Matthew Sookram
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Matthew Sookram

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I was born in Thornhill, Ontario, and lived there until I moved to Brampton when I was ten. I attended Bramalea Secondary School and entered a writing contest which I won and as a prize got to be a press reporter for a Raptors game. That was where I first found an interest in the Journalism industry.

I went to York University for a year before moving to North Bay and am attending the Journalism- Print & Broadcast program at Canadore College. My main interest is in baseball and I'm a huge Toronto Blue Jays fan. Being from Toronto I also love the Maple Leafs, and since there is no NFL North of the Border, my team is the Dallas Cowboys. My ultimate goal is to one day be a broadcaster for the Toronto Blue Jays.

I'm very open and friendly and love to discuss sports in any length or context. I am currently the play by play announcer for North Bay Jr. A Trappers hockey on fasthockey.com and I work in the newsroom at CKAT news Rogers radio in North Bay.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Derek Jeter, Roberto Alomar, Alexander Moginly, Emmit Smith, Wayne Rooney

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto Maple Leafs, Dallas Cowboys, England (FIFA)

  • Favorite Coaches

    Cito Gaston, Pat Quinn

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Joe Carter's 1993 World Series walk off homerun.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Carlos Delgado's 4 RBI (Career 998,999,1000,1001) with my Papa, or Jose Bautista's 39th & 40th homeruns in 2010 against the Yankees

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Cal Ripkens Iron man; coaches these days need to change lineups too often

  • Ruth or Mays?

    The Say Hey kid, all the way

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Bobby Orr, Gretzky is the Greatest goal scorer, Bobby Orr the most complete player ever.

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele, Maradona cheated against my country

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  • Lucas Maurice posted 46 days ago

    Lucas Maurice

    Hey Matt
    I'm a huge fan and love your writing. Bleacherreport, especially your writing, has inspired me to start writing about sports. I considered signing up for bleacherreport but instead decided to try to make my own website. http://bustasports.com/ is the link, and it would mean a ton if you checked it out and gave me some feedback. Feel free to give me positive or negative feedback, either way it means a lot. You can post on my profile or email me at lmssports@hotmail.com
    I also have a couple questions, so do you have a personal email I can reach you at?
    Thanks a lot and a reply would be huge for me.

  • Travis Graham posted 143 days ago

    Travis Graham

    Hello, my name is Travis and I would love to discuss a few things with you, if you could please email me at Grahamt14@gmail.com that would be amazing.

  • Mark Pare posted 172 days ago

    Mark Pare

    There's my broadcast colleague, good seeing ya as a top writer for the Leafs this month, great work sir!

  • Mike Pavao posted 183 days ago

    Mike Pavao

    No body cheated your country. They cheated them selves by not knowing how to play soccer bahahaha. And and wheres your harness on that scissor lift?