Terry Jones, nicknamed Large or Jonesy, (born June 25, 1948) is a Canadian journalist and author based in Edmonton, Alberta. He is currently a sports columnist with the ''

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''. Jones was born in Lacombe, Alberta in 1948. He began his sports journalism career when he was in Grade 7 when he wrote sports stories for the ''Lacombe Globe''. He had a syndicated sports column by the time he was in Grade 9, on high school football, published in rural Alberta newspapers. In Grade 10, Jones wrote for the ''

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'', a daily newspaper. In 1967, Jones began his career with the ''

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''. He has covered the Edmonton Oilers from their World Hockey Association days to their present team. Jones also drew a cartoon of Snoopy from Peanuts for the first cover of the Journal's Saturday comics magazine in January 1978. In 1982, Jones became sports columnist at the ''Edmonton Sun''. During his career as a journalist, he has covered 16 Olympic Games (a Canadian journalism record), over 500

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s, and countless Canada Cup and IIHF World Hockey Championships. Jones had also interviewed Joe DiMaggio, notorious for his media shyness, in the 1980s. He authored books on the career of Wayne Gretzky. In 2011, Jones received the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award and was inducted into the

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in the media category (along with Mickey Redmond). Upon this honour he was congratulated by, among many, the Edmonton Oilers and fellow Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky. Other honours he received include Canadian Sports Media sportswriter of the year, and inductions into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame (2002) and

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(2002). He is the third Edmonton sports media member to earn a place in the Hockey Hall of Fame, joining Rod Phillips and Jim Matheson. In 2012, he received a Lifetime Award, the Sports Media Canada George Gross Award for Career Achievement, from Sports Media Canada. He is also a recipient of the Dough Gilbert Award, Bell Memorial Award, Sun Media's ultimate journalism award in 2001, and the Doug Creighton Award for Editorial Excellence. In 2020, Terry was accused of racism by then BC Lions general manager

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. He is married to Linda and has three children; a son, Shane (also a sports journalist), and twin daughters. He resides in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Terry 1940s births Living people Alberta Sports Hall of Fame inductees Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees Canadian sports journalists Elmer Ferguson Award winners People from Lacombe, Alberta