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Sportscaster
In sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...
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Adam Bagni
Adam Michael Bagni (pronounced /ˈbæɡni/; born November 16, 1984 in Taunton, MA) is an American sportscaster, who currently works as the Sports Director at ABC 32, WNCF-TV in Montgomery, Alabama.
Bagni is a graduate of La Salle University in...
Date of birth:
- Nov 16, 1984 (age 25 years)
Adnan Virk
Adnan Virk is a Canadian sports anchor and reporter, currently for Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment's Raptors NBA TV, Leafs TV and Gol TV. Until June of 2009 he hosted several programs on The Score, and was previously an associate producer for...
Al Dubois
Al Dubois is a Canadian television personality, previously on CKMI's This Morning Live as a weather reporter and sports anchor. He was part of Canwest's 250 layoffs from CKMI-TV and CIHF-TV, announced October 2007. He hosted the game show Bumper...
Date of birth:
- 1943 (age 67 years)
Al Michaels
Alan Richard "Al" Michaels (born November 12, 1944) is an American television sportscaster. Now employed by NBC Sports after nearly three decades (1977–2006) with ABC Sports, Michaels is one of the most prominent members of his profession. He is...
Date of birth:
- Nov 12, 1944 (age 65 years)
Alex J. Walling
Alex J. Walling also known as A.J. Walling is a major sports analyst in Atlantic Canada. He also contributes weekly to a sports column on www.tsn.ca, A.J. was Atlantic Canada's first TSN sports reporter for nine years. and he is daily on Halifax...
Andrew Comrie-Picard
Andrew Comrie-Picard (born April 28, 1971) is an X Games athlete, professional race car driver, stunt driver, automotive journalist, and TV personality. He left a career as a New York City entertainment lawyer to pursue his passion for racing. He...
Date of birth:
- Apr 28, 1971 (age 38 years)
Art Rust Jr
Arthur George Rust Jr. (born October 13 1927 in Harlem), has had a successful sports career spanning half a century. It all began in Woodside, Queens in September 1954 when WWRL Radio had the prescience to hire Art Rust Jr. He began in their...
Date of birth:
- Oct 13, 1927 (age 82 years)
Bill Berg
William Daniel Berg (born October 21, 1967 in Beamsville, Ontario, Canada) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player.
Playing on both wing and defense, after a minor league apprenticeship with the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League -...
Date of birth:
- Oct 21, 1967 (age 42 years)
Bill Clement
William H. "Bill" Clement (born December 20, 1950 in Buckingham, Quebec) is a retired professional ice hockey player and a broadcaster for Versus and NBC. Bill worked as a studio host for The NHL on NBC partnered with Ray Ferraro and Brett Hull, as...
Date of birth:
- Dec 20, 1950 (age 59 years)
Bill Hewitt
Foster William Alfred "Bill" Hewitt (1928 – December 25, 1996) was a Canadian radio and television sportscaster. He was the son of Canadian hockey broadcasting pioneer Foster Hewitt and grandson of Toronto Star sports journalist, W. A. Hewitt. Both...
Date of birth:
- 1928
Date of death:
- Dec 25, 1996 (age 69 years)
Bill Watters
William Wayne "Bill" Watters is a Canadian sports media personality and former Assistant General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Watters was a fullback and linebacker with the Football Blues from 1961 through 1964. He was a team co-captain and...
Bob Cole
Robert Cecil "Bob" Cole, (born 1933 in St. John's, Newfoundland) is a Canadian television announcer.
Cole has been the primary play-by-play announcer for Hockey Night in Canada (HNIC) on CBC, usually for Toronto Maple Leafs games, since 1980, when...
Date of birth:
- 1933 (age 77 years)
Bob Costas
Robert Quinlan "Bob" Costas (born March 22, 1952) is an American sportscaster, on the air for the NBC network since the early 1980s.
Bob Costas was born in Queens, New York. He is the son of Jayne (née Quinlan) of Irish American descent and John...
Date of birth:
- Mar 22, 1952 (age 57 years)
Bob Errey
Robert Errey (born September 21, 1964 in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired former professional ice hockey player who was drafted 15th overall in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft and played 895 NHL games over the course of his career. He played most notably for...
Date of birth:
- Sep 21, 1964 (age 45 years)
Bob Fouracre
Robert E. Fouracre (Born November 22, 1937 ) is an American sportscaster who currently calls football and basketball for the College of the Holy Cross. He is a 1956 graduate of Northboro High School, a 1958 graduate of Cushing Academy and a 1962...
