Gareth Wheeler is a

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and

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for

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(TSN) and TSN 1050 Radio, based in

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. He currently serves as the radio voice of

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on TSN 1050 for games involving TFC on the TSN family of networks.

Career

Wheeler started his career as an editorial assistant at TSN. His first on-air job was hosting Sportsweek on TV Cogeco in Halton Region and in radio at CHRW while at Western. In 2006, Wheeler was hired as host of the ''Grill Room'', a daily Toronto-based sports talk show on

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for

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. The Grill Room’s regular panel featured Toronto Sun writers and columnists, other sports media personalities, and professional athletes. Wheeler hosted over 1200 episodes of the show, interviewing the well known athletes and personalities in the sports world. Wheeler also served as sports segment host for Sun TV’s daily current affair program, ''Canoe Live'' and co-hosted an original fantasy sports program, ''Fantasy Sports: the 411''. In 2007, he became national soccer columnist for the

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and Sun Media with a specific focus on

and the

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teams. In 2010, Wheeler covered the

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in South Africa as reporter/columnist for the National newspaper chain while filing daily hits for television. Wheeler moved back to the TSN family in 2011 as producer and on-air personality for the Drive Home radio show on TSN 1050,
" Lance Armstrong: building deception upon lies" ''Globe and Mail'', BRUCE DOWBIGGIN. Cybulski & Company. He hosted TSN Radio’s national coverage of EURO 2012 and currently hosts and provides play-by-play for

soccer, as well as hosts TSN 1050's ''Game Night''. He also is a soccer writer for TSN.ca, and is called upon by various other media to provide sports commentary. Wheeler is also an in-studio host for TSN 1050's Toronto Raptors coverage and provides colour commentary for the Raptors G-League affiliate,

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. Wheeler co-hosts

's podcast ''Come on You Reds!'' alongside former Toronto FC midfielder

Terry Dunfield Terence Dunfield (born February 20, 1982) is a Canadian former soccer player, coach and pundit who is head coach of Toronto FC's under-17s team, as well as soccer analyst for TSN and colour commentator for OneSoccer. As a player he was a midf ...

. He also co-hosts the TSN's ''Jurassic Pod'' podcast with

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reporter Josh Lewenberg, looking at the Toronto Raptors and NBA news. Since 2019, he has regularly provided play-by-play on

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, Canadian Championship, and Canada National Team matches on

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Personal life

Wheeler was born in Burlington, Ontario. He graduated from the

University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO), also known as Western University or Western, is a public research university in London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by residential neighbourhoods and the Thames R ...

, where he won a National Championship as a five-year member of the

Western Mustangs The Western Mustangs are the athletic teams that represent Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. The school's athletic program supports 46 varsity teams. Their mascot is a Mustang named J.W. and the school colours are purple and wh ...

Men’s Soccer team and was a Syl Basacco Award winner. Wheeler has been battling

malignant melanoma Melanoma, also redundantly known as malignant melanoma, is a type of skin cancer that develops from the pigment-producing cells known as melanocytes. Melanomas typically occur in the skin, but may rarely occur in the mouth, intestines, or eye ...

since 2005. He has become an out-spoken voice for melanoma awareness and sits on the Board of Directors for the Melanoma Network of Canada.Sun News : Melanoma Network of Canada hits hole in one
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wheeler, Gareth Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian television sportscasters Canadian radio sportscasters Canadian sports talk radio hosts People from Burlington, Ontario U Sports soccer players Western Mustangs players Association footballers not categorized by position Association football players not categorized by nationality