Scott Russell

Scott Alexander Russell (born 1958) is a Canadian sports writer and former sportscaster. 2016, 2020 and 2024, the 1994 Commonwealth Games and the 1999 Pan American Games.

He has also worked as a studio host on coverage for each of the Winter Olympics of 1992, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022.

He has also periodically worked on Canadian Football League games and curling telecasts as a sideline reporter.

He hosted CBC Sports Saturday from 2003 until 2005. He also hosted CBC's coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Russell is from Oshawa, Ontario, and earned a Master of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1985.

In 2012 he was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his contributions to sports in Canada.

Russell is an honorary board member of the Paralympic Foundation of Canada, advisory board member for the International Centre for Olympic Studies at Western University and has an honorary doctorate (D.Lit.) from Nipissing University.