Hazel Mae
{{Short description|Filipino-Canadian sportscaster}}
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| name = Hazel Mae
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| birth_name = Hazel Mae Cagulada
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|4|7}}
| birth_place = Tagbilaran, Philippines[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/fitness/hazel-mae-works-out-for-her-baby-and-herself/article4512421/ Hazel Mae works out for her baby – and herself] Globe and Mail
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| education = York University
| occupation = Sportscaster
| years_active = 2001–present
| spouse = Kevin Barker
| children = 1{{cite web | url=https://www.thestar.com/life/fashion_style/2018/03/01/hazel-mae-of-sportsnet-scores-with-dress-line.html | title=Hazel Mae of Sportsnet scores with dress line | website=Toronto Star | date=March 2018 }}
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Hazel Mae Barker (born April 7, 1970), known professionally as Hazel Mae, is a Filipino-Canadian sportscaster.
She was the former lead anchor for the New England Sports Network's SportsDesk news program and most recently the anchor on MLB Network. Mae worked for Sportsnet until 2004, when she left to work for NESN SportsDesk. Mae returned on November 14, 2011.{{cite news| url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hazel-mae-reconnects-with-sportsnet/article4182652/ | location=Toronto | work=The Globe and Mail | title=Hazel Mae reconnects with Sportsnet | date=November 3, 2011}}
Mae grew up in Toronto and began her sports broadcasting career hosting a sports update show on campus at York University.
Mae worked as a Field Level Reporter for TBS MLB Tuesday starting in 2022.
Broadcast career
=Rogers Sportsnet=
Hazel Mae anchored the morning edition of Sportsnetnews on Rogers Sportsnet, one of Canada's all-sports networks. In addition to her duties on Sportsnetnews, Mae was the host of JZone, a weekly magazine show dedicated to all things Toronto Blue Jays, also owned by Rogers Sportsnet. Mae began her tenure at the network providing sports updates to its radio affiliates throughout Ontario. In 2002, she and two fellow Sportsnet co-workers posed in lingerie in Urban Male Magazine.
=NESN=
Mae subsequently moved to Boston, where she became the lead anchor for NESN's SportsDesk from December 2004 to June 2008. She also hosted The Ultimate Red Sox Show, NESN's Red Sox week-in-review program and The Buzz, the Boston Bruins top-ten in-season show. On June 2, 2008, NESN announced Mae would be leaving the network at the end of the month, and she made her final Sportsdesk broadcast on June 28.{{cite news
|url=http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2008/06/hazel_mae_leavi.html
|title=Mae, NESN will part ways | date=2008-06-03 |publisher=Boston Globe | author=Chad Finn |access-date=2008-06-03}} During her tenure at NESN, her popularity was reflected by her nomination to be considered for the first president of Red Sox Nation.{{cite web
|url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fan_forum/redsox_nation_celebrity_nominations.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806130544/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fan_forum/redsox_nation_celebrity_nominations.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 6, 2007 |title=Celebrity Nominations |work=MLB.com |access-date=2008-08-30}} The position eventually went to the late Jerry Remy.{{cite web
|url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20071003&content_id=2247504&vkey=pr_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012025000/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20071003&content_id=2247504&vkey=pr_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 12, 2007 |title=Jerry Remy wins election as President of Red Sox Nation | date=2007-10-03 |work=MLB.com |access-date=2008-08-30}}
=MLB Network=
In August 2008, it was announced that Mae would become a host/reporter on MLB Network.{{cite web
|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view/2008_08_30_Hazel_Mae_will_pitch_for_the_MLB_Network/srvc=home&position=4
|title=Hazel Mae will pitch for the MLB Network | date=2008-08-30 |publisher=Boston Herald | author=Jessica Heslam
|access-date=2008-08-30}}
Since 2009, she has appeared on Hot Stove, MLB Tonight, 30 Clubs in 30 Days, and Quick Pitch for the channel, as well as hosting the re-airing of Mark Buehrle's perfect game. In 2011, she became host of a new program, The Rundown, along with Matt Yaloff.
=Return to Sportsnet=
On September 19, 2011, it was announced that Hazel would leave MLB Network and return to Sportsnet.{{cite web|url=http://fangsbites.com/2011/09/breaking-hazel-mae-leaves-mlb-network-for-rogers-sportsnet/|title=BREAKING: Hazel Mae Leaves MLB Network For Rogers Sportsnet | date=2011-09-19 |publisher=Fang's Bites | author=Ken Fang |access-date=2011-09-19}}{{cite news|last=Dowbiggin|first=Bruce|title=Hazel Mae reconnects with Sportsnet|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hazel-mae-reconnects-with-sportsnet/article2224646/|publisher=The Globe and Mail|access-date=3 November 2011|location=Toronto}} It was announced on-air during the Toronto Maple Leafs game on November 3 that she would be debuting on November 14 as anchor of the 6pm edition of Sportsnet Connected. Mae went on to anchor the show until July 1, 2015, when it was replaced by Tim & Sid. She currently works on Sportsnet broadcasts of Toronto Blue Jays games as their field-level reporter.
Personal life
She is married to former Major League Baseball first baseman Kevin Barker.{{cite web
|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1310749=5
|title=Sorry fellas, Hazel Mae's hitch | date=2011-01-20 |publisher=Boston Herald | author=Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa with Megan Johnson |access-date=2011-01-20}} She currently has one son with him, Chase.{{cite web | url=https://www.thestar.com/life/fashion_style/2018/03/01/hazel-mae-of-sportsnet-scores-with-dress-line.html | title=Hazel Mae of Sportsnet scores with dress line | website=Toronto Star | date=March 2018 }}
References
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{{MLB Network}}
{{Major League Baseball on TBS}}
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Category:Television anchors from Boston
Category:Canadian expatriate journalists in the United States
Category:Canadian television sportscasters
Category:Filipino emigrants to Canada
Category:Journalists from Toronto
Category:Women baseball announcers
Category:Women sports commentators
Category:York University alumni
Category:MLB Network personalities
Category:Canadian women television journalists
Category:Major League Baseball broadcasters