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http://www.cbs8.com/story/37124059/sports-broadcast-legend-dick-enberg-dies-at-82
SAN DIEGO (NEWS 8) - Sportscaster Dick Enberg has died at age 82, daughter Nicole confirms to The Associated Press.
Enberg was known to evoke an "Oh my!" or "Touch 'em all!" call during games.
Enberg's first radio job was actually as a radio station custodian in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, when he was a junior at Central Michigan. He made $1 an hour. The owner also gave him weekend sports and disc jockey gigs, also at $1 an hour. From there he began doing high school and college football games.
He ended up in TV, doing Super Bowls, Olympics, Final Fours, Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and many other big assignments.
During his nine years broadcasting UCLA basketball, the Bruins won eight NCAA titles. Enberg broadcast nine no-hitters, including two by San Francisco's Tim Lincecum against the Padres in 2013 and 2014.
He said the most historically important event he covered was "The Game of the Century," Houston's victory against UCLA in 1968 that snapped the Bruins' 47-game winning streak.
I still remember his call during the 92 All Star Game, when Drexler went coast to coast and he goes "what an athlete...WHAT an athlete!"
SAN DIEGO (NEWS 8) - Sportscaster Dick Enberg has died at age 82, daughter Nicole confirms to The Associated Press.
Enberg was known to evoke an "Oh my!" or "Touch 'em all!" call during games.
Enberg's first radio job was actually as a radio station custodian in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, when he was a junior at Central Michigan. He made $1 an hour. The owner also gave him weekend sports and disc jockey gigs, also at $1 an hour. From there he began doing high school and college football games.
He ended up in TV, doing Super Bowls, Olympics, Final Fours, Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and many other big assignments.
During his nine years broadcasting UCLA basketball, the Bruins won eight NCAA titles. Enberg broadcast nine no-hitters, including two by San Francisco's Tim Lincecum against the Padres in 2013 and 2014.
He said the most historically important event he covered was "The Game of the Century," Houston's victory against UCLA in 1968 that snapped the Bruins' 47-game winning streak.
I still remember his call during the 92 All Star Game, when Drexler went coast to coast and he goes "what an athlete...WHAT an athlete!"
