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 endears him to fans of every sport he covers.
His broadcasting style has won numerous awards and praise from the critics. Williams keeps CBC-TV Sports’ viewers on top of the scores, the story, behind the scenes and the breaking dramas. It’s a role he has performed since the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Having covered virtually every professional and major amateur sports event in Canada, Williams has earned the Foster Hewitt Award twice and is a four-time Gemini Award winner for Outstanding Sportscaster.
In 1996, Williams hosted live daily coverage, including the prime time
and late night shows from the Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta - his 7th
Olympics. Brian will be the CBC PrimeTime anchor for the next 5 Olympic
Games beginning with the Summer Olympics in Sydney Australia in the year
2,000.
| Brian 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. |
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