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Brent Musburger On The Only Autograph He's Ever Asked For

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Looking Live' Once More As Era Ends With Brent Musburger

... do his bosses at ESPN. Pair it with Chris Berman going back, back, back into semi-retirement, and television will largely be without two sports broadcasting icons that millions of Americans have grown up listening to. For those who like their sports dished up in a no-nonsense style, that may not be such a bad thing, but there was something a lot of people found endearing about both. That includes Katherine Mc Carron, who was known as Katherine Webb when Musburger pointed her out in the stands during the 2013 BCS title game. Webb was the girlfriend of Alabama quarterback A. J. Mc Carron, and Musburger spent a lot of time talking about her in Alabama's 42-14 blowout of Notre Dame. "You quarterbacks, you get all the good-looking women," Musburger said as the camera found Webb in the stands. "What a beautiful woman.". Some thought he was acting like a creepy old man. ESPN later issued an apology for his comments. Webb, a former Miss Alabama, thought it was all in good fun. "Cheers, Brent. ...

How To Watch Kentucky Basketball Vs. Georgia

... Georgia. They’ve also never lost three home games in a season under Calipari. He’s 129-6 at Rupp, where he’s posted undefeated home records five times in eight years. The other three seasons, he’s lost twice: to UCLA and Kansas this year, Florida and Arkansas in 2013-14 and Baylor and Texas A&M in 2012-13. RELATED: What happened to that great defense Calipari predicted. The Bulldogs seem an unlikely candidate to make history Tuesday night. They started 3-1 in SEC play, then lost 3 of 4 before rebounding for a win over a mediocre Texas team in the SEC-Big 12 Challenge on Saturday. Georgia has zero wins against RPI top-50 teams – but a loss to No. 158 Oakland. Kentucky basketball vs. Georgia game time, details. Date: Tuesday, Jan. 31. Location: Rupp Arena (23,000), Lexington, Ky. Vegas Line: Kentucky by 16 ½. What TV channel is Kentucky basketball vs. Georgia on. The game will be broadcast on ESPN (Direc TV channel 206, DISH channel 140, Time Warner channel 27/753 HD). How can I watch Kentucky basketball vs. Kansas online. You can stream the game on ESPN __link__ or with the Watch ESPN app on mobile devices. Follow along with ...

Brent Musburger, Chris Berman Changed Our Tv Picture

... p.m. Tuesday on ESPN. He pioneered the modern TV pregame studio show doing "The NFL on CBS" in the late 1970 s with Phyllis George, Irv Cross and Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder. When they'd go to a live shot from a NFL stadium, Musburger would tell viewers: "You're lookin' live….". He's done just about every major sporting event on TV – and co-anchored local news (with Connie Chung!) on KNXT-TV (now KCBS-TV) in Los Angeles in the 1970 s.  He was CBS' main play-by-play voice for 15 years for the NCAA Final Four, US Open, NBA, Masters, Belmont Stakes and the College World Series on TV, and postseason baseball on radio, including some games with Scully, who retired from the Dodgers in October after 67 seasons. Musburger was dumped by CBS in 1990, months before CBS started Major League Baseball telecasts. He quickly resumed his career at ABC and ESPN, doing mostly college football and basketball games, including the 2016 Rose Bowl and 2017 Sugar Bowl. Berman, who came to ESPN at age 24 in October 1979 - a ...

You Are Looking Live!' Brent Musburger's Nfl Legacy Is Hosting The Greatest Pregame Show Ever

... moved from NFL play-by-play to the studio, and “The NFL Today” changed the landscape forever. According to “The NFL in the 1970 s: Pro Football’s Most Important Decade,” in 1975 CBS’ producers wanted a show with “more variety and more appeal than any pregame show had done before.” They nailed it. [ Newsletter: Get 5 great stories from the Yahoo Sports blogs in your inbox every morning! ]. Musburger led the show. Former NFL defensive back Irv Cross provided the player’s perspective. Phyllis George, a former Miss America, was a co-host when there weren’t many women involved in sports broadcasting. Early in the show’s run, Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder was added to the cast to make picks (always slyly making references to who would cover the spread without ever mentioning the line). Musburger herded all those oversized personalities for a fun, informative and lively pregame show. The ESPN “30 for 30” franchise’s “The Legend of Jimmy the Greek” documented the popularity of “The NFL Today,” as well as the time Snyder punched Musburger in a bar in an argument ...

Brent Musburger Made Friends, Had Fun At Iowa, Isu

... (Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports). Mike Hlas. More stories from Mike. Jan 25, 2017 at 4:35 pm | Print View. Brent Musburger did the play-by-play on the telecast of the most-memorable game in Kinnick Stadium history, No. 1 Iowa’s 12-10 win over No. 2 Michigan in 1985. On the day before that game, Musburger appeared at the Linn County I-Club luncheon in Cedar Rapids at the old Roosevelt Hotel. The buffet line had to be cut off at 390 people, but another 100 were willing to go without food to hear the speakers. “We met with Coach Hayden Fry this morning,” Musburger said, “and I asked him how Iowa will do if it rains. Hayden said ‘Just ask Texas.’”. Ten months earlier, Fry’s Hawkeyes smashed Texas on a rainy Anaheim night in the Freedom Bowl, 55-17. Musburger would stay in Cedar Rapids on the nights before they worked games in Iowa City. In 1991, he mentioned a Cedar Rapids restaurant/bar called the Sip-N-Stir during a telecast of an Iowa game, insisting it had “the best pizza we’ve ever had.”. A week later, bar owner George ...

