Sunday was Verne Lundquist's final day behind the Masters microphone after 40 years. And he went out on a high note.
Of course, you know the calls. Verne Lundquist provided the soundtrack for so many iconic sports moments, from Jack Nicklaus’ 17th-hole birdie putt at the 1986 Masters to Christian Laettner’s jumper at the buzzer in the 1992 NCAA Tournament to Tiger Woods’ famed chip at No. 16 at the 2005 Masters to Auburn’s kick-six in the 2013 Iron Bowl . So many more, too. Advertisement But here is something you may not know: On the night of Nov.
“ lost the to Fox in 1994, and I stayed at CBS for one year after that, and then a wonderful guy, the late Mike Pearl who was our executive producer of the , went to Turner Sports and invited me to come over there and I did for two years,” Lundquist said. “I’ll never forget we were in Nagano, Japan, and CBS had reacquired the rights to the NFL. Sean came up to me … before the men’s championships.
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