Seldom a week hands down the CBS Sports calendar when a broadcast does not begin with the familiar mellifluous refrain, “Hi, buddies.” For the last three-plus years– from greenside towers in Pacific Palisades, California, arena cubicles in Kansas City, Missouri, or courtside from Ogden, Utah– Jim Nantz has actually manned the mic every year through approximately 20 weekends of golf, 20-some weeks of the NFL and a month of March Insanity college basketball. He’s been the constant, soft-spoken soundtrack of America’s most significant sporting occasions, from the Super Bowl to the Last 4 to the Masters.
At age 63, Nantz has no strategies to retire anytime quickly. He’s got a really particular long-range prepare for that– possibly. After the current death of his mom, and having his 2 youngest kids ages 8 and 6 at house, the indefatigable Nantz does feel the requirement to slow down what he calls “the golden hamster wheel” simply a bit. He’ll deliver the main play-by-play function at the NCAA males’s basketball competition to Ian Eagle after this season.
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