Coming up on Finding Your Bliss, Celebrity Interviewer and Bliss Coach Judy Librach is joined by award-winning sportscaster, host and author Andi Petrillo to tell us all about her book “Just Call Me Andi: Sports Stories from a Trailblazer”.
Andi Petrillo is an award-winning sports broadcaster. In 2016, she became the first woman in Canada to win the Canadian Screen Award for Best Sports Host, and she’s gone on to win this award multiple times. In 2022, she became the first woman to be recognized by Sports Media Canada in the Outstanding Sportscaster category. Andi continues to present major sporting events for CBC Sports such as the Olympics and World Championships. She is a mainstay of Canadian hockey and soccer coverage, and currently hosts shows for Prime Hockey and OneSoccer. As an award-winning sportscaster, Andi’s career has spanned over two decades.
Currently, Petrillo hosts CBC Sports, where she covers and shares the stories of high-performance athletes on the network’s weekend show, CBC Sports Presents.
Throughout her career, Petrillo has achieved many firsts for women in sports broadcasting in Canada. She has helped pave the way for younger female broadcasters to build their own careers in the industry.
Andi Petrillo can be seen on many major sports broadcasting events, as just mentioned, CBC Sports’ coverage of the World Championships and the Olympic Games. Most recently, she has become the lead host for CBC’s broadcasts of the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL). Petrillo also shares her extensive soccer knowledge on the digital platform OneSoccer. She is the lead host for the men’s and women’s national teams, the Canadian Championship tournament, and the Canadian Premier League.
Andi grew up playing a variety of sports. In the book, she describes herself as a tomboy growing up.
Over the years, Petrillo has become one of the premier voices in Canada, for hockey, soccer, and the Olympics.
Petrillo grew up in Maple, Ontario, the only child of Italian immigrants, Eva and Joe. She currently lives in Toronto, Ontario, with her husband, Jon, and two dogs, Pepper and Ginger.
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