Tributes pour in for long-time Navy PXP voice Pete Medhurst after his passing
Medhurst passed away after a battle with cancer.
Medhurst passed away after a battle with cancer.
Bob Uecker passed away on Thursday and scores of tributes and cherished memories were shared from throughout the sports world.
"There has never been a finer gentleman in all of television."
"You most certainly were the greatest of all time."
Babineau covered more than 100 major championships over the course of his journalism career.
The theme is named the "longest-running sports theme in history" in Loggins' obituary.
"I'll take any chance I can to celebrate my dad, and the impact he made, showing us all how a champion can win with grace and how a father can always find ways to teach."
"Dutch said the things out loud that other people were thinking and would never say."
Cedar Rapids, Iowa sports anchor Owen Siebring did all of "We Will Rock You" with the first word of sportscasts over 10 months.
"It is just one reason why so many turned to him for guidance on stories that mattered, because he did."
"Mort was the definition of class, professionalism, and friendship."
Veteran Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy is taking time off while he recovers from heart surgery.
Zimmer called more than 1,100 football games across college and the NFL.
Larry Merchant, who had a 35-year run as a prominent HBO boxing commentator, is in critical care.
Part of the street in Grand Rapids Sekou Smith was raised on will now be designated Sekou Smith Way.
"I'd better call my wife and tell her. She'll be surprised. 'That's where you've been all these Sundays!', she'll say."
"Rest in peace to your grandmother, it’s horrible to hear that. Now please, get to your point."
"Wakefield I didn't know, but you hear nice things about him."
"When somebody dies. That’s where you need on the radio somebody who saw these guys play."
"I don’t know if a photographic memory is a real thing, but if it is, he had it. He had a very eloquent way of putting things. And he just had a few notes on a yellow legal pad."
"Not sure anyone covered anything the way Ted Silary covered high school sports here."