, Super Bowl and Olympics. 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