Kate Beirness
Kate Beirness (born March 8, 1984) is a Canadian television sportscaster, currently working as a host for SportsCentre on TSN. During her first year, Beirness often worked with Bryan Mudryk on the weekend Sportscentre, and continued to do so until July 2013.
In October 2013, Beirness and new Co-Host Darren Dutchyshen took over the late night and morning loop spots on TSN, replacing the departing Jay Onrait and Dan O'Toole. The pair had worked together during Jennifer Hedger's maternity leave in 2011. Dutchyshen would move back to the nightly Sportscentre with Hedger, and was replaced by Natasha Staniszewski. Beirness and Staniszewski formed Sportscentre's first ever female anchor team.
Prior to joining TSN, Kate worked for Rogers TV First Local as the sports reporter, and on /A\ Barrie as the sports anchor.
Beirness was born and raised in Port Perry, Ontario and is a graduate of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.