Birthplace:
Sportsnet's launch in 1998 and its subsequent designation of soccer as a priority led to my latest career path. I covered the sport in another life, but if I said North American Soccer League, you'd say that's a long time ago. But these days I live for our Saturday morning English Premier League telecasts which I have hosted from the beginning, and National Team broadcasts.
But I'm a sports fan first. I love it all. Give me a golf event, or another Olympic assignment to compliment my role of covering rowing in Barcelona in 1992 (4 gold medals for Canada), or biathlon in Lillehammer two years later, (2 more gold medals) and I would welcome it. Sports is the ultimate reality television show, and with the exploding growth of soccer, the best is yet to come.
Barrie, Ontario
Birthdate:May 16, 1953
First media job:news-writer CKO All News Radio, 1979.
Career highlight:Barcelona Olympics, play-by-play on rowing where Canada won 4 gold medals, Silken Laumann's bronze; The Golden goal by Richard Hastings to beat Mexico in the Gold Cup; The World Cup in Germany 2006; The Women's World Cup 2010; Alpine skiing at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics; Rogers Cup tennis
Bio: Twenty-five years in this business means if you're lucky enough to cross paths with the Olympics, you get to do just about everything. Five Olympics later, I still learn new things everyday.Sportsnet's launch in 1998 and its subsequent designation of soccer as a priority led to my latest career path. I covered the sport in another life, but if I said North American Soccer League, you'd say that's a long time ago. But these days I live for our Saturday morning English Premier League telecasts which I have hosted from the beginning, and National Team broadcasts.
But I'm a sports fan first. I love it all. Give me a golf event, or another Olympic assignment to compliment my role of covering rowing in Barcelona in 1992 (4 gold medals for Canada), or biathlon in Lillehammer two years later, (2 more gold medals) and I would welcome it. Sports is the ultimate reality television show, and with the exploding growth of soccer, the best is yet to come.
