Lisa Bowes

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Lisa Bowes
Nationality Canadian
Occupation sports anchor

Lisa Bowes is a Canadian sports media personality.

She began her career as an editorial assistant at TSN in 1989. She later became a reporter for TSN in Winnipeg and Calgary. From 1997-1999 she was a commentator for TSN's SportsDesk. She then joined The Score as weekend anchor & host/producer of Sports Axxess.

A graduate of Western University, she made Canadian broadcasting history in 2000 when she became the play-by-play voice for the National Women's Hockey League. [1] She later called basketball games for The Score, WTN & TSN2. While working for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Sports Journal she was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award (formerly Gemini Award) for best writing in an information program or series. [2]

She was CTV's host/reporter for women's hockey at the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games.

She worked as an anchor/reporter at CTV Calgary from 2004–2017.

She is the Author of the Lucy Tries Sports children's book series. [3]

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References

  1. "Lisa Bowes". calgary.ctv.ca. Archived from the original on July 15, 2007.
  2. Bowes, Lisa; Hearne, James (2019). Lucie Tries Basketball; About the author. Orca Books. ISBN   9781459816978.
  3. Green, Kevin (June 9, 2020). "Calgary children's author takes book readings to the doorstep". CTV News.