Gabriel Morency | |
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| Born | (1970-08-10)August 10, 1970 (age 54) |
| Sports commentary career | |
| Genre | host |
Gabriel Morency (born August 10, 1970) is aCanadian sports broadcaster, who hosted the daily showsMorency andCovers Experts onHardcore Sports Radio as well asSports Rage on both Hardcore Sports Radio (HSR) andThe Score Television Network. He was also a host on Team 1040 in Vancouver and Team 990 in Montreal. In November 2018 he launched a new show with Corey Parsons and Michelle Serpico,The Morning After onFNTSY Sports Network in New York City. He now hosts several shows for Sportsgrid TV alongside Scott Ferrall, live from the Meadowlands.[1]
Morency was born inMontreal,Quebec. Before becoming a broadcaster, Morency played minor hockey and was on his way to England to play professionally, but chose a career in entertainment, dropping out of school to tour in a rock/metal band namedHomicide. Ultimately, he ended up in radio after a local Montreal radio talent suggested that he get his own show.
In Montreal, Morency also wrote in theMontreal Mirror, a free press newspaper and was host ofThe Blue Line, aMontreal Canadiens postgame show, andSports Line Saturday, as well as a weeklyMontreal Expos Show. He hosted the showSports Weekly before joining the Team 990 channel.
Morency placed fourth in the Montreal Readers Poll as the biggest sports personality in the city behind onlyJosé Théodore,Saku Koivu andVladimir Guerrero in 2005. He has placed lower in recent years.
On November 17, 2006, Morency announced that he would be leaving the Team 990.[2] Afterwards it was revealed that he would be joiningHardcore Sports Radio (HSR)
Morency hostedSports Rage on Hardcore Sports Radio.[3] As well, he made picks onTo the Point, a television show onThe Score. Morency had several regulars on his show.
Morency was joined by fellow The Score/Hardcore Sports Radio personalityCam Stewart on two shows by the names ofMorency andCovers Experts (FormerlyGame On!) that broadcast on Hardcore Sports Radio Sirius 98. Gabe and Cam were joined byGreg Sansone duringMorency, and a different member of the Covers.com website to break down the night in betting during Covers Experts.
Morency also appeared alongside Cam Stewart and Sarah Meehan at the last segment of the showDrive This! on Hardcore Sports Radio hosted byRichard Garner.[4]
On November 3, 2009, it was officially announced by his superiors that Morency was let go by Score Media. Morency was suspended indefinitely the prior week for being intoxicated on air.[5]
Following his departure from HSR in early November 2009, Morency announced he was launching MorencySports.com.[6]Sports Rage aired live Monday to Friday from 10 P.M. to 12 A.M. via webcast.[7] Other shows on the site includedGametime Decisions,MMA Meltdown andAvry's Sports Show.
Morency is now hosting multiple shows on the network, includingGame Time Decisions, which include bets and DraftKings picks, and Morency Unfiltered. In October 2018, he began hosting the morning showCarton and Friends after Craig Carton took a leave of absence from the station. Morency began hostingThe Morning After in November 2018.
In August 2017, he began doing late night content on SBRpicks.com a subsidiary of Costa Rican sportsbook news and information company SBRforum.com. He's also featured on Sunday for NFL commentary with Donnie Rightside and Jeff "The Big Man on Campus" Nadu.