Gabriel Morency (born August 10, 1970) is a
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
sports broadcaster, who hosted the daily shows Morency and Covers Experts on
Hardcore Sports Radio as well as Sports Rage on both Hardcore Sports Radio (HSR) and
The Score Television Network
Sportsnet 360 (SN360) is a Canadian discretionary specialty channel owned by Rogers Media. The channel was launched in 1994 as the licence-exempt service Sportscope, which featured a display of sports news and scores. In 1997, the network was ...
. He was also a host on Team 1040 in Vancouver and Team 990 in Montreal. In November 2018 he launched a new show with Corey Parsons and Michelle Serpico, The Morning After on
FNTSY Sports Network
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The channel primarily syndicates sports talk programming pertaining to fantasy sports, including sports radio-styled programs and vodcasts. ...
in New York City. He now hosts several shows for Sportsgrid TV alongside Scott Ferrall, live from the Meadowlands.
Montreal/Team 990
Morency was born in
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...
,
Quebec
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. Before becoming a broadcaster, Morency played minor hockey and was on his way to England to play professionally, but chose a career in entertainment, dropping out of school to tour in a rock/metal band named ''Homicide''. Ultimately, he ended up in radio after a local Montreal radio talent suggested that he get his own show.
In Montreal, Morency also wrote in the
Montreal Mirror
''Montreal Mirror'' or just ''Mirror'' was a free English language alternative newsweekly based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada which was distributed every Thursday. It had a circulation of 70,000 and reached a quarter of a million readers per week.
...
, a free press newspaper and was host of The Blue Line, a
Montreal Canadiens
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postgame show, and Sports Line Saturday, as well as a weekly
Montreal Expos
The Montreal Expos (french: link=no, Les Expos de Montréal) were a Canadian professional baseball team based in Montreal, Quebec. The Expos were the first Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located outside the United States. They played in t ...
Show. He hosted the show Sports Weekly before joining the Team 990 channel.
Morency placed fourth in the Montreal Readers Poll as the biggest sports personality in the city behind only
José Théodore
José Nicolas Théodore (born September 13, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens, Colorado Avalanche, Washington Capitals, Minnesota Wild, and Flori ...
,
Saku Koivu
Saku Antero Koivu (; born November 23, 1974) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He began his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens in 1995–96 after three seasons with TPS of the ...
and
Vladimir Guerrero
Vladimir Alvino Guerrero Sr. (born February 9, 1975), nicknamed "Vlad the Impaler", is a Dominican former professional baseball player who spent 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right fielder and designated hitter. He played for ...
in 2005. He has placed lower in recent years.
Hardcore Sports Radio
On November 17, 2006, Morency announced that he would be leaving the Team 990 on December 1, 2006. 11 days later, he was on
Hardcore Sports Radio, in Toronto, co-hosting Hardcore Football Sunday and later, hosting ''Sports Rage''. As well, he made picks on ''To the Point'', a television show on
The Score. Morency had several regulars on his show.
''Sports Rage'' was also known for "Road Rages", the title given to shows which were broadcast at various venues around North America where Morency and his listeners come together, usually accompanied by guest stars. ''Sports Rage'' also had regular callers, including "The Rickster", Brandon in St. Louis, Avry in Edmonton, Rocco in California, Rob in Boston, "Bruder", and "Baroni", among many others. "Cage Calls" were also a common event on the show. The most recent Cage Call was on December 23, 2008 with "The Rickster" and Drew in Nelson, BC. "Cage Calls" featured two callers who talk "smack" back and forth. Previously, when Sportsrage was on the Team 990, "Cage Call" Championships were held. Champions included The Spoiler, Johnny Powers, Mike from the Gas Station and Madness. ''Sports Rage'' also had a position of power that was given to the callers and Sports Rage staff known as the Councilman. The first councilman election was won by Eric Cohen. Later councilmen included Rickster and Avry in Edmonton who was the last known councilman when the post was vacated by Eric Cohen who replaced Rickster after he stepped down. The position was soon retired on Hardcore Sports Radio after Morency left the company.
Morency was joined by fellow The Score/Hardcore Sports Radio personality
Cam Stewart on two shows by the names of Morency and Covers Experts' (Formerly ''Game On!'') that broadcast on Hardcore Sports Radio Sirius 98. Gabe and Cam were joined by
Greg Sansone
Greg Sansone is a Canadian sportscaster. He was an anchor and reporter for The Score and later became vice president of television for the network. He is currently the VP of programming and general manager of Sportsnet 360, the Canadian sports cha ...
during ''Morency'', and a different member of the Covers.com website to break down the night in betting during Covers Experts. They often talked to Las Vegas Sports Insider expert Brian Blessing, who Morency gave the nicknames "Ricky Rickshaw" (from a prior incident where it was suggested he start a
Rickshaw
A rickshaw originally denoted a two- or three-wheeled passenger cart, now known as a pulled rickshaw, which is generally pulled by one person carrying one passenger. The first known use of the term was in 1879. Over time, cycle rickshaws (also ...
Business in Vegas) and "Kenny Rogers"(because of a caller who said the photo of him that was used looked like
the singer). Covers Experts was broadcast every weekday at 6:30pm EST on The Score Television Network and Hardcore Sports Radio. Morency also appeared alongside
Cam Stewart and Sarah Meehan at the last segment of the show ''
Drive This!
''Drive This!'' was a sports radio talk show produced from The Score Television Network studios in Toronto, Canada. It was broadcast weekdays from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET on Hardcore Sports Radio Sirius channel 98 with various repeat times and ...
'' on Hardcore Sports Radio hosted by
Richard Garner
Richard Garner (born April 20, 1969) is a Canadian sports broadcaster, producer and the former vice-president of programming at The Score Television Network.
Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Garner grew up in Aylmer, Quebec, where he learned to speak Fre ...
.
Departure from HSR
Morency left Sirius / The Score in November 2009 to 'go solo', and in early December, 2009 he started ''Morency Sports''.
On November 3, 2009, it was officially announced by his superiors that Morency was let go by Score Media on a new HSR show called "The Meeting." Confidentiality agreements between Morency and the Score Media were in place when "The Meeting" was broadcasting and his superiors were unable to provide details/reasons about Morency's departure from Score Media.
Morency Sports
On December 4, 2009, Morency launched MorencySports.com. ''Sports Rage'' aired live Monday to Friday from 10 P.M. to 12 A.M. via webcast.
Other shows on the site included ''Gametime Decisions'', ''MMA Meltdown'' and ''Avry's Sports Show''.
Morency brought a large portion of his former Sirius Radio audience with him and attracted some of his on-air talent as well. Former NFL linesman
Kyle Turley
Kyle John Turley (born September 24, 1975) is a former American football offensive tackle who played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Selected 7th overall in the 1998 NFL draft, Turley played five seasons for the New Orleans ...
was on board with Morency as was Arena Leaguer Rich 'Moose' Salzer also covered football on air with Morency for nine years.
FNTSY Sports Network
Morency is now hosting multiple shows on the network, including ''Game Time Decisions'', which include bets and DraftKings picks, and Morency Unfiltered. In October 2018, he began hosting the morning show ''Carton and Friends'' after Craig Carton took a leave of absence from the station. Morency began hosting ''The Morning After'' in November 2018.
In August 2017, he began doing late night content on SBRpicks.com a subsidiary of Costa Rican sportsbook news and information company SBRforum.com. He's also featured on Sunday for NFL commentary with Donnie Rightside and Jeff "The Big Man on Campus" Nadu.
References
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1970 births
Canadian sports talk radio hosts
People from Montreal
Living people
French Quebecers
Canadian television sportscasters