Kayla Grey
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{{short description|Canadian television sportscaster (born 1893)}}
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Kayla Grey (born January 2, 1993) is a Canadian television sportscaster, currently working as an anchor for SportsCentre on TSN.
Career
A graduate of Toronto's College of Sports Media, Grey began her broadcasting career in Winnipeg as a Digital Broadcast Journalist for Global News. She then moved to Prince Rupert, BC to become a senior reporter for CFTK-TV news. The Toronto native joined TSN in 2015 as an on-air update anchor and radio producer for TSN 1050. Kayla Grey became an anchor and reporter for TSN in 2017.{{Cite web|title=Kayla Grey|url=https://www.tsn.ca/talent/kayla-grey-1.1389775|website=TSN|language=en|access-date=May 1, 2020}} When she made her debut on Sportscentre on January 19, 2018, Grey became the first black woman to ever host a flagship sports highlight show in Canada.{{Cite web|title=Squawking Chicken's Year of the Pig zodiac for the Rat|url=http://www.laineygossip.com/squawking-chicken-s-year-of-the-pig-zodiac-for-the-rat/51769|last=Lainey|date=January 21, 2019|website=www.laineygossip.com|access-date=May 1, 2020}}{{Cite web|title=What A Sports Reporter Wears To Work|url=http://www.ellecanada.com/fashion/street-style/what-a-sports-reporter-wears-to-work|website=Elle Canada|language=en|access-date=May 1, 2020}}
She also makes frequent appearances on TSN Radio 1050 in Toronto and TSN Radio 1150 in Hamilton covering the Toronto Raptors, and contributes regular sports updates to CTV’s Your Morning. In 2019, Grey reported on the Toronto Raptors historic NBA championship run for TSN. She also joined CTV's fan-favourite reality series The Amazing Race Canada 7 as an official race correspondent for Etalk and also hosted The Amazing Race Canada: The Ride Along.{{Citation|title=The Amazing Race Canada: Ride Along|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt11449112/|access-date=May 1, 2020}} Most recently, it was announced that Grey will host the weekend edition of SPORTS AM by TSN on the new American short-form mobile video platform Quibi.{{Cite web|title=Bell Media Announces Anchors for Quibi's Daily Essentials Programs in Canada|url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/bell-media-announces-anchors-for-quibi-s-daily-essentials-programs-in-canada-864473582.html|last=Media|first=Bell|website=www.newswire.ca|language=en|access-date=May 1, 2020}}
Grey is the host and co-executive producer for The Shift With Kayla Grey.{{Cite web |last=TSN Staff |date=May 6, 2021 |title=TSN Announces New Series THE SHIFT WITH KAYLA GREY POWERED BY DELL XPS, Launching May 13 |url=https://www.tsn.ca/tsn-announces-new-series-the-shift-with-kayla-grey-powered-by-dell-xps-launching-may-13-1.1635553 |website=TSN}} In 2020, she was named Chatelaine's Woman of the Year and Refinery 29s Powerhouse Women.{{Cite web |title=Kayla Grey Awards |url=https://www.kaylagrey.com/about |url-status=live |website=Kayla Grey |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106172628/https://www.kaylagrey.com/about/ |archive-date=January 6, 2019 }} In 2022, she was named alongside Kathleen Newman-Bremang and Amanda Parris as one of the recipients of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's inaugural Changemaker Award at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards.Corey Atad, [https://web.archive.org/web/20220118132537/https://etcanada.com/news/858371/canadian-screen-award-academy-announces-2022-special-award-honourees-and-changemakers/ "Canadian Screen Award Academy Announces 2022 Special Award Honourees And Changemakers"]. ET Canada, January 18, 2022.
Personal life
Her hometown is Toronto, Ontario.{{Cite web|title=KAYLAGREY.COM-About |url=https://www.kaylagrey.com/about |website=kaylagrey |language=en-US |access-date=January 17, 2021}}
She attended Don Mills Collegiate in North York, Ontario.
Grey has a son named, Levi.{{Cite web|title=BYBLACKS.COM |url=https://byblacks.com/profiles/personalities/item/2490-kayla-grey-the-first-black-woman-to-anchor-a-national-tv-sports-show-in-canada |website=byblacks |language=en-US |access-date=February 15, 2020}}
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Category:Women sports commentators
Category:Canadian sports announcers
Category:Journalists from Toronto
Category:Black Canadian broadcasters
Category:Canadian Screen Award winners
Category:Black Canadian journalists
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