Date of birth:
- Nov 22, 1937 (age 72 years)
Bob McCown
Robert "Bob" McCown (born in 1952 in Columbus, Ohio) is a Canadian sportscaster and the host of a late afternoon/early evening radio talk show called Prime Time Sports. The program is broadcast from the Toronto-based studio of the Fan 590 (the...
Date of birth:
- 1952 (age 58 years)
Bob McGill
Robert McGill (born April 27 1962, Edmonton, Alberta) is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman.
McGill started his National Hockey League career with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1982. He also played for the Chicago Blackhawks, San Jose Sharks,...
Date of birth:
- Apr 27, 1962 (age 47 years)
Bob Weeks
Bob Weeks (born April 16, 1960 in Montreal, Quebec) is the editor of Scoregolf Magazine. In addition, he serves as host for SCOREGolf TV and SCOREGolf Radio, and is the golf analyst for TSN. He is also the curling columnist for the Globe and Mail,...
Date of birth:
- Apr 16, 1960 (age 49 years)
Bobby McMahon
Robert "Bobby" McMahon is a Scottish football analyst for Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports World Canada.
Born in Dundee, McMahon played football at the school and youth level, before going on to play for Tayport in Fife, then one of Scotland's top...
Bonnie Bernstein
Bonnie Lynn Bernstein (born August 16, 1970, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American television and radio sportscaster.
Bernstein grew up in Howell, New Jersey. She attended the University of Maryland, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree...
Date of birth:
- Aug 16, 1970 (age 39 years)
Brendan Connor
Brendan Connor is a Canadian sports journalist for Al Jazeera English TV. Now based in Washington, DC, he covers sports in the Americas.
Connor attended Queen's University, where he became involved with broadcasting at CKLC radio, a local Kingston...
Brian Budd
Brian Budd (April 8, 1952 – June 11, 2008) was a Canadian professional soccer player best known for winning the World Superstars competition three years in a row from 1978 to 1980. He was also a soccer sportscaster.
Born in Toronto and raised in...
Date of birth:
- Apr 8, 1952
Date of death:
- Jun 11, 2008 (age 56 years)
Brian Smith
Brian Desmond (Smitty) Smith (September 6, 1940 – August 2, 1995) was a Canadian athlete and sportscaster. Smith was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of former professional ice hockey player Des Smith and brother of former professional hockey...
Date of birth:
- Sep 6, 1940
Date of death:
- Aug 2, 1995 (age 54 years)
Brian Williams
Brian Williams (born 1946 in Winnipeg, Manitoba and raised in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian sportscaster who is best known for his coverage of the Olympic Games.
Williams was long associated with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's sports...
Date of birth:
- 1946 (age 64 years)
Bruno Vain
Bruno Vain is a Hispanic radio and television sportscaster. Despite his young age, he is perhaps one of the most highly recognized Spanish soccer play by play announcers in US Today. He has been an announcer for countless international encounters as...
Bryan Mudryk
Bryan Mudryk (born in Athabasca, Alberta, Canada), son of principal at Boyle School, Bob Mudryk, is a Canadian sports anchor for TSN. He currently co-hosts the 10 PM and 2 AM ET editions of SportsCentre, along with Holly Horton. He joined TSN in...
Buck Martinez
John Albert "Buck" Martinez (born November 7, 1948 in Redding, California) is a former catcher and manager in Major League Baseball, and currently a television baseball commentator. He also managed Team USA at the inaugural World Baseball Classic in...
Date of birth:
- Nov 7, 1948 (age 61 years)
Carlos Machado
Carlos Machado is a former anchor on Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports World Canada.
Carolyn Waldo
Carolyn Jane Waldo, OC (born December 11, 1964 in Montreal, Quebec) is a former synchronized swimmer from Canada.
Competing both as a solo and as part of a duo with Michelle Cameron, Waldo experienced tremendous success in international competition....
Date of birth:
- Dec 11, 1964 (age 45 years)
Cassie Campbell
Cassie Campbell-Pascall (born November 22, 1973 in Richmond Hill, Ontario and raised in Brampton, Ontario) is a former Canadian female ice hockey player. She was the captain of the Canadian ice hockey team during the 2002 Winter Olympics and led the...
Date of birth:
- Nov 22, 1973 (age 36 years)
Chick Henderson
John Hamilton "Chick" Henderson (9 February 1930—21 November 2006) was a South African rugby union footballer and commentator.
