The Granddaddy of them all

There aren’t a lot of things that I can count on from day to day and be absolutely accurate. The one thing I do know is that the older I get the more funerals I’ll be attending.

I also know that people who entertained me when I was growing up seem to be passing on faster than I would like to see.

A sports announcer that I really enjoyed announcing a game was a man by the name of Keith Jackson. There was something about Jackson that was different than most. He wanted you to be engaged in the game and not the announcer. That isn’t as easy as it sounds.

Today’s announcers climb over each other to...