Retro ESPN mistake

When sportscaster Curt Gowdy died in 2006, ESPN, a big part of ABC/Disney that employed Gowdy for so many years, continuing his show “American Sportsman,” even after he signed as the top announcer at NBC, had a taped tribute.

Narrated by Jeremy Schaap,  the piece started with Gowdy’s call of Hank Aaron’s record breaking 715th home run.

Next the end of O.J. Simpson’s 80 yard touchdown run in the 1/1/1969 Rose Bowl for USC, in a losing effort vs Ohio State.

Then a Mickey Mantle home run. Only problem is that I believe Jerry Coleman, and certainly not Curt Gowdy was the announcer.

Gowdy preached preparation, he was old, we all die, couldn’t ESPN with its sickening hype, often of bad behavior, been prepared by inserting the correct highlights (i.e. those involving Curt Gowdy) in their Gowdy tribute?!!