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By 1990, I was 25, working in the business for the Edmonton Journal, and in that 13 seasons since '78 I had witnessed a combination of 11 Stanley Cups and Grey Cups in Edmonton.
The job, if you can call watching sports for a living a job, has morphed into a multi-media gig over the years, with TV work for Sportsnet and plenty of radio, including the debut of The Mark Spector Show on TEAM 1260 in Edmonton in the fall of 2011.
I've got two kids, (Rudy and Haley), two step sons (Landon and Jayce), a dog named Nike, and a beautiful wife named Shelka, with whom I was married in New York's Central Park in August of 2011.
Edmonton, Alberta
Birthdate:November 22, 1965
First media job:Sportswriter, Edmonton Journal, May 1987.
Career highlight:Twelve Stanley Cup finals; Three World Series; Two Super Bowls; Four Olympic Games; Eleven Grey Cups.
Special interests/hobbies:Cycling; cross-country and downhill skiing; baseball, hockey.
Bio: Grew up in the best town, at the best time, for a Canadian kid who loved sports. I turned 13 the same week the Eskimos won the 1978 Grey Cup, and scarcely missed a home game over the next five years as Warren Moon and the Eskimos won five straight Grey Cups.By 1990, I was 25, working in the business for the Edmonton Journal, and in that 13 seasons since '78 I had witnessed a combination of 11 Stanley Cups and Grey Cups in Edmonton.
The job, if you can call watching sports for a living a job, has morphed into a multi-media gig over the years, with TV work for Sportsnet and plenty of radio, including the debut of The Mark Spector Show on TEAM 1260 in Edmonton in the fall of 2011.
I've got two kids, (Rudy and Haley), two step sons (Landon and Jayce), a dog named Nike, and a beautiful wife named Shelka, with whom I was married in New York's Central Park in August of 2011.
