Weeks, Bob

Year Inducted / Année Intronisé:

2016

Province / Province:

Ontario

Category / Catégorie:

Media

Biography / Biographie:

Bob Weeks has spent most of his journalism career chronicling the sport of curling, and is one of the most respected and wide-read curling journalists on the planet.

“I’m extremely humbled to receive this honour,” said Weeks. “To be able to join so many greats of the game — including other curling writers and broadcasters such as Bill Good, Jack Matheson, Jack Wells and Vic Rauter — is a huge thrill.”

In addition to his newspaper and television work, Weeks has authored four books about curling — The Brier: A History of Canada’s Most Celebrated Curling Championship; Curling For Dummies; Hurry Hard: The Russ Howard Story (co-authored with Russ Howard); and Curling, Etcetera.

He spent more than 25 years as the curling columnist for the Globe and Mail, and also was editor of the Ontario Curling Report for 30 years.

Weeks, a Toronto native, currently is working as a curling reporter/analyst for TSN.

A three-time winner of the Scotty Harper Award for curling journalism, Weeks was made an Honourary Life Member of the Ontario Curling Association in 2009.