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Post by timholycross on Apr 14, 2024 19:53:46 GMT -5
Nice event during today's Celtics game. Several sincere and emotional mentions of Tommy Heinsohn.
Did raise one question, however. Didn't he do some games with Bob Cousy? Didn't hear Bob's name mentioned, never mind an audio or video tribute (there were a few from people that weren't at the ceremony).
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Post by classof83 on Apr 14, 2024 20:51:07 GMT -5
IIRC Mike Gorman and Ronnie Perry Jr. used to be the announcers for a lot of Big East games back in the early years of the Big East
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Post by rf1 on Apr 14, 2024 21:03:34 GMT -5
When he did sports at WPRI tv in RI, he also did radio play by play for URI men's basketball games on WPRO. Would have been late 1970's to about 1980.
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Post by timholycross on Apr 15, 2024 5:50:33 GMT -5
I found out after I posted this that there was an audio from Bob while Wyc Grousbeck was on the broadcast. Will have to go back and find it.
Glad he's ok and glad he wasn't left out. Was sure he was on many Celts telecasts in the 80s and 90s after Gorman came on the scene. Cousy working as an analyst w/Mike on college ball? Not so sure if Bob did any college games, other than w/Mr. E on Channel 27.
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Post by hchoops on Apr 15, 2024 7:37:23 GMT -5
I found out after I posted this that there was an audio from Bob while Wyc Grousbeck was on the broadcast. Will have to go back and find it. Glad he's ok and glad he wasn't left out. Was sure he was on many Celts telecasts in the 80s and 90s after Gorman came on the scene. College ball with Mike? Not so sure about that. Mike was an excellent Big East announcer. When he left for the Celtics there was no comparable play by play college announcer. |
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Post by timholycross on Apr 15, 2024 7:40:43 GMT -5
Sorry, hope I didn't seem to be knocking Mike. I meant that Cousy perhaps didn't work with Mike on college telecasts, and edited my post accordingly. I agree Mike was great doing Big East and other games. None better.
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Post by thecrossisback on Apr 15, 2024 7:58:35 GMT -5
Mike Gorman did this game.
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Post by Tom on Apr 15, 2024 17:47:59 GMT -5
In the early days of the Heinsohn Gorman pairing, Heinsohn was doing the CBS game of the week. Now, back in those days, the Celts were darn likely to be the game of the week, but I think Cousy did fill in when the Celts played when Heinsohn was away doing a different network broadcast
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 15, 2024 23:31:03 GMT -5
Mike Gorman did this game. Those were the days. We thought they'd never end.🎶 |
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 15, 2024 23:34:17 GMT -5
In the early days of the Heinsohn Gorman pairing, Heinsohn was doing the CBS game of the week. Now, back in those days, the Celts were darn likely to be the game of the week, but I think Cousy did fill in when the Celts played when Heinsohn was away doing a different network broadcast I wonder if he called Mike "Michael"? I think he called Bob Fouracre "Robert" |
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Post by timholycross on Apr 16, 2024 7:19:41 GMT -5
Slightly off topic- John Sterling retired yesterday. Boston fans who were annoyed by his Yankee shtick will always have this* to remember him by.
*have never heard Gorman's call of the event, not sure if it exists. Either way, the reactions of the Hawks' bench are priceless.
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Post by Tom on Apr 16, 2024 8:01:06 GMT -5
Slightly off topic- John Sterling retired yesterday. Boston fans who were annoyed by his Yankee shtick will always have this* to remember him by. *have never heard Gorman's call of the event, not sure if it exists. Either way, the reactions of the Hawks' bench are priceless. This was in the kind of early days of cable. Home games were on Sportschannel and road games were on regular TV. I think Gorman only did the Sportschannel broadcasts so, IIRC he didn't call this road game.. Kind of annoying during these great Celtic teams that Worcester and most surrounding towns did not carry Sportschannel. |
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Post by gks on Apr 16, 2024 8:17:44 GMT -5
Slightly off topic- John Sterling retired yesterday. Boston fans who were annoyed by his Yankee shtick will always have this* to remember him by. *have never heard Gorman's call of the event, not sure if it exists. Either way, the reactions of the Hawks' bench are priceless. Pretty sure this was televised on TBS. Probably wasn't a local telecast. Bird's best shot on this game was the three pointer that didn't count. |
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Post by WCHC Sports on Apr 16, 2024 9:36:59 GMT -5
While at HC, I was a major NY sports fan in the heart of enemy territory. Even so, I was spoiled because I had Don Orsillo and the Rem Dog on SOX games, and Mike Gorman and Tommy Heinsohn for Celtics games. Great mix of exceptional play-by-play skills and chops, with the supremely entertaining insights and quirks of the color guys. My personal fandom aside, made me really love watching the games.
