Don Chevrier
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Don Chevrier is a television and radio sports announcer. As of 2004, he broadcasts for NBC Universal Television (NBC).
He began his broadcasting career in Edmonton, Alberta at the age of 16 covering high school sports for radio. From 1972 to 1981, he was co-host of "Curling Classic", a television programme on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) that was earlier hosted by Alex Trebek.
In 1977, he became the original television voice of the Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball team. He spent the next 20 years as a commentator on the Jays' television broadcast crew.
Chevrier has also provided television network coverage of the Olympic Games for North American audiences since 1972, working for the CBC, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), and CTV Television Network before moving on to NBC. More recently, he covered events at the 2004 Summer Olympics, including badminton, table tennis, and synchronized swimming for NBC, and, along with longtime partner, Don Duguid, called curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin for NBC.