The Sunday Magazine
The Sunday Magazine
CBC
She’s a sportscaster and a trailblazer. But Hazel Mae’s career has been no walk in the ballpark
24 minutes Posted Apr 15, 2026 at 7:10 am.
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Longtime Toronto Blue Jays fans know Hazel Mae well. The on-field reporter for Sportsnet is beloved by the players she covers and admired by her broadcast colleagues. And when the team made its historic World Series run last year, millions more Canadians got to know her too.


Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with Mae about how her family's immigration to Canada shaped her, being a trailblazing woman of colour in her industry, the recent honours she's received for her body of work... and, yes, the Gatorade showers.