Jeff Blair
Jeff Blair | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 30, 1960 |
| Occupation(s) | Newspaper Columnist and Sports Broadcaster |
| Notable credit(s) | The Globe and Mail and Sportsnet |
Jeff Blair (born March 30, 1960) is a Canadian newspaper columnist for The Globe and Mail, a sports columnist for Sportsnet and sports talk radio host on Sportsnet 590 The FAN in Toronto.[1]
In June 2019, Blair took over as a host of the long-running, nationally syndicated evening sports radio show Prime Time Sports (also simulcast on television via Sportsnet 360), with co-hosts Stephen Brunt or Richard Deitsch. In October 2019, with the end of Prime Time Sports, Blair, Brunt and Deitsch moved to a mid-afternoon time slot with the debut of Writers Bloc.
Blair was previously a sports columnist for The Globe and Mail and a baseball beat reporter for The Montreal Gazette. In 2012, he also wrote a book, Full Count: Four Decades of Blue Jays Baseball. He began his career as a 19-year-old in 1979.[2]
In 2010, Blair was named to the roll of honour of the Manitoba Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association.[3] In 2018, Blair was awarded the Jack Graney Award by the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame as "a member of the media who has made significant contributions to baseball in Canada through their life’s work."[4]
Personal life
[edit]Blair was born in Kingston, Ontario,[5] but raised in Morden, Manitoba. He went to school at the University of Manitoba. As of 2012, Blair resides in Hamilton, Ontario with his wife Shelley and daughter Emma Rose.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Jeff Blair, Richard Deitsch & Stephen Brunt (31 March 2020). "Kawhi's Game-Winner and What's Next for the NBA". Writers Bloc (Podcast). Sportsnet. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ Jeff Blair & Stephen Brunt (13 March 2020). "Live From Chateau de Wagner". Writers Bloc (Podcast). Sportsnet. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "RRC Media Roll of Honour past winners gallery". Manitoba Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
- ^ "SPORTSNET'S JEFF BLAIR NAMED WINNER OF CANADIAN BASEBALL HALL OF FAME'S JACK GRANEY AWARD - Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum". Archived from the original on 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
- ^ "SPORTSNET'S JEFF BLAIR NAMED WINNER OF CANADIAN BASEBALL HALL OF FAME'S JACK GRANEY AWARD - Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum". Archived from the original on 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
- ^ Blair, Jeff (April 2014). Full Count: Four Decades of Blue Jays Baseball. Random House of Canada. ISBN 978-0345812544.