Verne Lundquist (born July 17, 1940 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American sportscaster, currently employed by CBS Sports television. is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Duluth is the county seat of St. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... American Sportscasters A sportscaster, sports announcer, or sports commentator is a type of journalist on radio or television who specializes in reporting or commenting on sports events. ... CBS Sports is a division of CBS which airs many of the sports telecasts in the United States. ...

Early life and career

Lundquist graduated from Austin High School in Austin, Texas before attending Texas Lutheran University (formerly Texas Lutheran College), where he also founded the Omega Tau Fraternity (ΩΤ) in 1958 before graduating in 1962. Stephen F. Austin High School, founded in 1881, is the oldest public high school West of the Mississippi River. ... Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County. ... Texas Lutheran University is an undergraduate, private, coeducational university affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. ...

He began his broadcasting career as sports anchor for WFAA-TV in Dallas and in Austin, Texas for KTBC, as well as being the radio voice of the Dallas Cowboys. Lundquist joined the Cowboys Radio Network in 1973 and remained with the team until the 1984 season. He was paired with future (and now current) play-by-play man Brad Sham starting with the 1977 season, the year the Cowboys went 12-2 (winning the first eight games of the season) and capturing their 2nd NFL championship in Super Bowl XII. WFAA-TV (WFAA 8) is the ABC television affiliate serving the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas DMA (5th largest nationwide). ... Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County. ... KTBC (FOX 7) is the FOX owned-and-operated television station in Austin, Texas. ... City Irving, Texas Other nicknames Americas Team, The Boys, The Pokes Team colors White, Silver, Silver-Green, Royal Blue, Navy Blue Head Coach Wade Phillips Owner Jerry Jones General manager Jerry Jones League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1960–present) Western Conference (1960) Eastern Conference (1961-1969) Capitol Division... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... This article is about the year. ... Brad Sham is a notable American sportscaster who is best known as the radio play-by-play voice of the Dallas Cowboys. ...

Nationally, Lundquist worked for ABC Sports from 1974 to 1981, then moved to CBS (1982-1995) and TNT cable (1995-1997) before returning to CBS in 1998. [1] ABC Sports is a division of ABC, responsible for the televising of many sports events on the network. ... Turner Network Television, usually referred to as TNT, is an American cable TV network created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner. ...

Network assignments

Lundquist currently does play-by-play for CBS college football (teaming with Gary Danielson on the network's broadcast of Southeastern Conference games) and college basketball action, as well as The Masters and PGA Championship golf tournaments. He is also among the key voices of NFL Films, and in past years had called regional NFL games for CBS, NBA games for CBS and TNT, and TNT's Sunday Night Football telecasts. He also called television play-by-play on Seattle Seahawks pre-season games in 2006 and 2007. Lundquist's patented belly laugh and his contagious enthusiasm for the events he covers have made him one of the more prominent and recognizable on-air talents in network TV. Play-by-play, in broadcasting, is a North American term and means the reporting of a sporting event with a voiceover describing the details of the action of the game in progress. ... This article covers college football played in the United States. ... Gary Dennis Danielson (born September 10, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former professional American football quarterback. ... The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is a college athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which operates in the southeastern part of the United States. ... Game between Illinois State Redbirds & Ball State Cardinals, February 17, 2007 in an ESPN Bracketbuster contest. ... The Masters is one of four Grand Slam golf tournaments. ... The PGA Championship (often referred to as the U.S. PGA Championship outside of North America) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. ... NFL Films is a Mount Laurel, New Jersey-based company devoted to producing commercials, television programs, feature films, and documentaries on the National Football League, as well as other unrelated major events and awards shows. ... NFL redirects here. ... NBA redirects here. ... TNT logo until 1994 TNT Sunday Night Football was the weekly television broadcasts by Turner Network Television (TNT) of Sunday evening National Football League (NFL) games. ... City Seattle, Washington Team colors Pacific Blue, Navy Blue, Neon Green, White Head Coach Mike Holmgren Owner Paul Allen General manager Tim Ruskell Mascot Blitz, and Taima the hawk League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1976–present) American Football Conference (1977-2001) AFC West (1977-2001) National Football Conference (1976...

During the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics, whose rights were held by CBS and TNT, Lundquist and Scott Hamilton served as the announcers for figure skating events. Their performances was parodied by Saturday Night Live cast members Phil Hartman (as Lundquist) with Dana Carvey and David Spade (both as Hamilton) : in 1992 with Jason Priestley and 1994 with Nancy Kerrigan and Chris Farley did a spoof of the Olympics figure skating events, as both Hartman and Myers went "Oh!" when Priestly or Farley (in a pre-recorded performance) did an on-ice pratfall. Lundquist, after seeing the original footage in 1992, commented that Hartman "nailed it dead on." A runner carries the Olympic torch The Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics for short but more correctly The Olympic Winter Games, are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games. ... Scott Scovell Hamilton (born August 28, 1958 in Toledo, Ohio) is an American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist known for his originality and engaging on-ice personalities. ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... This article is about the American television series. ... Phil Hartman (born as Philip Edward Hartmann) (September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a Canadian-United States Emmy Award-winning writer as well as an actor, voice artist, comedian and graphic artist. ... Dana Thomas Carvey (born April 2, 1955, in Missoula, Montana) is an American actor and comedian best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and the spin-off movie Waynes World. ... David Wayne Spade (born July 22, 1964) is an Emmy-Award and Golden Globe-nominated American actor, comedian, television personality who gained fame in the 1990s as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. ... Jason Priestley (born August 28, 1969) is a naturalized American actor and film director. ... Nancy Kerrigan (born October 13, 1969 in Stoneham, Massachusetts) is a two-time American Olympic figure skating medalist and 1993 U.S. champion. ... Christopher Crosby Farley (February 15, 1964 – December 18, 1997) was an American comedian and actor. ...

