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Gaffes, laughs and other TV oddities. (Know It All).
From his home office in San Diego, media columnist Fritz Quindt's Super 7 wacky moments in the big game's TV history:
7. When ABC couldn't lure Howard Cosell out of retirement for SB19, it benched O.J. Simpson (network chairman Leonard Goldenson complained he was "unintelligible") in favor of Joe Theismann (an active player who'd never announced a game).
6. After the Patriots were praised for running out of the tunnel as one last February, the NFL and ABC discontinued the time-tested tradition of individual player introductions at SB37 ... and Bucs-Raiders began with a dull (but collective) thud.
5. Pat Summerall's headset was MIA for the opening kickoff at SB16--John Madden was sitting on it. (CBS tapes ...
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...P.M. EST TODAY/ PETE ROZELLE ALMOST SPEECHLESS OVER...NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle had to be briefed on...When I get there, Pete Rozelle says, 'Pat, I don...field in a headlock. John (Madden) turned to me in the...
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - Pete Rozelle took the job as National Football...America. "We will never replace Pete Rozelle," said Hugh Culverhouse of Tampa...oldest son, John, stepson of Pete Rozelle, made them realize even more how...
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- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) December 8, 1996 700+ words
...goodbye to their dear friend of 46 years, Pete Rozelle. ``It felt like the right thing to...America's biggest sporting event. Pete Rozelle's epitaph is written anew every Sunday...ready for football. It's a sure bet Pete Rozelle is smiling that shy smile somewhere...
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