Ken Reid, Sportsnet/Author/Card Collector

Author/Card Collector/Sportsnet’s Ken Reid talks about his instant chemistry with co-anchor Evanka Osmak [Country Mouse & City Mouse], how 70,000 sportscards doesn’t take up nearly as much storage space as you would think [T&P to his understanding wife!], chasing his sportscard ‘white whales’ [1950s Gordie Howe & Mickey Mantle], Kirk Muller breaking the tension of working rinkside for HNIC at the Bell Centre, his appreciation for Troy Gamble while chasing down the first card of every Nova Scotia-born NHLer, how phonetic pronunciation is your friend when dealing with athletes’ names from around the world, why Dennis Maruk’s moustache is still A+, why Beyonce did NOT impress him at Super Bowl 47, the surreal experience of covering the 2012 London Summer Olympics, how his Mom’s $10 purchase of cards from an auction translated to the bargain of a lifetime [Wayne Gretzky rookie card!], and breaking news on Ken’s NEXT book project!

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