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RIP John Saunders

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Cosmo, Aug 10, 2016.

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  1. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    He and Valvano became very close in the couple of years they worked together when V was an ESPN analyst.
     
    BitterYoungMatador2, Aug 10, 2016
    #13
  2. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Inky_Wretch, Aug 10, 2016
    #14
  3. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    You're thinking of Mike Tirico.
     
    Batman, Aug 10, 2016
    #15
  4. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    Feel for Hannah having to be the bearer of that news. That's why she's a pro, though.
     
    Cosmo, Aug 10, 2016
    #16
  5. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    He knows.
     
    JC, Aug 10, 2016
    #17
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  6. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    That was a tough watch with Hannah Storm delivering that news. RIP.
     
    MileHigh, Aug 10, 2016
    #18
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  7. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    Damn.

    Saunders was steady, professional and still able to insert irony and humor where appropriate. Never a caricature.

    He'll never go down as a Berman, Ley, Mees, Scott, Olbermann/Patrick but he was there for decades, always with a solid role.
     
    exmediahack, Aug 10, 2016
    #19
  8. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    Total pro.

    A decade ago, I had to read the news of a Marine killed in Iraq who was the younger brother a close friend from college. Co-anchor on vacation so I couldn't flip the reads. You try to hold it in but it doesn't always work.
     
    exmediahack, Aug 10, 2016
    #20
  9. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Tough watch, indeed.

    Saunders came through the TV as a great guy.
     
    playthrough, Aug 10, 2016
    #21
  10. TyWebb

    TyWebb Well-Known Member

    He's one of the few guys on that network about whom I never heard anyone say a bad word. Like exmediahack said, he probably wasn't as popular or well-known as some of the more polarizing figures around him, but he was as professional and appreciated, if not more so, than any of them.
     
    TyWebb, Aug 10, 2016
    #22
  11. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    Also did a bang-up job stepping in as host of The Sports Reporters after Dick Schaap died.

    RIP.
     
    Steak Snabler, Aug 10, 2016
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  12. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    The obit is written very ambiguously when it comes to that. Still, RIP.
     
    HanSenSE, Aug 10, 2016
    #24
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