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Greg Oliver
Greg Oliver (born February 2, 1971 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a Canadian sports writer. He currently resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Early life and education He earned a Bachelor of Applied Arts in journalism, newspaper major, in 1993 from Ryerson Polytechnic University. Writing He is the author of seven books on professional wrestling, and six books on hockey. He is also the co-founder and producer of the Slam Wrestling website, which began as a part of the Sun Media family on the Canoe.ca website. On June 1, 2020, Slam Wrestling ended its association with Postmedia and established SlamWrestling.net. Oliver has contributed to many other publications, including ''The Hockey News'', ''Publishers Weekly'', ''The Globe and Mail'', The ''Toronto Sun'', ''Kingston Whig-Standard'', ''Kitchener-Waterloo Record'', '' Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', ''Fighting Spirit Magazine''. As a teenager, he published ''The Canadian Wrestling Report'' (1985-1990). Oliver's work has been revie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greig Oliver
Greig Hunter Oliver (12 September 1964 – 3 July 2023) was a Scottish rugby union player turned development officer. Early life Oliver was born in Hawick, Scotland, and educated at Hawick High School and Napier College in Edinburgh. He worked as a sports sub-editor at the Southern Reporter. Playing career Oliver, then aged 18, made his first appearance for Hawick RFC in October 1982. He won honours for South of Scotland at junior, under-21 and senior levels, and earned his first senior international cap for Scotland at the inaugural 1987 Rugby World Cup as a replacement for Gary Armstrong in their 60–21 win against Zimbabwe, with Oliver scoring one try and becoming Hawick's 50th international player during the match. The following year, Oliver was part of the uncapped Scotland tour of Zimbabwe, scoring a hat-trick in the 31–10 win against Zimbabwe. Oliver toured Japan in 1989, New Zealand in 1990 and North America in 1991, featuring in 15 out of Scotland's 24 matche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |