Cam Stewart (sportscaster)
{{Short description|Canadian sports broadcaster}}
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The Raging Redhead
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Cam Stewart (a.k.a.: Red Heat, The Raging Red Head) (born April 4, 1975) is a Canadian sports broadcaster.{{cite web |title=About Cam Stewart |url=http://www.hardcoresportsradio.com/hosts/index.asp?id=21 |website=hardcoresportsradio.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070501090723/http://www.hardcoresportsradio.com/hosts/index.asp?id=21 |archive-date=May 1, 2007}}
Stewart grew up in the Greater Toronto area and played high school football, where he once recorded four sacks in a single game. He spent time in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, where he was first introduced into the sports media industry.{{cite web|title=Cam Stewart from The Score|date=November 30, 2012|url=http://www.nextsportstar.com/index.php/cam-stewart/|website=NextSportStar|accessdate=24 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620141102/http://www.nextsportstar.com/index.php/cam-stewart/|archive-date=20 June 2016|url-status=dead}}
Stewart hosted the radio program Red Heat on the defunct The Score Satellite Radio and co-hosted Live @theScore and Score on the NFL on The Score Television Network. Other roles on the Score Satellite Radio included co-hosting Drive This!, "Morency" "Covers Experts" and "24in30".
He was a contributor to the FNTSY Sports Network appearing alongside Gabriel Morency and could also be heard on John Oakley's radio program on AM 640 in Toronto.{{cite news |last1=Demontis |first1=Rita |title=SHOP 'TIL YOU DROP: Some friendly competition with Cam |url=https://torontosun.com/life/fashion-beauty/shop-til-you-drop-some-friendly-competition-with-cam |newspaper=Toronto Sun |date=December 19, 2017}}
He is currently an on air host for SportsGrid. He can be heard on Game Time Decisions and In-Game Live.{{cite web |title=Cam Stewart |url=https://www.sportsgrid.com/talent/cam-stewart |website=sportsgrid.com |date=June 2020 |access-date=23 February 2025}}
In November 2024, he stirred controversy during a broadcast of Drew & Stew Podcast when he railed against the Kansas City Chiefs and stated that Taylor Swift should be thrown in Niagara Falls.{{cite magazine |last1=Koster |first1=Kyle |title=Animated Podcaster Frustrated By Chiefs Offers Extreme Taylor Swift Line |url=https://www.si.com/media/animated-podcaster-frustrated-by-chiefs-offers-extreme-taylor-swift-line |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=November 12, 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Staszewski |first1=Joseph |title=SportsGrid podcaster feels wrath of Taylor Swift fans after 'vile' Niagara Falls comment |url=https://nypost.com/2024/11/13/sports/nfl-podcaster-feels-wrath-of-taylor-swift-fans-after-niagara-falls-comment/ |work=New York Post |date=November 13, 2024}} In response, he tweeted: "Didn't mean it bad joke".{{cite web |last1=Songco |first1=Paolo |title=SportsGrid Host Addresses 'Bad' Taylor Swift Joke |url=https://athlonsports.com/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/bad-taylor-swift-joke-apology-under-fire-nfl-podcaster |website=athlonsports.com |date=November 13, 2024}}
References
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External links
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- [http://thehockeybettingpodcast.ca/about-the-best-nhl-podcst/cam-stewart/ Cam Stewart] on The Hockey Betting Podcast
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Category:Canadian people of Scottish descent
Category:Canadian radio sportscasters
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