Rob Faulds (born September 29, 1955) is a Canadian sportscaster on

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. Faulds graduated from Western University and started his broadcasting career at CFPL (AM) in London, Ontario. He then worked for CKSO radio and covered the

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and the

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on location for

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before joining CTV Sports full-time in 1995. In 1998, Faulds was part of the original Sportsnet team and would go on to host the network's flagship sports news program '' Sportsnetnews'' (later re-branded as ''Sportsnet Central''). From 2001 to 2004, he did play-by-play for Toronto Blue Jays telecasts on Sportsnet and has called regional National Hockey League telecasts for the Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens. His home run call for the Blue Jays was "Whattaya think about that?". In the past, he has also called National Lacrosse League games for the network. Faulds currently calls curling and tennis, including the

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and Canadian Open for Sportsnet. On the CTV series '' Power Play'', Faulds was the play-by-play voice of the fictitious ''Hamilton Steelheads''. Faulds served as a fill-in host for the radio talk-show '' Prime Time Sports'' when regular host

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was unable to appear.

References

External links

Faulds' bio on sportsnet.ca
Canadian television sportscasters Canadian radio sportscasters 1955 births Living people People from Hamilton, Ontario Major League Baseball broadcasters Toronto Blue Jays announcers National Hockey League broadcasters Montreal Canadiens announcers Ottawa Senators announcers Lacrosse announcers Canadian Football League announcers Curling broadcasters {{Canada-tv-bio-stub