Thanks to @Braylon_Breeze for the very enjoyable conversation & for letting me expand on a few stories from 40 years of broadcasting life I haven’t previously told in detail. Hopefully many more 🎙️ years to come.

Best of luck to all ESPN/ABC colleagues in Barcelona for El Clásico tonorrow. Hopefully an occasion to remember.

No I was in the old Pizzeria Reggina at Harvard Square at the bar :) Pizza, beer & drama

Might surprise you that a quintessentially American sports moment should captivate a young (at the time!) Scot. Will never forget where I was when Kirk Gibson did this. Harvard Square, 1988. Narrated by the legendary Vin Scully.

Do you mean in a game I’m not currently commentating on :)? Can’t really mention a player when I’m sitting on my couch at home 😅

Ice hockey, basketball, handball. All have leagues & in specific cities quite popular.

Easily! It’s my writing & prep. I can read my own writing. No one else needs to be able to here.

Every commentator does it differently. Why? Because we all digest information & learn in different ways. There’s no correct way for us all. Only what fits the individual. This has been my way for 40+ years. And why just 1 page? Because we often work in cramped spaces. 2/2

Noticed my commentary sheet getting more attention than usual on here :) Keep in mind: - It’s purely for my own use as part of my prep. No one else‘s - Copying & pasting is not learning - My eyes are on the pitch but if I need to glance at it, I know where the info is. 1/2

That’s incredibly kind of you, Tony. 🙏 Glad you remember the early 2000s on ESPN which was a special era indeed.

And Ure has added a headed assist, setting up Felix Correia for 2:0. Hard working performance by the Glaswegian tonight. Real Madrid at the Bernabeu next weekend for him & Sevilla.

Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 striker Robbie Ure off the mark with Sevilla. His first goal in La Liga in the 13th minute at the Ciutat de Valencia Stadium against Levante.

Jan, so sorry for your loss. He will have been very proud of his son & not just as a footballer.

It’s one way of looking at it. Not sure anyone would begrudge Gantenbein though. It was his moment, not Karaman‘s.

The league in any country has the final say. Sometimes even within a game, the scorer is changed officially but not yesterday. Chips in balls etc can help determine many things that were previously best guesses.

After all, had it gone in off the backside of a defender yet been going in anyway, it would never be an own goal. Right in my view to consider the nature of the goal & credit the player who actually made it happen rather than someone whose involvement was inadvertent.

Had a situation yesterday where a well struck on target shot (by Schalke‘s Gantenbein) went in. Replays later showed a very slight unintentional deflection (off the backside) of his captain Karaman. Goal however officially given to Gantenbein & find this good.

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