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But when Scott Russell visited curling clubs across the country, attended the Brier in Calgary and the Olympic games in Salt Lake City, and spent time with curlers, from celebrities like Colleen Jones to the unsung father, uncle and son-team who built the Eagle Hill Curling Club in Alberta, he discovered the magical allure of curling. As Canadian Olympic gold medalist Joan McCusker said of curling’s appeal: Ordinary people doing extraordinary things is the attraction.

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Open House: ISBN 9780385659222 (978-0-385-65922-2) Hardcover, Doubleday, 2003. Ice Time: The Unsung Heroes of Canadian Hockey. ISBN 9780140281675 (978-0-14-028167-5) Softcover, Penguin PB CA, 2001. Find signed collectible books: 'Ice Time: The Unsung Heroes of Canadian Hockey'. Coauthors & Alternates.

With a keen eye and ear for story, Hockey Night in Canada host and bestselling author Scott Russell chronicles a sport both exotic and familiar - curling. Canadians have a unique enthusiasm for curling. It transcends barriers. World-class athletes curl with absolute beginners, and grandmothers and grandsons take to the ice together.

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Scott Alexander Russell (born 1958) is a Canadian sports writer and broadcaster. Russell's broadcasting career began in 1985 as a reporter for CBC Radio Charlottetown. He has worked on various CBC Sports broadcasts including Hockey Night in Canada from 1989 until 2003, and again from 2005 until now. He is the network's top broadcaster for gymnastics and has covered them at the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics, the 1994 Commonwealth Games and the 1999 Pan American Games

With a keen eye and ear for story, Hockey Night in Canada host and bestselling author Scott Russell chronicles a sport both exotic and familiar - curling.

Veteran CBC broadcaster Scott Russell covered the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ as host of the adidas Prime Time Show. Russell's third book, Open House: Canada and the Magic of Curling, a grassroots look at one of this country's favourite sports

Veteran CBC broadcaster Scott Russell covered the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ as host of the adidas Prime Time Show. A Gemini Award-winning broadcaster and acclaimed author, he brings vast experience, passion and knowledge to his role. Outside of the FIFA World Cup™, Russell's unparalleled enthusiasm for amateur sport shines through in his role as host of CBC Sports Weekend. Russell's third book, Open House: Canada and the Magic of Curling, a grassroots look at one of this country's favourite sports. In addition to his roles at CBC, Russell teaches a course in Canadian Sports History at Toronto's Centennial College.