Versatile ESPN sportscaster John Saunders dies at 61
Posted Aug 10, 2016 12:16:56 PM.
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Canadian-born ESPN sportscaster John Saunders, who has hosted “The Sports Reporters” for the last 15 years, has died, the network announced. He was 61.
Saunders joined ESPN in 1986. He did play-by-play on various sports, hosted NHL Stanley Cup final coverage and World Series coverage and hosted studio shows for baseball, college football and college basketball.
He also did play-by-play for the Toronto Raptors in the 1990s and worked as a sports anchor at several Canadian outlets.
A cause of death was not announced.
Saunders was also a founding member of the board of directors for The V Foundation for Cancer Research, a charity started by the network after former college basketball coach and ESPN announcer Jim Valvano died of cancer in 1993.
Saunders played hockey at Western Michigan University from 1974-76.
