Darren John Dutchyshen (December 19, 1966 – May 15, 2024) was a Canadian sportscaster who co-hosted the evening edition of ''

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'' on TSN.

Broadcasting career

Dutchyshen started his broadcasting career as a sportscaster at STV

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(now that city's

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station). After a year, he moved to IMTV in Dauphin, Manitoba. He then spent seven years in Edmonton, hosting ''Sports Night'' on ITV (also now a Global station), and for more than two years concurrently hosting a daily radio sportscast on co-owned 630 CHED. Dutchyshen joined TSN in 1995 and became a host of TSN's coverage of the

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(CFL) during the football season and TSN's weekend editions of '' SportsDesk'' (TSN's flagship news programme, later re-named ''SportsCentre'' in 2001). He became a mainstay at TSN's daily sportscasts over the following three decades, often hosting evening or late night editions of ''SportsCentre'' alongside Rod Smith or Jennifer Hedger. He was the host of TSN's ''Olympic Prime Time'' coverage during the

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and

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. He was also the co-host with Canadian trainer and

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Russ Anber in the

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programme ''In This Corner''.

Personal life and death

Dutchyshen was born on December 19, 1966, in

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to John and Betty (née Godlien) Dutchyshen and grew up in the northeastern town of Porcupine Plain. He graduated from the Saskatoon-based Western Academy Broadcasting College (WABC). On September 9, 2021, he announced that he had

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, and detailed it in full a year later in his first show back at ''SportsCentre''. Dutchyshen died on May 15, 2024, at the age of 57. According to a family statement, he was "surrounded by his closest loved ones". Following his death, some media outlets noted that Dutchyshen had quietly been in a long-term relationship with fellow TSN sportscaster Kate Beirness and had three children from a previous marriage.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dutchyshen, Darren 1966 births 2024 deaths Canadian Football League announcers Canadian people of Ukrainian descent Canadian television journalists Canadian television sportscasters National Hockey League broadcasters People from Regina, Saskatchewan