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Post by hchoops on Apr 16, 2024 10:29:03 GMT -5
While at HC, I was a major NY sports fan in the heart of enemy territory. Even so, I was spoiled because I had Don Orsillo and the Rem Dog on SOX games, and Mike Gorman and Tommy Heinsohn for Celtics games. Great mix of exceptional play-by-play skills and chops, with the supremely entertaining insights and quirks of the color guys. My personal fandom aside, made me really love watching the games. Also as a New Yorker in enemy territory, but in the mid 60s, I had to endure the homer fanaticism of one Johnny Most on the Celtic broadcasts |
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Apr 16, 2024 13:48:54 GMT -5
While at HC, I was a major NY sports fan in the heart of enemy territory. Even so, I was spoiled because I had Don Orsillo and the Rem Dog on SOX games, and Mike Gorman and Tommy Heinsohn for Celtics games. Great mix of exceptional play-by-play skills and chops, with the supremely entertaining insights and quirks of the color guys. My personal fandom aside, made me really love watching the games. Also as a New Yorker in enemy territory, but in the mid 60s, I had to endure the homer fanaticism of one Johnny Most on the Celtics telecasts. |
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Post by hchoops on Apr 16, 2024 13:53:07 GMT -5
Also as a New Yorker in enemy territory, but in the mid 60s, I had to endure the homer fanaticism of one Johnny Most on the Celtics broadcasts. Exactly I recall the same but with Chamberlain maiming Russell, bleeding profusely. In Wheeler TV room in the 1963-64 season, the many Celtic fans insisted that we listen to Most on the radio while muting the TV announcers. 2 different games. |
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Post by mm67 on Apr 16, 2024 14:11:17 GMT -5
"Roughhouse Rudy" La Russo - Johnny Most. Preferred Marty Glickman(Swish) & Marv Albert. IMHO, NY wins the announcer comparison by a mile. However the Celts won the games. They were in in the stratosphere. Cousy, Sharman, KC, Sam, Tommy, Jim Loscutoff, Bailey Howell, and the incomparable Bill Russell(Gene Conley bench). And, Havlicek steals the ball. Red Auerbach was the best coach/gm in the history of the NBA. Are you kidding me?
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Post by Tom on Apr 16, 2024 14:37:50 GMT -5
While at HC, I was a major NY sports fan in the heart of enemy territory. Even so, I was spoiled because I had Don Orsillo and the Rem Dog on SOX games, and Mike Gorman and Tommy Heinsohn for Celtics games. Great mix of exceptional play-by-play skills and chops, with the supremely entertaining insights and quirks of the color guys. My personal fandom aside, made me really love watching the games. Also as a New Yorker in enemy territory, but in the mid 60s, I had to endure the homer fanaticism of one Johnny Most on the Celtic broadcasts Random side note - Most contemporary Chick Hearn would often refer to the Lakers as "we". The totally objective Most never referred to the Celtics in the first person |
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Post by Tom on Apr 16, 2024 14:42:00 GMT -5
Also as a New Yorker in enemy territory, but in the mid 60s, I had to endure the homer fanaticism of one Johnny Most on the Celtics telecasts. Based on what is written here, I would say that's a bad call. Sedale Threatt is a sneaky, dirty, rotten human being |
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Post by hchoops on Apr 16, 2024 15:47:15 GMT -5
And then there were McFilthy and McNasty
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Apr 16, 2024 17:05:45 GMT -5
"Sloan with his phony staggering act!"
I always felt Johnny called it right down the middle...
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Post by hchoops on Apr 16, 2024 18:00:14 GMT -5
"Sloan with his phony staggering act!" I always felt Johnny called it right down the middle... Somewhere between the “L “ and the “T”. |
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 16, 2024 19:21:25 GMT -5
Johnny must have accused Kurt Rambis of pulling a "Stanislavski" on the clothesline play.
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Post by 78purple on Apr 17, 2024 5:53:23 GMT -5
IIRC Mike Gorman and Ronnie Perry Jr. used to be the announcers for a lot of Big East games back in the early years of the Big East Correct |
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