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Ed Goren, the President of Fox Sports, once worked for CBS. He started at CBS News in 1966 as a copyboy. He joined CBS Sports in 1975. When he was the producer of CBS’ College Football studio show in the 1980s, the guy he invited to audition for Studio Host was KSL-TV Sports Anchor Jim Nantz. Ed Goren is the reason for Jim Nantz! Isn’t that something.

Dick Stockton had an earlier stint at CBS Sports. Sure we all know he was at CBS from 1978-1994 and the 1995 NCAA Tournament, but he was also there from 1967-1974. Stockton, at that time, worked mostly NFL games, handling the studio from the game site he was assigned to. He was there for CBS when the lowest scoring NFL playoff game took place in 1970 at the Cotton Bowl when the Dallas Cowboys beat the Detroit Lions in the NFC Divisional by the score of 5-0. Stockton also worked WHA hockey and ABA basketball for CBS. Stockton in the early 1970s handled Boston Celtics and New York Knicks games, was part of the New York Yankees TV team in 1974 and worked for HBO. While at KDKA-TV, Stockton worked the first ever game at Three Rivers Stadium in 1970.

Michelle Obama’s brother is Oregon State basketball Coach, Craig Robinson. Robinson coached Brown University for two seasons before coming to OSU with an overall win-loss record of 30-28. Robinson was also an Assistant Coach at Northwestern from 2000-2006. Robinson played at Princeton and was a two-time Ivy League Player of the Year. He led Princeton to two NCAA Tournament apperances and is 4th on the Ivy League all-time scoring list. He was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the as the last pick of the 4th Round of the 1983 NBA Draft, but never played. He did play, however, in the European Basketball League for the Manchester Giants.

Doc Rivers is Phil Jackson’s bad luck charm. Not only had Rivers’ Boston Celtics defeated Jackson’s Lakers the NBA Finals a few months before, but Doc Rivers was the commentator for ABC Sports’ coverage of the NBA Finals that Phil Jackson first lost as a coach in 2004 as the Lakers fell to the Detroit Pistons in five games.

Kobe Bryant’s #24 is the number once worn by Kermit Washington, the Laker who punched and seriously injured the Houston Rockets’ Rudy Tomjanovich on December 9, 1977.

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