A native of Johannesburg, Henderson was educated at Michaelhouse, the University of the Witwatersrand and the University...
Date of birth:
- Feb 9, 1930
Date of death:
- Nov 21, 2006 (age 76 years)
Chris Berman
Christopher James "Chris" Berman also known by the nickname Boomer (born May 10, 1955 in Greenwich, Connecticut) is an American sportscaster. He anchors SportsCenter, Monday Night Countdown, Sunday NFL Countdown, Baseball Tonight, U.S. Open golf,...
Date of birth:
- May 10, 1955 (age 54 years)
Chris Carlin
Chris Carlin (born September 16, 1972 in Morristown, New Jersey) is an American television and radio personality. Along with on-air partner Bob Ojeda, co-hosts pre- and post-game telecasts for New York Mets games on local New York television station...
Date of birth:
- Sep 16, 1972 (age 37 years)
Chris Cuthbert
Chris Cuthbert (born in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian play-by-play sportscaster for the TSN cable network. Formerly, he worked for CBC Sports in a multitude of roles and for the American television network NBC on NHL on NBC.
He has been named as...
Chris Fowler
Chris Fowler (born August 23, 1962) is a sports broadcaster for ESPN known best for his work on College GameDay for college football. Since 1989, Fowler has been the primary studio host for college football. Until 2006, he was also the lead studio...
Date of birth:
- Aug 23, 1962 (age 47 years)
Chris King
Christopher Lynn King (born April 10, 1987) is an American sportscaster. He is best known for his play-by-play announcing for Comcast Varsity Sports On Demand and as the radio broadcaster for the Wenatchee Applesox of the West Coast League. He also...
Date of birth:
- Apr 10, 1987 (age 22 years)
Chris Rix
Christopher Charles Rix (born May 1, 1981) is a former National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Filipino-American football quarterback for the Florida State Seminoles (FSU).
Rix is the first and only four year starter at quarterback (2001...
Date of birth:
- May 1, 1981 (age 28 years)
Chris Schenkel
Christopher Eugene "Chris" Schenkel (August 21, 1923 – September 11, 2005) was an American sportscaster. Over the course of five decades he called play-by-play for numerous sports on television and radio, becoming known for his smooth delivery and...
Date of birth:
- Aug 21, 1923
Date of death:
- Sep 11, 2005 (age 82 years)
Chris Schultz
Christopher "Chris" Schultz (born February 16, 1960 in Burlington, Ontario, Canada) is a retired National Football League and Canadian Football League player who played the offensive tackle position primarily with the CFL Toronto Argonauts. Schultz...
Date of birth:
- Feb 16, 1960 (age 49 years)
Chris Walby
Chris Walby (born October 23, 1956 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a retired Canadian Football League player who played the offensive tackle position almost exclusively with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Walby is currently a sportscaster with the Canadian...
Date of birth:
- Oct 23, 1956 (age 53 years)
Christine Simpson
Christine Simpson is currently a hockey reporter for Versus, previously known as OLN. She is also the featured reporter for Rogers Sportsnet and The Score Television Network, and is also a 'hockey insider' on AM640 Toronto Radio, which are all based...
Chuck Swirsky
Chuck Swirsky (born January 30, 1954) is the radio play-by-play voice of the Chicago Bulls of the NBA. He was formerly the longtime play-by-play voice of the Toronto Raptors.
Born in Norfolk, Virginia, U.S., Swirsky grew up in Bellevue, Washington...
Date of birth:
- Jan 30, 1954 (age 55 years)
Cindy Brunson
Cindy Brunson is an anchor for the weekend morning edition of SportsCenter.
Brunson graduated from Washington State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast communications.
Cindy Brunson joined ESPN as an ESPNEWS anchor in September...
Clinton Grybas
Clinton Andrew Grybas (9 February 1975 – 5 January 2008) was a leading Australian rules football and sports radio and television commentator. His death at only 32 years of age was thought to be as a result of falling whilst sleepwalking.
His media...
Date of birth:
- Feb 9, 1975
Date of death:
- Jan 5, 2008 (age 32 years)
Colleen Jones
Colleen P. Jones (born December 16, 1959 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) is the most successful Canadian women's skip in curling history. Jones had a dayjob as TV weather woman. Jones now lives in Ontario after relocating in the summer of 2008....
Date of birth:
- Dec 16, 1959 (age 50 years)
Craig Forrest
Craig Lorne Forrest (born 20 September 1967 in Coquitlam, British Columbia) is a Canadian soccer commentator and a former goalkeeper.
