The veteran broadcaster Tim Ryan discusses his years covering sports for CBS and NBC, among others, and his memoir On Someone Else’s Nickel: A Life in Television, Sports, and Travel (Radius, 2016), with Joseph Planta.

On Someone Else’s Nickel: A Life in Television, Sports, and Travel by Tim Ryan (Radius, 2016). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: On Someone Else’s Nickel

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

Joining me now is Tim Ryan. The veteran broadcaster is on to discuss his memoir On Someone Else’s Nickel: A Life in Television, Sports, and Travel. It’s a terrific book that talks of his fifty year career in television covering ten Olympic Games, over three hundred championship boxing matches, Wimbledon and US Open tennis matches, World Cup Skiing, and much more. To say he’s versatile is an understatement. He also talks in his books about the colourful people he’s encountered in the booth, as well as on the field or the court. He discusses his late wife Lee and her battle with early onset Alzheimer’s Disease. There’s just so much in the book. I had a lot of fun talking to Tim late last month. He was born in Winnipeg, growing up in Toronto, and then he was educated at Notre Dame, and soon went to the United States working in hockey in Oakland, before doing the evening news at WPIX, New York City’s channel 11, then NBC Sports, then going on to do the New York Rangers hockey broadcasts, then the Islanders including two of their championship seasons starting in 1979-1980. After that followed nearly twenty years at CBS Sports, then before going back to NBC, he did some work for ESPN. He wrapped up a fifty-two year career with the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games. Tim joined me from his home in Victoria, BC, where he lives with his wife Patricia. It’s a city he knows well, as his father Joe Ryan, a legendary CFL manager, retired to that city in the 1960s, receiving accolades like induction into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, and Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame. Tim’s book is published by Radius Book Group, which is an imprint of Diversion Publishing. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Tim Ryan; Mr. Ryan, good morning.

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