Hazel Mae

Female adult bio
name = Hazel Mae
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birth = birth date and age|1970|04|07
location = Philippines
birthname = Hazel Mae Cagulada
spouse = Single

Hazel Mae Cagulada (born April 7 1970 in Philippines) was the former lead anchor for the New England Sports Network's SportsDesk news program and soon to be the face of the MLB Network. Hazel grew up in Toronto and began her sports broadcasting career hosting a sports update show on campus at York University.

Broadcast career

Rogers Sportsnet

Hazel Mae anchored the morning edition of "Sportsnetnews" on Rogers Sportsnet, one of Canada’s all-sports networks. In addition to her duties on Sportsnetnews, Mae was the host of JZone, a weekly magazine show dedicated to the world of Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays. Mae began her tenure at Rogers Sportsnet providing sports updates to Rogers Sportsnet radio affiliates throughout Ontario.

NESN

Mae subsequently moved to Boston, where she is the lead anchor for NESN's "SportsDesk". She held this position since December 2004. Mae also serves as host of NESN’s Red Sox week-in-review program, "The Ultimate Red Sox Show", and the Boston Bruins top-ten in-season show, "The Buzz". On June 2, 2008 NESN announced that Mae would be leaving the network at the end of the month. On Saturday, June 28, 2008, Mae appeared in her final Sportsdesk broadcast. [cite web
url=http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2008/06/hazel_mae_leavi.html
title=Mae, NESN will part ways | date=2008-06-03 |publisher=Boston Globe | author=Chad Finn |accessdate=2008-06-03] During her tenure at NESN, Mae's popularity was reflected by her nomination to be considered for the first president of Red Sox Nation. [cite web
url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fan_forum/redsox_nation_celebrity_nominations.jsp |title=Celebrity Nominations | date= |publisher=MLB.com | author= |accessdate=2008-08-30] The position eventually went to Jerry Remy. [cite web
url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20071003&content_id=2247504&vkey=pr_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos |title=Jerry Remy wins election as President of Red Sox Nation | date=2007.10.03 |publisher=MLB.com | author= |accessdate=2008-08-30]

MLB network

In August 2008, it was announced that Mae will become the on-air face of the MLB Network. [cite web
url=http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view/2008_08_30_Hazel_Mae_will_pitch_for_the_MLB_Network/srvc=home&position=4
title=Hazel Mae will pitch for the MLB Network | date=2008-08-30 |publisher=Boston Herald | author=Jessica Heslam
accessdate=2008-08-30]

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