Edmonton sports reporter John Sexsmith dies after lengthy cancer battle
Edmonton sports reporter John Sexsmith dies after lengthy cancer battle
To know John Sexsmith was to adore him. Rarely without a smile on his face and quick with a quip, the sports reporter and anchor was an esteemed journalist at Global Edmonton for 26 years.
On Friday, he passed away following a lengthy and public battle with prostate cancer .
John became an Edmontonian in 1971 and graduated from NAIT’s Radio & Television program.
His professional broadcast career began at K-97 radio in 1990. Along with being the station’s sports director, John was an integral member of K-97 Breakfast Club.
He spent a year as an on-air host at 630 CHED before making the jump to television.
John was a beloved member of the Global Edmonton (ITV) team from 1997 to 2023. He won a national journalist award in 2014.
The clever and popular sportscaster said the best thing about his job was the opportunity to tell stories about the people in sports — from all sports and at all levels.
John was the king of puns, the master of groan-worthy dad jokes — a trait often reflected in his reporting.
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