This is Sportscenter
Posted by Rita
This is Sportscenter
Posted by: Rita (---.wave.hicv.net)
Date: February 13, 2007 03:31AM
I was listening to the Dan Patrick radio show on ESPN on Monday and Dan and Keith Olbermann were reminescing about their Sportscenter days. The 30,000 Sportscenter aired on Sunday night (I do not know if Nykesha Sales counted them to be sure it was indeed the 30,000th). Back when Dan and Keith were doing "The Big Show", they got "called out on the carpet" for calling it "The Big Show" and not Sportscenter.
They then started saying "This is Sportscenter", and Keith said he got the idea from the Cornell Hockey play-by-play man (Grady Whittenburg?) who would often say "This is Cornell Hockey" during the broadcasts. Although I listened to many of Grady's broadcasts during the 1990's I do not recall that "tag line". I do remember, however, "goal line extended" .
Olbermann graduated from Cornell in 1979. Was Grady doing the Cornell hockey broadcast then, or was it someone else?
Just curious.
They then started saying "This is Sportscenter", and Keith said he got the idea from the Cornell Hockey play-by-play man (Grady Whittenburg?) who would often say "This is Cornell Hockey" during the broadcasts. Although I listened to many of Grady's broadcasts during the 1990's I do not recall that "tag line". I do remember, however, "goal line extended" .
Olbermann graduated from Cornell in 1979. Was Grady doing the Cornell hockey broadcast then, or was it someone else?
Just curious.
Re: This is Sportscenter
Posted by: Jeff Hopkins '82 (---.airproducts.com)
Date: February 15, 2007 05:54PM
Rita
Olbermann graduated from Cornell in 1979. Was Grady doing the Cornell hockey broadcast then, or was it someone else?
Just curious.
I believe it was Tom Ives doing the broadcasts back in '79
Re: This is Sportscenter
Posted by: reilly83 (---.twcny.res.rr.com)
Date: February 15, 2007 07:27PM
I believe it was Tom Ives doing the broadcasts back in '79
Do you mean Roy Ives with Tom Joseph?
Re: This is Sportscenter
Posted by: Jeff Hopkins '82 (---.airproducts.com)
Date: February 18, 2007 07:19AM
Yep.
(I knew Tom Ives wasn't right )
(I knew Tom Ives wasn't right )
Re: This is Sportscenter
Posted by: Rita (---.med.miami.edu)
Date: July 17, 2013 05:47PM
Not quite, and actually going up against Sportscenter, so to speak and presumably the new FOX1 sports channel and the Canadian (from TSN??) hosts they are importing, ESPN announced that Olbermann is back.
"Olbermann" weekdays starting 8/26 @ 11 pm on ESPN2
"Olbermann" weekdays starting 8/26 @ 11 pm on ESPN2
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