I Was There!: Joe Buck, Bob Costas, Jim Nantz, and Others Relive the Most Exciting Sporting Events of Their Lives PDF
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Copyright © 2016, 2018 by Eric Mirlis First paperback edition 2018 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without the express written consent of the publisher, except in the case of brief excerpts in critical reviews or articles. All inquiries should be addressed to Sports Publishing, 307 West 36th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10018. Sports Publishing books may be purchased in bulk at special discounts for sales promotion, corporate gifts, fund-raising, or educational purposes. Special editions can also be created to specifications. For details, contact the Special Sales Department, Sports Publishing, 307 West 36th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10018 or To Keri and David You make it all worth it CONTENTS Dedication Acknowledgments Foreword by Marv Albert Introduction Kenny Albert Marv Albert Greg Amsinger John Anderson Harvey Araton Michelle Beadle Mike Breen Thom Brennaman Ric Bucher Joe Buck Kevin Burkhardt Jeffri Chadiha Freddie Coleman Bob Costas Colin Cowherd Frank Deford Gregg Doyel Ian Eagle Mark Feinsand Bruce Feldman Scott Ferrall Terry Gannon Mike Garafolo Jason Gay Doug Gottlieb Mike Greenberg Mike Hill E.J. Hradek Jerry Izenberg Kostya Kennedy Dave Kindred Andrea Kremer Keith Law Steve Levy Bob Ley Stewart Mandel Hal McCoy Jiggs McDonald Liam McHugh Chris McKendry Bob Miller Jon Morosi Chris Myers Jim Nantz Ross Newhan Rob Parker Gary Parrish Dave Pasch Jeff Pearlman Joe Posnanski Ray Ratto Karl Ravech Dave Revsine Chris Rose Bob Ryan Sam Ryan Jeremy Schaap Jon Sciambi Charley Steiner Dick Stockton Rob Stone Rick Telander Charissa Thompson Mike Vaccaro Adnan Virk Lesley Visser Dan Wetzel Trey Wingo Tracy Wolfson Matt Yallof Index ACKNOWLEDGMENTS project like this warrants many thank-yous, but none of them are more important than the ones I must say to all of the people who are featured in Athe following pages. In some cases, it started with a blind email, in others it was a connection through a friend or coworker. In all cases, it ended with me being a royal pain in the behind, so my deepest and most sincere thank-you to each and every one of you. This book was a labor of love for me, and, frankly, wouldn’t have happened without the continued support and encouragement from my friend Kenny Albert, who has been bugging me to do this for the last few years. Not only did he push me to get rolling on this, but his assistance throughout the process, from enlisting people to participate to listening to all of my hairbrained ideas along the way, was invaluable. They say the hardest thing in the world when writing is proofreading your own work. I can attest to that and owe Todd Behrendt a huge debt of gratitude for all of his hard work handling the fact-checking, proofreading, and mistake- saving. Of course, it goes without saying that there were a lot of people involved in helping me line up all of the participants. Many favors were called in, and for those, I say thank you to Rich Ackerman, Chris Antonacci, Kent Camera, Stosh Cienki, Jennifer Cingari, Steve Craddock, Andrew Crawford, Bill Dallman, Jennifer Davis, Mark Feinsand, Lorraine Fisher, David Fried, Dave Goren and the National Sports Media Association, Matt Gould, Dan Higgins, Tom Hoffarth, Mike Hughes, Rick Jaffe, Dan Kaufman, Matt Ketaineck, Rick Leonard, Melissa Miller, David Neal, Lou Oppenheim, Jeff Pearlman, Dan Quinn, Alex Riethmiller, Alex Rozis, Dan Sabreen, Alan Sanders, Matt Schnider, David Scott, Eric Spitz, Jacob Ullman, Brad Zager, and Adam Zucker. When I set out on this project, there were going to be 100 people in the book. I would be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge those people whom I interviewed but whom I needed to place to the side for book length considerations: Hal Bodley, Cindy Brunson, Jim Caple, Heather Cox, Howard David, Colleen Dominguez, Amin Elhassan, Neil Everett, Travis Haney, Benjamin Hochman, Tom Hoffarth, Michael Kim, David Lloyd, Alex Marvez, Tony Massarotti, Ryan McGee, Scott Miller, Beth Mowins, Rob Neyer, Steve Physioc, Bill Pidto, Pete Prisco, Bill Reiter, Peter Schrager, Dave Sims, Susan Slusser, Lyle Spencer, Bob Wischusen, Van Earl Wright, and Adam Zucker. I wish I had the room to run them all. Thank you all for your time and understanding. Most important, a thank-you filled with love to my wife, Keri, and son, David. There were quite a few ups and downs while I was writing this book, and some spots along the way where I lost my focus. If it weren't for their love and understanding, though, I’m not sure I would have gotten it back on the rails. They are the ultimate definition of “I couldn’t have done it without you.” FOREWORD By Marv Albert ports broadcasters and writers see so many events that it is easy for us to take it all for granted. We know we are the conduit between the games and Sthe fans, so it is our responsibility to relay the importance of the big events or moments when we see them. At the same time, we often forget why we are all in this business to begin with. We are all fans, too, and we are all fans because of those great moments. Whenever we get a chance to step back and reflect on the moments that stand out the most to us, the memories come flooding back, and the stories start rolling off our tongues. At heart, we are all storytellers … we just usually tell those stories as they are unfolding, not as recollections. That is what makes it so much fun to put together a list for this book. It gives all of us a chance to look back at everything we have seen and done and tell stories about the moments in our careers that have meant the most to us. Maybe they had personal meaning, maybe it was something historic. Regardless of why it stands out, though, each story resonates in some way. As you read each of the stories in the book, try and remember where you were for those moments you saw that are being shared by myself and my peers. Compare your memories to ours. In most cases, you’ll realize that they don’t differ very much, with the exception that some of us were lucky enough to be there to provide the soundtrack for you to hear or postgame story for you to read. And that is all it is … we were simply lucky enough to be there to see all of these wonderful moments. Marv Albert, a recipient of the Basketball Hall of Fame’s Curt Gowdy Award, is currently a broadcaster for Turner Sports.
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