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Tiger Woods shakes Verne Lundquist's hand on No. 16 as CBS legend calls final Masters
April 14, 2024 | 10:25pmTiger Woods didn't play well at the Masters, but he did share a moment with a legend before it was all over.
Legendary voice leaves broadcasting with Masters farewell
February 15, 2024 | 12:21pmA sports broadcasting legend is stepping away for good at Augusta.
Ranking the greatest sports broadcasting calls of all-time
January 8, 2020 | 1:49pmTo have one of the greatest calls of all-time, a play-by-player needs timing above all else. The person needs the skills, but right place and right time tops all else....
Verne Lundquist steps away from CBS' college hoops booth
March 5, 2018 | 10:00amThe NCAA Tournament will have a different broadcasting feel for the first time in 20 years. Verne Lundquist, who had stepped out of the college football booth last year, will...
Verne Lundquist a 'little envious,' a lot happy as Iron Bowl goes on without him
November 23, 2017 | 2:07pmIt was the fourth quarter of Alabama’s 59-0 thrashing of Vanderbilt on Sept. 24 and Verne Lundquist had to let Gary Danielson know he was turning him off. “I texted...
Baseball Hall of Fame's Bud Selig hypocrisy an embarrassment
December 8, 2016 | 6:57pmThe game has changed. That’s now the one-size-fits-all answer that answers nothing; it is just the first half of a sentence that folks at or near the top avoid completing....
Verne Lundquist reveals a side of Nick Saban no one gets to see
November 3, 2016 | 5:34pmCBS play-by-play man Verne Lundquist talks about his final days in the booth, reflects on his career and shares a Nick Saban story you may not believe with The Post’s...
Why Ohio State has Urban Meyer at his best: Gary Danielson
September 15, 2016 | 5:47pmCBS college football analyst Gary Danielson broke down another stacked week of games, including Alabama-Ole Miss, with The Post’s Justin Terranova. Q: How does this Alabama team compare to last...
Verne Lundquist's favorite non-Laettner NCAA tourney moment
March 18, 2016 | 1:05amCBS’ Verne Lundquist has the call for the four NCAA Tournament games in Brooklyn on Friday, and the longtime announcer breaks down the challenges and excitement of the broadcast with...
Verne Lundquist's truth-telling still ignores deep NCAA ugliness
March 23, 2015 | 12:56amAs a moral, ethical choice, the NCAA Tournament is a worsening one, even compromising our pop culture-smitten President, “Brackets” Obama. Saturday, during Cincinnati-Kentucky, CBS’ Verne Lundquist took an unusual TV...
'Do you believe in miracles?': The 8 best sports calls ever
February 21, 2015 | 4:20pmYou know the same way all athletes want to be music stars and all music stars want to be athletes? It’s the same deal with us sporting scribes. Many of...
When Vin Scully will know it's time to hang up the mic
May 8, 2014 | 2:01pmVin Scully didn’t want the award or the interview to be about him. The longtime Dodgers announcer did a slew of press calls on Wednesday promoting the Vin Scully Lifetime...
Sports pros share the films that made them cheer— and cry
April 12, 2014 | 9:27pmAll of the on-the-field drama can’t compare to what goes on behind the scenes when the NFL draft comes to Radio City Music Hall every year. So when director Ivan...
Five questions with ... Verne Lundquist
March 27, 2014 | 6:05pmCBS play-by-play man Verne Lundquist is in his 30th season of calling the NCAA Tournament and will experience a first when the Big Dance returns to the Garden on Friday...
Verne Lundquist worries about the future of sports
December 7, 2013 | 10:50pmIf you ever have time to kill, try this: Find someone in the TV business who doesn’t adore Verne Lundquist— professionally, personally and whatever’s left. You’ll have killed time, all...