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Tiger Woods shakes Verne Lundquist's hand on No. 16 as CBS legend calls final Masters

Tiger 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

A sports broadcasting legend is stepping away for good at Augusta.

Ranking the greatest sports broadcasting calls of all-time

To 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

The 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

It 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

The 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

CBS 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

CBS 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

CBS’ 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

As 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

You 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

Vin 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

All 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

CBS 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

If 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...