Darren John Dutchyshen (December 19, 1966 – May 15, 2024) was a Canadian sportscaster who co-hosted the evening edition of SportsCentre on TSN.[1]
Darren Dutchyshen | |
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| Born | Darren John Dutchyshen December 19, 1966 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Died | May 15, 2024 (aged 57) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Sports broadcaster |
| Known for | TSN, SportsCentre |
| Partner | Kate Beirness |
| Children | 3 |
Broadcasting career
Dutchyshen started his broadcasting career as a sportscaster at STV Saskatoon (now that city's Global station).[2] After a year, he moved to IMTV in Dauphin, Manitoba.[2] 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.[3]
Dutchyshen joined TSN in 1995 and became a host of TSN's coverage of the Canadian Football League (CFL) during the football season and TSN's weekend editions of SportsDesk (TSN's flagship news programme, later re-named SportsCentre in 2001).[1] 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.[4] He was the host of TSN's Olympic Prime Time coverage during the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics.[2] He was also the co-host with Canadian trainer and cutman Russ Anber in the boxing programme In This Corner.[4]
Personal life and death
Dutchyshen was born on December 19, 1966, in Regina, Saskatchewan to John and Betty (née Godlien) Dutchyshen[5] and grew up in the northeastern town of Porcupine Plain.[6] He graduated from the Saskatoon-based Western Academy Broadcasting College (WABC).[7]
On September 9, 2021, he announced that he had prostate cancer, and detailed it in full a year later in his first show back at SportsCentre.[8][9] Dutchyshen died on May 15, 2024, at the age of 57.[4][10][11] According to a family statement, he was "surrounded by his closest loved ones".[10] 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.[11][12]