Evanka Osmak, Sportsnet Central
From Toronto Legends by Andrew Applebaum
April 20, 2026 · 42 min · Episode 355
About this episode
Evanka Osmak discusses her memoir and career journey in sports broadcasting.
Rogers Sportsnet Central’s Evanka Osmak talks about her new memoir When The Game Changes, seeing her Dad on a Kellogg’s Corn Pops box, working for nearly 15 years alongside co-anchor Ken Reid, making the unique career pivot from civil engineering to television broadcasting, her career-changing interaction with Jamie Campbell, why she took up ice hockey at the age of 41, and why her broadcasting partnership henceforth shall be known as ‘Evanka and Ken’! Evanka Osmak’s When the Game Changes is available now at https://www.simonandschuster.ca/books/When-the-Game-Changes/Evanka-Osmak/9781668057926 TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at andrew.applebaum@gmail.com All episodes available at https://www.torontolegends.ca/episodes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Andrew Applebaum
Guest: Evanka Osmak
Topics covered
- memoir
- sports broadcasting
- career change
- ice hockey
- personal stories
Keywords
- Evanka Osmak
- memoir
- sports
- broadcasting
- ice hockey
- career change
- Toronto
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Rogers Sportsnet Central, Kellogg’s, Simon & Schuster
Products: When The Game Changes
Places: Toronto
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