Another Legend NBC Employee Has Died

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/scorecard/othernews.asp?articleID=234886

Veteran sportscaster Charlie Jones dies
New York, NY (Sports Network) - Emmy Award-winning sportscaster Charlie Jones, whose voice is most associated with the National Football League and NBC's Summer Olympics coverage, has died at age 77.
Jones started his career at ABC in 1960 broadcasting American Football League games. In 1965, he moved on to NBC, continuing to broadcast the AFL and later the NFL.
The distinctive voice continued to work NFL games until 1997, when NBC lost their NFL broadcasting rights to CBS.
During Jones' time at NBC, he also helped broadcast the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics as well as golf and Wimbledon.
He also served as a play-by-play announcer for the Cincinnati Reds and Colorado Rockies.
"All of us at NBC are saddened at the passing of one of the great pioneers of NBC Sports," Dick Ebersol, chairman of NBC Sports, said in a statement. "His work in particular on the NFL, golf and the Olympics left a lasting legacy."

Oh...I remember Jones. He was a good one...not too many announcers worth a darn today.

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Christmas Eve, 1983, and from the beautiful Kingdome in downtown Seattle, its NBC's opening to the 1983 AFC Wild Card Game between the Seattle Seahwaks and Denver Broncos. The Seahawks first ever playoff game was a rousing success as they crushed the Broncos 31-7. Things go so out of hand for Denver that coach Dan Reeves yanked starter Steve DeBerg in the second half and replaced him with some rookie named Elway...

As long as I can still get the weekly NFL forecasts from Joe Dickhead and The Professor, I'm good

RIP, CJones

hm2.0 said:

Oh...I remember Jones. He was a good one...not too many announcers worth a darn today.

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That's because today's announcers all think it has to be about conflict and argument instead of being about the game. I mean who wants to hear 2 grown men argue? What are they trying to do, get the chick audience? Just tell me about the damn game.

buster,thanks for the video,really liked charlie jones