Paul Hollingsworth is a Canadian sports reporter and author based out of

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

, currently working as the Atlantic Canada Bureau Reporter for TSN's flagship sports news program, SportsCentre. He is also a general assignment reporter and anchor for

CTV Atlantic CTV Atlantic (formerly known as the Atlantic Television, or ATV) is a system of four television stations in the Maritimes, owned and operated by the CTV Television Network, a division of Bell Media. Despite the name, it is not available on ba ...

Education

Hollingsworth was born in

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Dartmouth ( ) is an urban community and former city located in the Halifax Regional Municipality of Nova Scotia, Canada. Dartmouth is located on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour. Dartmouth has been nicknamed the City of Lakes, after the larg ...

. He graduated from Saint Mary's University with a Bachelor of Arts in English, as well as a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of King's College.

Career

Hollingsworth began his broadcasting career with CTV in 1995, where he is now a reporter and anchor at

. Hollingsworth joined TSN in November 2001. During his time at the network, in addition to his work as SportsCentre's Atlantic correspondent, Hollingsworth has reported from the

World Series The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, contested since 1903 between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The winner of the World ...

World Baseball Classic The World Baseball Classic (WBC) is an international baseball tournament sanctioned from 2006 to 2013 by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and after 2013 by World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) in partnership with Major Leagu ...

Super Bowl The Super Bowl is the annual final playoff game of the National Football League (NFL) to determine the league champion. It has served as the final game of every NFL season since 1966, replacing the NFL Championship Game. Since 2022, the game ...

2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the ...

Stanley Cup Playoffs The Stanley Cup playoffs (french: Les séries éliminatoires de la Coupe Stanley) is an elimination tournament in the National Hockey League (NHL) consisting of four rounds of best-of-seven series to determine the league champion and the winner ...

Tim Hortons Brier The Tim Hortons Brier, or simply (and more commonly) the Brier (''french: Le Brier''), is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada. The current event name refers to its main sponsor, the Tim Hortons coffee and ...

, and

IIHF World Junior Championship The IIHF World Junior Championship (WJC), or simply the "World Juniors" in ice hockey circles, is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) for national under-20 ice hockey teams from around the world. It is t ...

Publications

In 2006, Hollingsworth co-authored the book, ''All Sorts of Sports Trivia'' and in October 2007, he released his biography of NHL forward Brad Richards which was a best-seller. In November 2010, his third book, ''Sidney Crosby, The Story of a Champion'', was released. It was a top selling soft cover, non-fiction book in Canada upon its release. In October 2015, his fourth book ''Nathan MacKinnon, The NHL's Rising Star ''was released.

References

External links

TSN Bio of Paul Hollingsworth
Canadian people of English descent Canadian television reporters and correspondents Canadian television sportscasters Living people People from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Saint Mary's University (Halifax) alumni 1969 births {{canada-journalist-stub