Veteran TSN broadcaster Darren “Dutchy” Dutchyshen, long-time host of SportsCentre, has died. He was 57.
“Darren Dutchyshen was a legend of Canadian sports activities broadcasting, an excellent teammate, and a vital a part of TSN for the final three many years,” mentioned Stewart Johnston, Senior Vice President, Gross sales & Sports activities, Bell Media, in a assertion to TSN.
“A bigger-than-life persona, Darren’s unimaginable sense of humour and magnetic power made him a pure broadcaster who linked simply with viewers. His enthusiasm reminded us day by day of why we love sports activities. Most importantly, Darren was a buddy to all of us at TSN, and we are going to miss him dearly. Our ideas and heartfelt condolences are together with his family members.”
Dutchyshen started his TSN profession in 1995 and have become a mainstay over the following three many years.
He was born in Regina, Sask., and raised in Porcupine Plain, Sask.
He minimize his enamel within the broadcast business with early jobs at STV in Saskatoon and IMTV in Dauphin, Man.
He went on to work seven years because the host of ITV’s Sports activities Evening in Edmonton (now International Edmonton).
His TSN profession started as weekend host of SportsDesk and CFL Dwell, earlier than shifting over to host the late evening version of SportsCentre.
Dutchyshen was identified with prostate most cancers in 2021, forcing him to step away from the printed desk to handle his well being. He returned to the printed in September 2022, regardless of having metastatic most cancers current all through his physique.
“The place that I really feel finest is true right here,” he mentioned throughout his return to the SportsCentre desk.
“He handed as he was surrounded by his closest family members,” the Dutchyshen household mentioned in an announcement to TSN.
“His sharp wit remained till his closing moments, classically delivering loads of jokes — most of them fairly good and all of them inappropriate.”
TSN says it plans to honour Dutchyshen over the approaching days, inviting shut buddies and associates to share their reminiscences “about what made him really one among a sort.”
Inside an hour of the announcement of his passing Thursday, the time period “RIP Dutchy” started to pattern on X (previously Twitter), with sports activities followers and business colleagues sharing their reminiscences and tributes.
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