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...remarried in 1967.) King lost his TV and radio shows, his job with the Dolphins and his newspaper column. To make ends meet he did some free-lance radio work and later moved to Shreveport, Louisiana, where he was a p.r. man for the local racetrack and did play-by-play for the old World Football League's Shreveport Steamer...
...proctor isa fairly minor player in everyday life. Mine,though, was a central figure--he became thesecurity blanket and quasi-parental figure that,as much as I hate to admit it, I still reallyneed. Lee new about every sidelong glance I gotfrom a guy I liked, got the play-by-play on everyminor roommate tiff, and listened to all mybitching about my parents. He was the first personto know when I found out I was going to appear on"Jeopardy!" in the spring, and when the show airedin May, he was the one I chose to watch...
Adding insults to injury were the comments of the play-by-play reporter. The official release of the Duke sports information department had lines like these...
...during the league championship series were entirely eliminated, to minimize the ratings damage. The games themselves have featured such distractions as Andrea Joyce and Lesley Visser roaming the stands for human-interest angles (and a few extra female viewers). The camerawork has been solid, but the announcing just adequate. Play-by-play veteran Jack Buck bobbles too many easy chances. (Was it a strike or a checked swing? Watch the ump, not Jack.) Tim McCarver, his partner in the booth, knows his stuff but tends to babble. And ratings, for all but the final two games, were down...
...There were Cincinnati fans that were rooting for the Braves to win," said Brennaman, the play-by-play announcer on the Reds' network. "For a city that has gone as long as it has without that type of excitement relative to baseball, I thought it was sensational. I thought it was wonderful. A great majority of people around the country were pulling for the Braves...