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Somehow it seemed fitting Montreal radio station TSN 690 would make the announcement on Monday, 24 hours after Mother’s Day, stating Davis Sanchez was its new analyst, home and away, for broadcasts of Alouettes games.

Sanchez’s mother, Linda, who was his best friend and biggest advocate, originally planted the seed with her son that he might be good at a media job.

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“She used to always say you should go into the media … you’d be good at it … you’d like it,” the former Als cornerback said from his winter home in Vancouver, while remembering his mother, who died of cancer in January 2014.

“I never believed there were many jobs available, and there aren’t,” Sanchez continued. “I was hesitant to put my eggs in one basket. At the end of the day, you don’t get to decide whether you do a good job or not. There may not be any jobs. I didn’t want to go that route and depend on someone else for a job.”

Nonetheless, Sanchez, 42, is preparing for a cross-country move next week to Toronto, which becomes his new home base, at least during the Canadian Football League season. He’s preparing for his second season working for the league’s website, where he’ll provide a weekly online hit for CFL.ca. And he’ll continue his weekly podcast, The Waggle, which he co-hosts with Vancouver broadcaster James Cybulski.