Brent Musburger

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

... the years. It certainly never came back to me, but I have no doubt it happened. I just wanted no connection whatsoever. I will tell you that my relations with ESPN and everyone there could not be better. We have been completely up front in this process. I leave with nothing but good feelings about these people. I never had a bad day for them and enjoyed it very much.". Musburger has been calling major sporting events on television for nearly 50 years, including stints at CBS (1973-90) and ABC/ESPN (1991-2017). He also hosted CBS' groundbreaking "The NFL Today" pre-game show from 1976-90, and has been the top football play-by-play man for the SEC Network since 2014. Musburger's final TV game will be Tuesday's Kentucky-Georgia basketball game, which airs on ESPN at 8 p.m. Central (9 p.m. Eastern). Regional ...

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

... 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 ...

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

... programming on Sunday morning, one phrase called all fans to attention …. “You are looking live!”. That was the start of our NFL Sunday for years. From that introduction on, it was time to watch football. Musburger’s simple intro for all the NFL games that day, peeking in on every stadium as “The NFL Today” pregame show started on CBS (just before those graphics, which are so 1986), was as big a part of NFL Sundays as Joe Montana and Lawrence Taylor. Although there have been many, many imitators, Musburger led the greatest NFL pregame show ever. In 1975, Musburger 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 ...

Looking Live' Once More As Era Ends With Brent Musburger

... as a child in Billings and Big Timber — was good for ABC and ESPN, too, consistently delivering on big events until the network decided in 2014 that he was beginning to seem too old and too folksy for mainstream tastes. He still was given some good assignments, but it was clear the network was gently pushing Musburger toward the door. He won't get the long, loving farewell Vin Scully got last year from his fans, partly because he never really connected with younger viewers. He also upset others with some things he said, including what some saw as sympathetic comments during the most recent Sugar Bowl about Oklahoma's Joe Mixon, who was suspended for a year after a 2014 attack on a women in a deli that was caught on videotape. Just a couple basketball games remain, ending with the Kentucky-Georgia game Tuesday at Rupp Arena, where he called Villanova's upset of Georgetown in 1985. Then it's on to Las Vegas, where Musburger will announce plans next week for what his nephew, Brian Musburger, said will be a family business based around sports betting. It will include a satellite radio show from the South Point resort, where a new ...

How To Watch Kentucky Basketball Vs. Georgia

... Willis, 6-9, Sr., 7.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 1.0 bpg; C Isaac Humphries, 7-0, So., 3.5 ppg, 3.6 rpg; G Dominique Hawkins, 6-0, Sr., 3.1 ppg, 2.1 apg. Georgia (13-8, 4-4 SEC). G-J. J. Frazier (5-10, Sr.): 15.5 ppg, 4.2 apg, 3.2 rpg. G-Juwan Parker (6-4, Jr.): 9.7 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 2.0 apg. G-William Jackson II (6-4, So.): 3.8 ppg, 1.1 apg, 1.0 rpg. F-Yante Maten (6-8, Jr.): 19.7 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 1.5 bpg. F-Derek Ogbeide (6-8, So.): 7.0 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 1.3 bpg. TOP RESERVES – G Jordan Harris, 6-4, Fr., 5.6 ppg, 2.0 apg; F Mike Edwards, 6-9, So., 3.9 ppg, 4.1 rpg; F Kenny Paul Geno, 6-6, Sr., 2.2 ppg, 1.9 rpg; F Pape Diatta, 6-7, Jr., 2.6 ppg, 2.0 rpg. * Brent Musburger’s farewell: The famed broadcaster will call his final game for ESPN on Tuesday night at Rupp. He’s moving to Las Vegas to join his nephew’s sports-betting business. Musburger will still be on the microphone, but he’ll be talking about games from the gambling angle for the new Vegas Stats & Information Network (VSi N), which will be streamed on various platforms, including a dedicated Sirius XM Radio channel. * The turnover bug: The Wildcats had 17 turnovers in ...

Brent Musburger, Chris Berman Changed Our Tv Picture

... about NFL events, and appear weekly on "Monday Night Countdown." He'll also participate in ESPN's annual ESPYS Awards and do baseball divisional playoffs play-by-play for ESPN Radio. That's a gracious way to keep a legend around some. Enberg, 82, called 42 NFL seasons, 10 Super Bowls, nine Rose Bowls, the 1982 World Series and 15 NCAA basketball championship games in 36 years at NBC and CBS. He also called the Masters, PGA Championships, U. S. Open Tennis Championships.  He was the California Angels announcer 1968-78 before joining NBC, and returned to baseball after CBS as the Padres radio voice until retiring in October. Lundquist, 76, retired in December after 44 years calling college football and basketball, the Winter Olympics and golf. More changes are coming. ESPN's Sunday morning "Sports Reporters" roundtable show ends May 7 after nearly 30 years. And soon ESPN Radio could break up the popular "Mike & Mike" morning duo of Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic after 18 years together at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, CT. Multiple reports say ESPN wants Goldberg to ...

Espn's Brent Musburger Is Retiring From Sportscasting At 77

... 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 generations of fans. When he opens with his signature ‘You are looking live,’ you sit up straight in your chair because you know something important is about to happen … We and the fans will miss ...

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

... and Dan Dakich by telephone in an effort to build up interest. A more than 40-year broadcasting veteran and a graduate of Northwestern University, Musburger has plenty of ties to the Big Ten and an even longer list of memories that involve Ohio State. Dakich and Flemming asked Musburger if there were any teams that stood out to him over his career. One is the 1959-60 Ohio State men's basketball squad that won the national championship. “Goes way back when I was a student at Northwestern. The Wildcats would have made the NCAA Tournament but at that time only one team per conference was invited into the tournament. And over in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State and all you Buckeye fans [will] remember this. Greg Sherry and Jerry Lucas, John Havlicek, Bob Knight, Mel Nowell — nobody was beating them in the Big Ten. “So right now we’re coming down the stretch and Northwestern (who is 18-4) has a chance to make the tournament for the first time ever. A really nice, confident group for Chris Collins. “But I’ll tell you what — the greatest team I ever saw when I was at Northwestern was that Buckeye team, ...

It Is Time For Montanan Brent Musburger To Call It Quits

... bones in her face. She required eight hours of surgery, for a time her jaw was wired shut, and she didn’t regain feeling in the left side of her face for six months. Mixon was suspended for the 2014 season, but was back the following year, starring for the Sooners. The running back made a tearful apology, but has otherwise avoided talking about the incident, thrust back into the spotlight with the release of that jarring video. During Monday’s broadcast, ESPN, Musburger and color commentator Jesse Palmer had a national platform from which to address a serious issue in sports. Instead, Musburger said this. “We’ve talked to the coaches, and they all swear that the young man is doing fine. Like I said, Oklahoma thought he might even transfer, but he sat out the suspension, reinstated, and folks, he is just one of the best. And let’s hope, given a second chance by Bob Stoops and Oklahoma, let’s hope that this young man makes the most of his chance and goes on to have a career in the National Football League.”. Uh … what’s that, now. In a post-Ray ...