Bruce Dowbiggin is a Canadian sports broadcaster, journalist and writer.
24 Facts About Bruce Dowbiggin
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Bruce Dowbiggin has authored several books about ice hockey and received two Gemini Awards for sports broadcasting.
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Bruce Dowbiggin attended Lindsay Place High School in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, and then Nelson High School in Burlington, Ontario after his family moved.
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In 1974, Bruce Dowbiggin was one of the early editors of the student newspaper in Mississauga, The Medium.
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Bruce Dowbiggin graduated from the Mississauga campus of the University of Toronto in 1977, with a degree in English and Drama.
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Bruce Dowbiggin began his journalistic career with TV Guide magazine before transitioning to broadcasting with CBC Radio in 1984.
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Bruce Dowbiggin later co-hosted the television broadcast of the 1988 Caribana parade, and began broadcasting with CBC Newsworld in 1990.
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Bruce Dowbiggin made his reputation in journalism by investigating Alan Eagleson.
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Bruce Dowbiggin was the first Canadian journalist to report on investigations into Eagleson and how National Hockey League players' pensions were mismanaged, with a series of articles in 1991.
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Bruce Dowbiggin later collaborated with American journalist Russ Conway on another set of articles in February 1993.
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Bruce Dowbiggin was critical of how slowly the Law Society of Upper Canada investigated the allegations against Eagleson, prior to another article published by Stevie Cameron.
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Bruce Dowbiggin later said that television sports "ignore[s] the real problems when they come up", and criticized sportcasters by saying "the idea of having to turn on one of their own is too difficult for them".
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Bruce Dowbiggin's investigative reporting on Eagleson earned him a Gemini Award in 1993.
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Later in 1993, Bruce Dowbiggin released a book on Eagleson titled The Defense Never Rests.
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Bruce Dowbiggin wrote the article "Pedal to the Medal", where he contrasted the efforts of Olympic hopeful Tanya Dubnicoff to athletes that had better funding.
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Bruce Dowbiggin was given the opportunity to anchor CBC's television coverage of the 1994 Commonwealth Games and 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as radio coverage of the 1998 Winter Olympics.
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Bruce Dowbiggin moved from Toronto to Calgary in 1998 to work for the Calgary Herald.
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In 2003, Bruce Dowbiggin authored a book titled Money Players which was a finalist for the 2004 National Business Book Award.
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Bruce Dowbiggin stayed with The Globe and Mail from 2009 until 2013.
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In 2014, Bruce Dowbiggin wrote Ice Storm: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Vancouver Canucks Team Ever.
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Bruce Dowbiggin is a columnist at Not the Public Broadcaster alongside Rhys and Evan Bruce Dowbiggin, and works as a sports columnist for Troy Media.
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Bruce Dowbiggin is one of five sons born to Mary and Bill Bruce Dowbiggin in Montreal.
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Bruce Dowbiggin's brother Ian Dowbiggin is a professor and author.
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Bruce Dowbiggin's grandfather fought in World War I, and four of his family members fought in World War II for Canada.