Best-selling author and sports columnist Ross Brewitt was born in Schreiber, Ontario, spent his early childhood there before moving to Fort William, now part of Thunder Bay, Ontario. In 1966, he moved to Toronto where he joined Hockey Night in Canada and their marketing arm, Maple Leaf Sports Production, eventually becoming the General Manager. He added the expansion of Buffalo Sabres to the company roster and the publications of all nine CFL teams as well as the Grey Cup magazine.

Later, Brewitt formed the Molson's sponsored ProStars, a five-year summer touring fastball team made up of Toronto Maple Leafs hockey players. He then turned to hockey and for six winters, took a team of retired ex-NHLers on the road, criss-crossing Canada and the United States.

His first book was published in 1974, Spin of the Wheel, an insider look at the Buffalo Sabres battle to achieve a NHL franchise. His second book, Last Minute of Play, was published in 1993, quickly reaching best-seller status, followed by the best-selling sequel in 1994, Into the Empty Net, and the book, SABRES. In 1997, Brewitt's Clear the Track – the Eddie Shack Biography was published and remained in the top 10 non-fiction best-seller list for over four months.

In the late 1980s Brewitt began writing guest columns and in 1995, began writing his acclaimed weekly syndicated sports column, now in its 18^th consecutive yea