Born and raised in British Columbia, Forrest joined English league side Ipswich Town in 1984 and remained with the...
Date of birth:
- Sep 20, 1967 (age 42 years)
Craig Hummer
Craig B. Hummer (born in Akron, Ohio) is an American sportscaster known for his work on Versus (formerly OLN). He has covered the Tour de France since 2005, first as an interviewer and then in 2008 as an anchor alongside Bob Roll. Hummer is a...
Craig Simpson
Craig Simpson (born February 15, 1967 in London, Ontario, Canada) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey winger who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Edmonton Oilers and the Buffalo Sabres.
Simpson...
Date of birth:
- Feb 15, 1967 (age 42 years)
Curt Menefee
Curt Menefee (born July 22, 1965), is an American sportscaster who is the host of the Fox network's NFL show Fox NFL Sunday. His co-hosts are Jimmy Johnson, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, and Michael Strahan.
Menefee also provided ringside commentary...
Date of birth:
- Jul 22, 1965 (age 44 years)
Dan Murphy
Dan Murphy (born May 6, 1970 in Abbotsford, British Columbia) is a Canadian sportscaster currently working for Rogers Sportsnet.
Dan Murphy is entering his second season as the host for Sportsnet Pacific’s Vancouver Canucks broadcasts. After...
Date of birth:
- May 6, 1970 (age 39 years)
Dan Needles
Dan Needles, aka, "Rain Man," is an American sportscaster from Waukesha, Wisconsin. He is the sports director and one of the sports anchors on WISN-TV, Channel 12's newscast at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Born in Milwaukee,...
Date of birth:
- 1963 (age 47 years)
Dan O'Toole
Dan O'Toole (born September 10, 1975 in Peterborough, Ontario) is a Canadian television sportscaster for TSN. He has appeared on the 2AM weekday broadcast of SportsCentre alongside Jay Onrait since 2003.
O'Toole previously worked as an news anchor...
Date of birth:
- Sep 10, 1975 (age 34 years)
Dan Patrick
Daniel Patrick Pugh (born May 15, 1956), professionally known as Dan Patrick, is an American sportscaster, radio personality, and actor from Mason, Ohio. He currently hosts The Dan Patrick Show which is broadcast on radio on Premiere Radio Networks,...
Date of birth:
- May 15, 1956 (age 53 years)
Dan Shulman
Dan Shulman (born February 9, 1967 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian sportscaster, currently employed with the American network ESPN.
Shulman serves as a play-by-play announcer for ESPN's NBA coverage (primarily teamed with Hubie Brown), men's...
Date of birth:
- Feb 9, 1967 (age 42 years)
Danny Gallivan
Danny Gallivan (April 11, 1917 - February 24, 1993) was a Canadian radio and television broadcaster and sportscaster.
Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Gallivan began his broadcast career at a local radio station in Antigonish, Nova Scotia while...
Date of birth:
- Apr 11, 1917
Date of death:
- Feb 24, 1993 (age 75 years)
Darren Dreger
Darren Dreger (born ca. 1968 in Red Deer, Alberta) is a Canadian sportscaster for TSN. He serves as hockey insider on the NHL on TSN, and is the host of Leafs Lunch on AM640 Toronto Radio.
Dreger was the former host of Hockey Central on Rogers...
Date of birth:
- 1968 (age 42 years)
Darren Dutchyshen
Darren Dutchyshen is a Canadian sportscaster, who currently cohosts the evening edition of SportsCentre on TSN. Darren graduated from the Western Academy Broadcasting College in Saskatoon, and went on to stints at STV and Global Edmonton before his...
Darren Pang
Darren Pang (born February 17, 1965 in Meaford, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played his professional career with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League.
Darren Pang was noted to look like Scott...
Date of birth:
- Feb 17, 1965 (age 44 years)
Darrin Fletcher
Darrin Glen Fletcher (born October 3, 1966 in Elmhurst, Illinois) is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1989 to 2002.
Fletcher made his major league debut in 1989 with the Los Angeles Dodgers and appeared in 5 games. He saw...
Date of birth:
- Oct 3, 1966 (age 43 years)
Dave Hodge
Dave Hodge (born 1945, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian sports announcer who currently works for TSN, and has worked in the past for the CBC and CFRB 1010 radio in Toronto.
Hodge served as play-by-play announcer for the Buffalo Sabres broadcasts...
Date of birth:
- 1945 (age 65 years)
