(CNN) — Keith Jackson, the sportscaster whose rich voice and distinctive phrasing endeared him to generations of college football fans, has died, ESPN said in a news release Saturday. He was 89. The ...
Keith Jackson laid down the soundtrack to Saturday for a generation of college football fans with phrases such as his signature “Whoa, Nelly!” From the World Series to the Olympics, NFL to NBA, he did ...
Even the “Granddaddy of Them All” has a dad. That’s the late and legendary ABC Sports announcer Keith Jackson, who coined that term for the Rose Bowl Game and it stuck. He clicked off his microphone ...
While it was a sad passing, no one wanted the gathering of friends to be downcast. Rather, the intent, in fact the name of the event we had all come to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, to attend ...
(RNN) - Legendary college football announcer Keith Jackson died Friday. He was 89 years old. ESPN reported his death Saturday, receiving word from his family. Friends, associates and fellow members of ...