Vic Rauter: As smooth on the course as behind the microphone |
With the wrap-up of the World Curling Championships in Utah this past weekend, the sporting world learned that Vic Rauter, longtime TSN host and broadcaster, was retiring after more than 50 years on television. Calling the gold medal game between Canada and Sweden would be his last.
Rauter was a master of his craft. Smart, famously hard-working and consistently the kind of “friend” you gladly invited into your living room when an important game was on the line. He knew when to talk and when to let the play, the shot, speak for itself.
He had a particularly warm, welcoming approach to his work in curling — he played off his inquisitive, fanboy understanding of the game, always in the presence of two experts beside him, generously asking Russ Howard or Cathy Gauthier about the thinking behind an upcoming shot.
Vic was a big reason why the game of curling has earned the reputation here in Canada as such a broadcast-friendly........