- Gabriel Morency
Gabriel Morency (born August 10, 1970 in
Montreal, Quebec ) is aCanadian sports broadcaster, who hosts Sports Rage onHardcore Sports Radio .Before becoming a broadcaster Morency played minor hockey and was on his way to England to play professionally but chose a career in entertainment, leading to the music business and ultimately radio. Morency was placed fourth in the Montreal Readers Poll as the biggest sports personality in the city only behind
Jose Theodore ,Saku Koivu andVladimir Guerrero in 2003. Conspicuously, Gabriel has not placed in the past five polls.Morency also wrote in the
Montreal Mirror , a free press newspaper.He hosted the show Sports Weekly before joining the Team 990.
Sports Rage is known for Road Rages. In 38 months, there have been 27 Road Rages. Road Rages are shows that are made on the road where Morency and his listeners come to party, also guest stars that come on these Road Rages. Virginia's Rich Salzer is Morency's roving SportsReporter in the field. Sports Rage also has common callers on his show including "The Rickster", Brandon in St. Louis, Rocco in California, Miguel in Toronto and "Bruder". Also Cage calls are a common event on the show. Most recently, "The Rickster" challenged the producer of "Drive This", Mike Gentile, to a cage call.
Morency was also the host of The Blue Line, a
Montreal Canadiens postgame show and Sports Line Saturday.Morency was notably suspended once and forced to take a vacation another time. He has also been arrested in
Orchard Park, NY for Exposure. [http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/434605.html]Hardcore Sports Radio
On November 17, 2006 Gabriel Morency announced that he would be leaving the Team 990 on December 1, 2006. 11 days later, he was on
Hardcore Sports Radio co-hosting Hardcore Football Sunday and later, hosting Sports Rage. As well, he made picks on To the Point, a television show onThe Score . He also makes picks on Game On OnHardcore Sports Radio . Morency has several regulars includingDave Zirin , Rich "Moose" Salzer, Greg Sansone, Arash Madani,Pittsburgh Steelers cornerbackIke Taylor ,Kansas City Chiefs offensive linemanKyle Turley , MMA starFrank Trigg , and 'The Coach' Russ Anber. Morency is flanked by producer Aaron Bronsteter, commonly referred to as 'Orville' and sportscaster "The Big E" Eric Cohen.Morency also co-stars in a show by the name of "Game On" with Cam Stewart that appears on Hardcore Sports Radio Sirius 98. Cam Stewart (aka "The Raging Red Head") is known for his search for value on the gambling board, and is often known to wager on the Kansas City Royals and Jacksonville Jaguars. "Game On" often calls on Las Vegas Sports Insider expert Brian Blessing, known as Ricky Rickshaw. "Game On" is broadcast every weekday at 6:00pm EST. Morency also appears alongside
Cam Stewart (sportscaster) and Sarah Meehan at the last segment of the show "Drive This!" onHardcore Sports Radio hosted byRichard Garner .
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