Races, Games, and Olympic Dreams
A Sportscaster's Life
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2024
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-1-9859-0100-1 (ISBN)
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-1-9859-0100-1 (ISBN)
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In sports, not all the long shots who succeed are athletes. In 1984, Tom Hammond, a forty-year-old sportscaster who had primarily worked in Kentucky and the Southeast, got an unlikely opportunity to appear on the NBC Sports telecast of the inaugural Breeders' Cup. Assigned to report from the stall area on what was supposed to be a single broadcast, Hammond performed so well that an NBC executive offered him a chance to call NFL games on the spot. That broadcast launched Hammond's thirty-four-year career with NBC Sports and his rise to the top levels of American television sportscasting. Along with cowriter Mark Story, Hammond pulls back the curtain on how a Kentucky native who started out reading horse racing results on Lexington radio went on to broadcast from thirteen Olympic Games.
While covering Thoroughbred racing for NBC, Hammond broadcast sixteen Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes races and eleven runnings of the Belmont Stakes, including American Pharoah's historic 2015 Triple Crown victory. Hammond offers glimpses into his time as the play-by-play voice for Notre Dame football, calling NBA and NFL games, and his long-running stint announcing Southeastern Conference men's basketball for the league's syndicated TV package. Races, Games, and Olympic Dreams is an intimate and gripping look at Hammond's experiences, including his coverage of Olympic track and field, figure skating, speed skating, ice dancing, diving, and basketball events. Hammond worked with broadcasting luminaries such as Dick Enberg, Bob Costas, Cris Collinsworth, and Bill Walton, and encountered world-class athletes like Allyson Felix, Michael Jordan, Sarah Hughes, and Peyton Manning. Although his career has spanned the nation and the world, Hammond's roots have always remained firmly planted in the Bluegrass State.
While covering Thoroughbred racing for NBC, Hammond broadcast sixteen Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes races and eleven runnings of the Belmont Stakes, including American Pharoah's historic 2015 Triple Crown victory. Hammond offers glimpses into his time as the play-by-play voice for Notre Dame football, calling NBA and NFL games, and his long-running stint announcing Southeastern Conference men's basketball for the league's syndicated TV package. Races, Games, and Olympic Dreams is an intimate and gripping look at Hammond's experiences, including his coverage of Olympic track and field, figure skating, speed skating, ice dancing, diving, and basketball events. Hammond worked with broadcasting luminaries such as Dick Enberg, Bob Costas, Cris Collinsworth, and Bill Walton, and encountered world-class athletes like Allyson Felix, Michael Jordan, Sarah Hughes, and Peyton Manning. Although his career has spanned the nation and the world, Hammond's roots have always remained firmly planted in the Bluegrass State.
Foreword_x000D_
Prologue_x000D_
The Dean's Grandson_x000D_
Me and Mrs. Simpson_x000D_
Two Coaches_x000D_
Bayou Detour_x000D_
I Get Shot_x000D_
The "One"_x000D_
Media Man_x000D_
Selling Horses_x000D_
S-E-C_x000D_
Businessman_x000D_
The Pivotal Year_x000D_
NFL Action_x000D_
Seoul Searching_x000D_
The "Vanilla Brothers"_x000D_
Three-Man Booth_x000D_
A Race Is a Race_x000D_
The "Face" of O.J._x000D_
Wake Up the Echoes_x000D_
A Notre Dame "Believer"_x000D_
The "Bush Push"_x000D_
The "Horse-Racing Guy"_x000D_
Pressure on Ice_x000D_
Lightning Bolt_x000D_
A Pharoah Rules_x000D_
A Final Olympics_x000D_
A Sportscaster's Credo_x000D_
Epilogue_x000D_
Bibliography_x000D_
About the Authors_x000D_
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| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.08.2024 |
|---|---|
| Vorwort | Bob Costas |
| Zusatzinfo | 60 b&w illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Lexington |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 229 x 256 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-9859-0100-5 / 1985901005 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-9859-0100-1 / 9781985901001 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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