Lundquist also backed up for Chris Schenkel on ABC's Pro Bowlers Tour in 1978 during a tournament in Grand Prairie, TX. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Memorable calls

Sports fans across America have heard Lundquist call some of the most dramatic moments in sporting history.

Lundquist was the voice of the Dallas Cowboys, and during the radio broadcast of Super Bowl XIII against the Pittsburgh Steelers, is notable for saying the famous line, "Bless his heart, he's got to be the sickest man in America!" after Cowboys tight end Jackie Smith dropped a touchdown pass, which arguably cost the Cowboys the game. City Irving, Texas Other nicknames Americas Team, The Boys, The Pokes Team colors White, Silver, Silver-Green, Royal Blue, Navy Blue Head Coach Wade Phillips Owner Jerry Jones General manager Jerry Jones League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1960–present) Western Conference (1960) Eastern Conference (1961-1969) Capitol Division... Date January 21, 1979 Stadium Miami Orange Bowl City Miami, Florida MVP Terry Bradshaw, Quarterback Favorite Steelers by 3 1/2 National anthem The Colgate Thirteen Coin toss George Halas Referee Pat Haggerty Halftime show Bob Jani Productions present Carnival Salute to Caribbean with various Caribbean bands Attendance 79,484... Steelers redirects here. ... The tight end (TE) is a position in American football on the offensive team. ... Jackie Smith (born February 23, 1940) was a professional American football player. ... Texas Longhorn quarterback Vince Young (center top of picture), now with the Tennessee Titans, rushing for a touchdown vs. ...

Lundquist was also the play-by-play man for what many consider the greatest college basketball game ever played, the 1992 Regional Final between Kentucky and Duke wherein Christian Laettner hit a 17 foot jump shot as time ran out, to win the game in overtime. "Here's the pass to Laettner...YES!!!" In 2006, he announced another memorable college basketball game (George Mason vs. Connecticut) in the Elite 8. In George Mason's historic upset, Verne announced "By George, the dream is alive!" He was a play-by-play announcer in the NBA Live '98 video game [1] and is currently the play-by-play announcer in the College Hoops 2K8 video game. The 1992 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The University of Kentucky, also referred to as UK, is a public, co-educational university located in Lexington, Kentucky. ... Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. ... Christian Donald Laettner (born August 17, 1969 in Angola, New York) is an American former professional basketball player who played 13 seasons in the NBA on six different teams. ... The 2006 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... George Mason University, also known as GMU or simply Mason, is a public university in the United States. ... The University of Connecticut is the State of Connecticuts land-grant university. ... College Hoops 2K8 is an upcoming video game by Visual Concepts and 2K Sports. ...

Lundquist also called two of the most famous golf shots at the Masters golf tournament. Most recently, Tiger Woods' dramatic birdie chip-in on #16 at the 2005 Masters, yelling "Oh my goodness! Oh WOW!! IN YOUR LIFE, have you seen anything like that?"^[1] In 1986, he called Jack Nicklaus' birdie putt on Hole 17, with the famous line: "Maybe...YES SIR!" Lundquist may be famous with the MTV generation as he played himself commentating on tournaments in the 1996 motion picture, Happy Gilmore and also as the voice of college football games. Another pet phrase Lundquist uses on occasion is "how do you DO!"; on a huge offensive or defensive play, a phrase he took from Southern California football broadcaster Pete Arbogast. Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ... Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940), also known as The Golden Bear,[1] is widely regarded as the greatest professional golfer of all time, in large part because of his records in major championships. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... Happy Gilmore is a 1996 sports comedy film starring Adam Sandler, Carl Weathers, Julie Bowen, Allen Covert, Frances Bay and Christopher McDonald. ... The Trojan Shrine, better known as Tommy Trojan located in the center of University of Southern California campus. ... Peter Pete Arbogast (born December 5, 1954) is an American sportscaster, born in Chicago, Illinois but grew up mostly in Los Angeles, California. ...

Lundquist filled in for Ernie Johnson as host of TNT's coverage of the 2006 PGA Championship as Johnson was battling cancer. Ernie Johnson Jr. ...

Honors

At the 2005 Sun Bowl, Lundquist was inducted into the Sun Bowl Hall of Fame along with UCLA Bruins football coach Terry Donahue. In 2007 the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association elected him for induction to its Hall of Fame. The Brut Sun Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that is played usually at the end of December in El Paso, Texas. ... The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). ... Terry Donahue (born June 24, 1944) is a college football coach, college football analyst, and NFL general manager. ... // History The National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NSSA) was formed in 1959 by a local restaurant owner, Pete DiMizio, to honor regional sportscasters and sportswriters whom he had met at the Greensboro Open Golf Tournament in Greensboro, North Carolina. ...