Brendan Dunlop

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Brendan Dunlop is a Canadian sportscaster known for his anchoring and hosting duties on The Score and Sportsnet television networks.

Dunlop was born and raised in Windsor, Ontario, where he graduated from Catholic Central High School. Dunlop grew up a sports fan and had aspirations of becoming a sports journalist from watching Ray Ramano's character on Everybody Loves Raymond. [1] Dunlop graduated from the University of Guelph-Humber. [2] He originally wanted to be an actor.

Dunlop first gained attention cohosting The Footy Show on The Score. He was a co-host on The Hardcore Footy Show when this show was broadcast on Hardcore Sports Radio, Sirius XM Radio channel 98, alongside English sportscasters Kristian Jack and James Sharman. [3] [4] He was cohost of the Fox Soccer News , on the now-defunct Canadian channel Fox Sports World Canada. [5] Dunlop also hosted Soccer Central on Sportsnet. [6] He co-anchored the Sportsnet Central program's weekend edition. [7] [8]

In 2020, Dunlop joined the OneSoccer on-air team, providing play-by-play commentary and hosted magazine shows during their coverage of the Canadian Premier League's 2020 season. [9]

On July 10, 2023, Brendan made his TSN debut, filling in for hosting duties on the primetime radio show, Overdrive.

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References

  1. ↑ "The WinCity Sports Podcast EP 185: Brandon Dunlop". wincitysports.buzzsprout.com. March 5, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Interview with Brendan Dunlop, Sportsnet Central Anchor". urgenkuyee.com. July 10, 2017.
  3. ↑ Kennedy, Paul (August 16, 2012). "New Fox Soccer News show debuts Friday". SoccerAmerica.
  4. ↑ "Sportsnet Partners with FOX Soccer to Launch Nightly Soccer News Show, Premiering Aug. 17". channelcanada.com. August 16, 2012.
  5. ↑ "FOX Soccer launches new nightly show". FOX Sports. August 17, 2012.
  6. ↑ Vlessing, Etan (August 20, 2012). "Sportsnet pacts with Fox on nightly Soccer Central news show". playbackonline.ca.
  7. ↑ Chen, Dalson (November 21, 2016). "Ron MacLean and Sportsnet pay tribute to Windsor with Hometown Hockey Tour". Windsor Star.
  8. ↑ "Sportsnet Central". Sportsnet.ca. Archived from the original on June 21, 2020.
  9. ↑ OneSoccer, MEDIAPRO Canada (September 10, 2020). "Meet the OneSoccer Experts".
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