kako
04-25-2018, 05:48 PM
Verne Lundquist is on a podcast with Richard Deitsch from The Athletic. The Athletic is a pay site (a very good one that I am trying out and so far think is worth it). At the 36:30 mark, he talks about his call for CBS of the 1992 Duke-UK game, the Laettner shot and many aspects about the game. If you have a subscription, it’s worth a listen:
https://theathletic.com/329171/2018/04/25/sports-media-podcast-verne-lundquist-talks-extending-his-stay-at-cbs-calling-the-masters-which-broadcasters-he-likes-today-and-more/
A few things:
- He doesn't like his call of the Laettner shot. He thought it was unimaginative.
- Len Elmore (Lundquist's partner for the CBS broadcast) thought after the game that it was better than the classic NC State/Maryland ACC final in 1974, in which Elmore played.
- He talks about how K went over to Cawood Ledford (the “Bob Harris”- legendary voice - of UK hoops for decades) radio broadcast to congratulate UK on the game and Ledford (he was retiring after the game). He says that K went over to UK before he went over to the Duke broadcast to do his contractual sit down with them. This was always a class move by K, but the little tidbit that it was before he went over to Duke’s broadcast was interesting.
- He sat down with Elmore and Laettner for some CBS retrospective on the game years later, and they watched the game in replay. He talks about how Laettner reacted "viscerally" about the play prior to when Laettner does the stomp on Timberlake. Laettner talks about it on the 30 for 30 "I Hate Christian Laettner", but this gives it more color.
9F
https://theathletic.com/329171/2018/04/25/sports-media-podcast-verne-lundquist-talks-extending-his-stay-at-cbs-calling-the-masters-which-broadcasters-he-likes-today-and-more/
A few things:
- He doesn't like his call of the Laettner shot. He thought it was unimaginative.
- Len Elmore (Lundquist's partner for the CBS broadcast) thought after the game that it was better than the classic NC State/Maryland ACC final in 1974, in which Elmore played.
- He talks about how K went over to Cawood Ledford (the “Bob Harris”- legendary voice - of UK hoops for decades) radio broadcast to congratulate UK on the game and Ledford (he was retiring after the game). He says that K went over to UK before he went over to the Duke broadcast to do his contractual sit down with them. This was always a class move by K, but the little tidbit that it was before he went over to Duke’s broadcast was interesting.
- He sat down with Elmore and Laettner for some CBS retrospective on the game years later, and they watched the game in replay. He talks about how Laettner reacted "viscerally" about the play prior to when Laettner does the stomp on Timberlake. Laettner talks about it on the 30 for 30 "I Hate Christian Laettner", but this gives it more color.
9F