RebKell's Junkie Boards

[jammerbirdi]

Kids you don't know how it used to be. Today they all sound like beer swizzing idiots compared to guys like this.



"He was the first to cover the Masters Tournament on television, in 1956; the first to call a college football game coast to coast on ABC; and the first to serve as live sports anchor from the Olympics, in Mexico City in 1968."

"His career highlights included calling gymnast Nadia Comaneci's perfect 10 at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, and calling the 1958 NFL championship game between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/more/09/11/bc.obit.schenkel.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

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Every woman who has ever been presented with a career/sex quid pro quo in the entertainment industry should come forward and simply say, “Me, too.” - jammer The New York Times 10/10/17

[potd41]

"jammerbirdi"]Kids you don't know how it used to be. Today they all sound like beer swizzing idiots compared to guys like this.

Yes, he was the best!!!

[CamrnCrz1974]

Dick Enberg mentioned Schenkel's death during the US Open (men's final).