Marty York

Marty York is a Canadian columnist for the National Post, and former sports journalist with The Globe and Mail, TSN, Sportsnet, and Metro newspapers across Canada.

Biography York was born in Toronto and studied political science and history at York University. He began his journalistic career as a young reporter and summer staffer for The Globe and Mail, covering both sports and news during his high school and university days.

Career York first wrote for The Globe as a teenager in 1974, after a reporter who visited his class recruited him to write about amateur sports.

While on assignment in 1989, York was in the upper deck of San Francisco's Candlestick Park, preparing to cover the World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics, when the deadly Loma Prieta earthquake struck. York escaped unscathed but witnessed the horrible aftermath of the tragedy.

York spent part of his time with the Globe as the paper's Associate Sports Editor.

During and after his decades with the Globe, York emerged as one of the "insiders" in TV sports coverage and worked for both of Canada's leading sports TV networks, TSN and Sportsnet. His segment with Sportsnet was called The York Report, and he broke countless sports stories in that role. He became well known for his signoff on The York Report, which consisted of him pointing a finger at the camera and bidding farewell. York was a member of TSN's original CFL panel.

York at times reported hostile treatment from athletes, including incidents where he said Blue Jays players threw items such as socks and food at him during team flights. In 1993, former Blue Jays' star George Bell reportedly lost his temper when York was questioning him, angrily exclaiming that York should "get the hell over to Saskatchewan or Calgary and cover Canadian football like you're supposed to."

In 1990, York reported that hockey legend Bobby Orr had become a pariah at York University's sports clinic after he stopped supporting their efforts. York claimed that the clinic subsequently wanted nothing to do with Orr.

York sparked another controversy in 2006 when he claimed that Toronto Raptors players were secretly rooting to see their coach, Sam Mitchell, ousted from the job. In recent years, York repeatedly claimed on Twitter that Blue Jays manager John Gibbons would imminently be fired—something he later acknowledged was at least in part meant as a joke.

York has at times been confused by some with the actor of the same name, most famous for the film The Sandlot.

Time with B'nai Brith In January, 2016, York was appointed to the dual role of Senior Coordinator of Media and Sports for B'nai Brith Canada, the country's oldest Jewish human-rights organization.

In 2019, during York's time as Director of Communications, B'nai Brith unearthed a series of controversial comments and social media posts made by Hassan Guillet, a parliamentary candidate for the Liberal Party in that year's Canadian federal election. When B'nai Brith went public with its findings, the Liberal Party dropped Guillet as a candidate. The story received considerable national media coverage.

York spoke to the media on B'nai Brith's behalf when the organization successfully advocated for the firing of Ryerson University teaching assistant Ayman Elkasrawy, who was accused of making antisemitic remarks in the classroom.

According to his LinkedIn profile, York left B'nai Brith Canada in 2026. He has since become a contributor to the National Post.

Personal life York is Jewish and the son of Holocaust survivors. He lives in Thornhill, Ontario.

York has indicated that out of the sports he covered, his personal favorite was football, and his second favorite was baseball.