Timothy Lane (born 18 September 1951 in Launceston, Tasmania) is a veteran Australian sports broadcaster and journalist who works at the Seven Network and Fairfax.
Lane then studied at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, where he resided at St. John Fisher College, but, after failing his first year, found work at an Edgell factory before trying sports commentary.
Having been recruited to Nine's AFL commentary team, Lane quit just days before the season's commencement, claiming Nine had refused to honour a stipulation in his contract that Eddie McGuire would not commentate alongside him in matches involving the Collingwood Football Club.
Lane held the view that McGuire's role as Collingwood president put him in a conflict of interest, as his freedom to report matters regarding the club would be compromised by his requirement to keep certain inside knowledge confidential.
In addition to his role as an AFL commentator for Network Ten, he was also a regular sports columnist for The Age, and he usually appeared fortnightly on Jon Faine's Conversation Hour on ABC Radio across Victoria.
At the end of the 2009 AFL season, Lane left ABC Radio and joined 3AW in 2010[5] as a replacement for Rex Hunt (who moved to Triple M and has since retired).