Mark Lee (sportscaster)
Mark Lee | |
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Born | 1955 or 1956 (age 67–68) Gemini Award, ACTRA Award (2) |
Football career | |
Career information | |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Career history | |
As player | |
1975–1978 | Carleton Ravens |
Mark Lee (born c. 1956) is a
news anchor at CFCF radio in Montreal. Lee then moved to Toronto where he worked at CBC Radio as a national sports reporter where he also hosted the sports magazine show The Inside Track
.
From 2008 to 2014, Lee served as the main western play-by-play voice for Hockey Night in Canada and worked first round playoff series. In addition, he read most of the pre-recorded continuity and sponsorship announcements on CBC Sports broadcasts. For the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics, Lee covered the track and field events for CBC.[4] Lee was the on field reporter for CBC Sports during the 1997 150 metre race between Donovan Bailey and Michael Johnson.[5]
Lee has earned a
Lee was laid off by the CBC in August 2014 after the network ceded control of its NHL coverage to
Rogers Media-owned Sportsnet. Lee has since joined Sportsnet on a part-time basis and mainly covers amateur sporting events.[8]
References
- ^ "CANOE - SLAM! Sports - Columnists - Brodie: Ottawa's Lee gets dream job". Slam.canoe.ca. November 25, 2005. Archived from the original on February 19, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "CIS English : CIS 50th Anniversary Success Stories (Week 7): Mark Lee". English.cis-sic.ca. October 20, 2011. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
- ^ "William Lee Obituary: View William Lee's Obituary by Ottawa Citizen". Legacy.com. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
- ^ "Journalist | Alumni Services". Cualumni.carleton.ca. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013.
- ^ Giddens, David (August 10, 2017). "Meet me in the middle: The weird Donovan Bailey vs. Michael Johnson 150m race". CBC Sports. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
- ^ "Mark Lee". Centennialcollege.ca. December 7, 2011. Archived from the original on March 6, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
- ^ "CBC Sports Online : 2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, Utah : Hosts". Fieldday.com. February 24, 2002. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014.
- ^ "CBC lays off veteran sportscasters Steve Armitage and Mark Lee amid budget cuts". Toronto Star. August 13, 2014.