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2020 Jack Graney award winner.
Comes with a letter of authenticity.
Born in Toronto in 1967, Shulman attended the University of Western Ontario and took up broadcasting as an extracurricular activity in his freshman year. He soon found himself doing play-by-play for the university?s basketball, football, and hockey teams, but never seriously considered a career in broadcasting while he was at school.
He graduated in 1989 with a degree in actuarial science and landed a job in his field and worked as an actuary for nearly a year. But he soon discovered that he didn?t enjoy his job, so he started working as an anchor for CKBB, a Barrie, Ont., radio station, on weekends. When he was offered a full-time position with the station in 1990, he quit his job as an actuary for good.
In 1991, Shulman moved on to the FAN 1430 (now Sportsnet 590 The FAN) where he hosted a number of shows, including Prime Time Sports, The Major League Report and Baseball Today. In 1995, he began serving as the Blue Jays? play-by-play commentator alongside Buck Martinez and also working part-time for ESPN.
C’est en 2001 qu’il a joint les rangs du réseau américain à temps plein. De 2002 à 2007, il a été la voix du Wednesday Night Baseball, de 2008 à 2010 du Monday Night Baseball et de 2011 à 2017 du Sunday Night Baseball. Le Torontois décrit également l’action des matchs des séries sur la radio ESPN depuis 1998 et les matchs des Séries mondiales depuis 2011.
On top of his baseball duties, he has been a play-by-play commentator on ESPN?s NCAA basketball broadcasts for 25 years. The versatile play-by-play man has also called NBA contests for TSN and ESPN, NHL games for TSN, and called hockey at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer for CTV in 1994.
Suite à tous ces engagements, Shulman a reçu plusieurs honneurs au cours de sa carrière pour son excellent travailleur sur les ondes. En 2011, il a été nommé l’animateur sportif de l’année du National Sportscasters and Sportswriter Association (NSSA) et le descripteur de l’année à deux reprises (2000 et 2007) selon Sports Media Canada.
Shulman est de nouveau un membre de l’équipe de diffusion aux parties des Blue Jays depuis 2016 et est à l’antenne sur Sportsnet à chaque saison depuis.
The Toronto native has also been named one of eight finalists for the National Baseball Hall of Fame?s 2020 Ford C. Frick Award which is presented annually for broadcasting excellence.
