The broadcaster Andi Petrillo discussed her new memoir Just Call Me Andi: Sports Stories from a Trailblazer (ECW Press, 2025), with Joseph Planta.
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Just Call Me Andi: Sports Stories from a Trailblazer by Andria Petrillo (ECW Press, 2025).
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Text of the introduction by Joseph Planta:
I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.
Andi Petrillo joins me now. She’s just published a memoir, Just Call Me Andi: Sports Stories from a Trailblazer. It’s a terrific read because it’s engaging and full of stories from Ms. Petrillo’s career in broadcasting, covering hockey, soccer, and the Olympics. It’s insightful because there are lessons of character and determination, as Andi has had to contend with criticism, scrutiny, and being sexualised throughout her career. And it’s not just from bosses in her business, or the audience, it’s colleagues, even athletes she’s covered. She’s experienced the ridiculous and unacceptable as a woman, stuff she talks about that men in her business would never be asked of. Her love of sport though, her own ability to tell stories about the games she’s covered comes through the book as well. And of course, the story of a second-generation Canadian, child of immigrants will resonate with readers. A CBC Sports host, she’s also great on the Thursday night NHL Coast to Coast broadcasts on Prime. It’s her second season helming the whiparound studio show that looks in on all of Thursday’s games with analysis in studio as well as interviews. She also appears on Prime’s Monday broadcasts as well. She’ll be back anchoring coverage of the Olympic Games in February; I think it’ll be her seventh Olympic Games. She was the first full-time female in studio personality on Hockey Night in Canada, and she hosted Leafs Lunch on TSN Radio, becoming the first woman in Canada to host her own daily sports talk radio program. She’s won multiple Canadian Screen Awards for her work as a host. This new book is published by ECW Press. We spoke two and a half weeks ago, with Andi joining me from Secaucus, New Jersey. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Andi Petrillo; Ms. Petrillo, good morning.
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