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  1. Dec 2, 2021 · Veteran sports broadcaster Brian Williams has announced his retirement, ending a five-decade career that saw him rise to prominence as one of Canada's leading authorities on the Olympic Games.

  2. He was the principal studio anchor for CBC's Olympic Games coverage for the 1984 Winter, 1984 Summer, 1988 Winter, 1988 Summer, 1992 Winter, 1996 Summer, 1998 Winter, 2000 Summer, 2002 Winter, 2004 Summer and 2006 Winter Olympics. Williams also covered the 2002 FIFA World Cup for CBC.

  3. Relive some of Brian Williams' best moments with CBC Sports, where he spent more than 30 years of his storied 50-year career in sports broadcasting.

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  4. Dec 2, 2021 · Brian Williams is calling it a career. One of the most iconic voices in Canadian broadcasting — sports or otherwise — announced his retirement on Thursday via a Bell Media release. Known best for his presence on Olympic broadcasts, Williams has been a major player in the Canadian media scene during his career that began in 1967.

  5. Jun 5, 2006 · Veteran CBC sports broadcaster Brian Williams will join CTV in December 2006 and anchor the Olympic coverage of the 2010 Vancouver-Whistler Winter Games.

  6. Dec 2, 2021 · Williams, who announced his retirement Thursday, covered just about every sport imaginable over his remarkable sportscasting career. The Olympics and the CFL were two of his mainstays as a principal studio anchor and longtime host with CBC and later CTV and TSN.

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  8. Dec 3, 2021 · Considered one of Canada's leading authorities on the Olympics, he covered the first of his 14 Games in 1976 at Montreal. Reached by phone on Thursday, he said he noticed that Canadian...