Legendary college football broadcaster Keith Jackson passed away Friday night at age 89. Hello, Heisman!”College football lost one of its most iconic voices Friday night, “the soundtrack to so many of our Saturdays,” as one Los Angeles Times reporter put it, as longtime broadcaster Keith Jackson died at age 89, his family confirmed to ESPN. Over a career of more than 50 years, Jackson’s Southern drawl and rhapsodic, folksy delivery was synonymous with some of college football’s most memorable moments. In 1966, he began calling college football games for ABC; he also would make appearances in the booth for college basketball, the NFL, the NBA, the World Series and the Olympics. “Keith Jackson is a man of great character and a legendary broadcaster,” George Bodenheimer, then the president of ESPN and ABC Sports, said when Jackson retired in 2006.

Source: Washington Post January 13, 2018 17:19 UTC