The ecstatic leap of two years ago ? smiling and subtle today. Phil Mickelson, at 35, connecting his personal legacy with the legends and tradition of The Masters.

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He was the first superstar of sports television because he did all of the big events. He’s the last of the dinosaurs. No one will ever be the voice of so many major events at...

There wasn’t a great living athlete or legend who wasn’t on the show. I met every one of my heroes.

I was pleased to hear we won’t be losing our best games. The general impression was that NBC was going to cherry-pick the best games. But it wouldn’t be fair to give us the dogs.

said Simms. ”It’s a matter of time. The game is much faster in the TV booth. It’s so hard to get it done in a three-man booth. There’s less time to talk. With only two...

Do kids ever tire of Christmas? The excitement of this job is never dull because in all the years and thousands of games I’ve called, I’ve never done the same one twice.

I was shocked when I got the call. I still regard myself as being very strong on football, and I think we had a great season. I can’t accept that my work is any less...