The first 59 games were played in the 2017 NCAA Div. I Mens Basketball Tournament with none of them ending with a buzzer-beating winning shot nor entering into overtime. Then, game No. 60 took place — the East regional semifinal between the Wisconsin Badgers and the Florida Gators from New York City’s Madison Square Garden […]
Verne Lundquist
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Legendary sports announcer Verne Lundquist called the final college football telecast of his career on Dec. 10, 2016 where Army defeated Navy 21-17 in Baltimore, Md. on CBS. It was Army’s first victory over Navy since 2001. Here’s Lundquist’s final college football touchdown call: Lundquist took a few minutes at the conclusion of the telecast […]
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Donald Trump, the upcoming 45th U.S. President, visited the CBS announcing booth at the start of the second half of the 2016 Army-Navy game in Baltimore, Md. on Saturday, Dec. 10. Also in the booth was analyst Gary Danielson and, in the final college football game of his announcing career, the legendary Verne Lundquist.
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The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) announced the winners for the 37th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards on Tuesday, May 10, at a ceremony in New York City. Fox Sports led with 10 wins, followed by ESPN with nine, NBC with seven, HBO with five, CBS with four, TNT and MLB Network with […]
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The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) announced the nominees for the 37th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards on Thursday, March 31. ESPN led all networks in nominations with 40, followed by FS1 with 27. CBS received 21, Fox and NBC with 19 each, TNT 14, HBO 13 and ESPN2 11. ESPN’s newsmagazine “E: […]