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Brian
Williams
Considered
the dean of Canadian sports commentators, with more than a
quarter of a century of broadcast experience, Brian Williams
maintains a youthful exuberance that is appreciated by fans
of every sport he covers.
Having
covered virtually every professional and major amateur sports
event around the globe, Williams' broadcasting style has won
numerous awards and praise from critics. Williams took home
his sixth Gemini Award in the Best Sports Broadcaster category
for his work at the 2000 Olympic Summer Games an honour that
was bestowed upon him the previous year for his hosting role
at the 1999 Pan Am Games. In 1998, Williams also won the Gemini
for his work as the prime-time host at the 1998 Nagano Olympics.
He has also earned the Foster Hewitt Award twice.
In
the fall of 2000, prior to the Olympic Games in Australia,
Williams hosted The Olympians: A Century of Canadian Heroes,
a documentary series chronicling the stories of Canadians
who have made a mark on the Olympic stage.
The
2002 Winter Olympic Games from Salt Lake City mark Williams'
ninth Olympic hosting assignment for the network.
Williams
has also hosted Grey Cup Weekend, Formula 1 Racing, World
Cup skiing, World Figure Skating Championships, World Junior
Hockey Championships, horse racing, championship golf and
tennis. He also provides play-by-play coverage of Blue Jays
Baseball on CBC.
Born
in Winnipeg, Williams is a political science honors graduate
of Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He began calling
university basketball play-by-play in 1967, and started his
professional career in radio with Toronto's CHUM. After a
year at CFRB Radio in Toronto, he joined CBC Television's
Toronto station, CBLT.
Williams
lives in Toronto with his wife and three daughters.
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