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Friday, February 26, 2010

Narrating Canada’s Quest for Gold in Men’s Hockey (NY Times)

From The New York Times:

By KAREN CROUSE
Published: February 26, 2010

Like platooning goaltenders, the Canadian hockey announcers Chris Cuthbert and Gord Miller are taking turns behind the microphone, their voices providing the soundtrack for Canada’s Xanadu production.

As broadcasters for TSN (The Sports Network), they are providing an oral history of the men’s competition at these Winter Games that is destined to be passed down to future generations. More than half the country’s population has tuned in to hear Cuthbert and Miller describe Canada’s rocky run to Friday’s semifinal against Slovakia.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/27/sports/olympics/27voices.html?hp

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