It Is Time For Montanan Brent Musburger To Call It Quits

... a touchdown and Auburn fans chanting “he hits women!” and the whole experience got really uncomfortable. The in-game social media backlash against Musburger was swift and pointed. When the 77-year-old broadcaster became aware of that fact in the third quarter, he doubled down on his earlier statement. “Apparently, some people were very upset when I wished this young man well at the next level. Let me make something perfectly clear. What he did with that young lady was brutal. Uncalled for. He’s apologized. He was tearful. He got a second chance. He got a second chance from Bob Stoops. I happen to pull for people with second chances, OK? Let me make it absolutely clear that I hope he has a wonderful career and he teaches people with that brutal, violent video. OK? Second down and 9.”. More than the words, it was Musburger’s tone. It would best be described as irritated. Angry. Defiant. As former ESPN writer Travis Haney pointed out on Twitter, if viewers were new to the situation, “this game would confuse you (as to) ...

Brent Musburger And Dick Vitale On Last Year's Ou-ku Game, Unlv In Norman And The 1988 Title Game

... OK? I think it was this baseline over here and I don’t remember who was shooting but anyway, it was very close whether it was a three or a two. There were no monitors. The officials came over to my monitor and from our output, it looked like the call favored Oklahoma, OK? So the teams went up and we found another view and it was clear — it was clear — that it should’ve been ruled in Vegas’ favor. “Well they go on to lose by one or whatever it was and it was the different in the game and the three didn’t count so I happened to be going to Vegas. I had a speech the next day for some convention and the guy wouldn’t carry my bag in. I’ll never forget this. He thought I cost them the game, you know? Even now, there are some people in Vegas, I’m not quite sure they’ve forgiven me for that. That was coach (Billy) Tubbs. That was very fun.”. 1 A) Dick Vitale fondly remembered last year’s triple-overtime game against Kansas. Kansas outlasted the Sooners 109-106 in Lawrence last season in a game that will be remembered for years. Dick Vitale, who was on the broadcast with Musburger, gave his thoughts. “I’ve ...

Espn's Brent Musburger Is Retiring From Sportscasting At 77

... and ESPN say his  comments about Oklahoma football player Joe Mixon  that were criticized as insensitive during the  Sugar Bowl  earlier this month had nothing to do with his exit. Musburger said he hoped Mixon, who had been suspended for a year after punching a woman and breaking her jaw, would make the most of his second chance and did not initially talk about his victim. “Brent made every event feel larger,” Stephanie Druley, ESPN senior vice president for events and studio production, told the Associated Press. “To me, there is probably not a greater storyteller as a play-by-play person. He can spin a yarn like nobody else, and it made games definitely more enjoyable to watch.”. Since 1968, Musburger has called or been a part of almost every major sporting event at least once. His résumé includes the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the Final Four, golf’s Masters, the Rose Bowl , the World Cup, the Indy 500 , the College Football Championship, the Little League World Series and tennis’ U. S. Open. ESPN President John Skipper said in a statement Tuesday, “Brent’s presence and delivery have come to symbolize big time sports for multiple ...

Brent Musburger Recalls Holy Buckeye During Ohio State-maryland Game, Forgets Drew Brees Was Already In Nfl

... Buckeyes to a 10-6 victory. ESPN showed a clip of that play so naturally, Dakich and Flemming asked about that next. “One of the SIDs here at Kentucky came up to me and said privately, he said I’m really an Ohio State fan. I have a job here at Kentucky but my favorite call of yours of all time was ‘Holy Buckeye!’ That was a great football game. “Drew Brees, coached by Joe Tiller, the shot it out and the Buckeyes prevailed in the end. Certainly a day that I remember. Love the Big Ten. Did the basketball for a while. Love the football, with the Buckeyes. Listen: The Ohio State-Michigan game stands out still as the great rivalry for me and I called so many of them through the years. Obviously, Musburger dropped the ball slightly on his comment about Drew Brees. The former Purdue quarterback and current New Orleans Saint did play for Joe Tiller but was knee-deep in his second professional season at the time of that game. In any event, the call will be synonymous with Musburger forever and Ohio State fans won't be quick to forget it. If you want something to commemorate the moment, head over to the Dry ...

Time For Brent Musburger To Sign Off After Joe Mixon Comments

... down and 9.”. Musburger’s combative tone was stunning. He made it crystal clear: this was all about protecting the young man, not the young lady. Musburger had no time for you people out there who care about violence against women. Second down and 9. There’s a pattern here that should concern ESPN far more than it apparently has so far. During the national college football championship game in January 2013, Musburger couldn’t stop himself from praising the looks of Katherine Webb, the then-girlfriend of Alabama quarterback A. J. Mc Carron. The comments were embarrassing and totally out of place, and ESPN later apologized. Just a week later, Musburger was at it again, saying that a fellow ESPN staffer, reporter Holly Rowe, was “really smoking.”. This is a sad column for me to write. I emceed Musburger's induction into our Medill School of Journalism Hall of Achievement several years ago. I like him ...

Brent Musburger Says Joe Mixon Comments Had Nothing To Do With Departure From Abc/espn

... do with departure from ABC/ESPN. Brent Musburger.jpg. Brent Musburger will call his final game for ABC/ESPN Tuesday, but said in an interview published Monday the decision to step down was his alone. Musburger  told __link__'s Richard Deitsch that he will soon begin hosting a two-hour sports gambling information show five days per week on the Vegas Stats & Information Network. VSi N, founded by Musburger's nephew, will launch via Sirius XM on Feb. 27. The 77-year-old Musburger also said that his departure from ABC/ESPN had been in the works for some time, and that the seemingly sudden move announced last week had nothing to do with controversial comments he made about Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon during the Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl game with Auburn. Musburger twice addressed the 2015 incident in which Mixon was caught on camera punching a woman in the face, and appeared to minimize Mixon's transgressions while failing to focus on the victim. From the SI interview. "We had already started the process of me leaving," Musburger said. "The morning after the Sugar Bowl I had ...