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New York Times
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Rory McIlroy ‘has his masterpiece,' and CBS can celebrate a memorable broadcast
It was about 70 minutes after one of the most memorable Masters broadcasts in history, and Sellers Shy, the lead producer of the event for CBS Sports, was asked what he planned to do in Augusta for the rest of the evening. His voice was hoarse. The pollen in Augusta had taken its toll. He was ready for a drink. Advertisement 'I'm staying at a house with our director, Steve Milton; the producer of the first nine holes, Jim Rikhoff; our replay producer, Chris Svendsen; and our associate producer, Mark Dibbs,' Shy said. 'We're probably going to go sit around outside and make a big fire. Then, maybe a big cocktail. I can also see us rewatching the broadcast as fans so we can enjoy it as much as, hopefully, millions did.' Shy is not a name you would recognize unless your obsession with golf extends to sports television production people. And if it does, God help you. But if you watched Rory McIlroy finally conquer his nerves late Sunday afternoon and defeat Justin Rose in a dramatic sudden-death playoff to win his first Masters title, Shy was acting as your eyes and ears. This was thrilling television, as dramatic as Season Three of 'The White Lotus.' 'Rory gave us such a roller-coaster ride — that began with his two doubles at 15 and 17 early in the week — that we knew that this wasn't going to be a simple green jacket ceremony for him,' Shy said. 'You take that and then add on that we've been following Rory 11 years for not only his green jacket journey but his journey for the career Grand Slam.' Worth the wait. #themasters — Golf on CBS ⛳ (@GolfonCBS) April 14, 2025 Unlike the pulse rate of viewers at home, Shy said things were controlled and calm in the production truck during the final round and playoff. A big reason for that was that most of CBS' lead production people have decades of work at the Masters. Shy joined CBS Sports in 1997, and his first Masters for the company was a memorable one: Tiger Woods, at just 21 years old, winning his first major championship by 12 strokes. Shy assumed the role of leading CBS Sports' golf production in January 2021. This was his fifth Masters as the lead producer, and it showed in the production. The broadcast had everything under control, even as hell was breaking loose on the final nine. Advertisement 'We aired, in the past, Rory's close calls at the Masters, and we wanted to be with him live and document him all the way through the playoff live,' Shy said. 'We wanted the fans at home to react like we would in the truck. It's as much about (analyst) Trevor (Immelman), as the 2008 Masters champion, documenting Rory, who seems like he is at his best when he has the pedal down and at his worst when he tries to play conservatively. We tried to set up which Rory we were going to get.' Golf fans are a unique lot when it comes to the winning call of a major, and lead broadcaster Jim Nantz is certainly aware when a call is going to be replayed for decades. Here is what he said as McIlroy lined up in sudden death for the win: 'Look at the long shadows, symbolic, this moment of the journey it's taken to get here. For all this history … the long journey is over!! McIlroy has his masterpiece!' After the winning putt dropped, Nantz and Immelman paid homage to Rose, who finished second. After a quick back-and-forth between the lead broadcasters, CBS went silent for five minutes and seven seconds as the images of McIlroy told the story. With the camera tight on the golfer, McIlroy was feted by a parade of well-wishers during a long stroll back to the clubhouse. CBS got the money line when McIllroy told his buddies, 'I gotta go get a green jacket.' Rory McIlroy has plans to go get a Green Jacket. — Golf on CBS ⛳ (@GolfonCBS) April 13, 2025 Sellers said that approach, for the broadcast to 'lay out' or be silent, began in 2019 when Woods won his fifth green jacket. 'There wasn't anything said then, and it was so powerful,' Shy said. 'We learned something then: that it had the right formula to make a great broadcast. Do I have to tell everyone that is on all-key (the mechanism to talk to the broadcasters) to be silent? I don't. Everyone knows this is what you should do. We knew that the pictures would be everything that the fans needed. It was genuine, authentic. You saw the tears. You saw the relief. You understood the validation. There's nothing that Jim or Trevor or Dottie (Pepper) or anyone else could have said in that moment to make it any more powerful than that walk that he gave.' Advertisement Is there an argument to be made that Nantz and Immelman should have identified for casual fans some of the people McIlroy hugged? Sure. But I preferred the laying out. You can complain about CBS Sports when it comes to who it shows during a tournament, but it generally nails the post-celebration of the Masters. 'I watched in my office in the content center at Augusta National,' CBS president David Berson wrote via text a couple of minutes after it ended. 'As thrilling a Masters as any fan can ever hope for. I am incredibly proud of our team. This is one we will remember forever.' McIlroy will provide CBS with something it has needed in the last couple of years: a big viewership pop for the final round. Last year's final round of the Masters averaged 9.59 million viewers, down 20 percent from 2023 (a big caveat is that the 2023 final round aired on Easter Sunday and benefited from large out-of-home viewership). That was down from the 10.17 million viewers for Sunday's final round in 2022. These numbers are also significantly down from 10 years ago, when 14 million viewers watched Jordan Spieth capture the title. Per Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal, this year's third round drew 7.6 million viewers Saturday, up 16 percent from last year. Come Monday, we are likely to see a big final-round viewership number over last year given the hype heading into Sunday with Bryson DeChambeau and McIlroy in the final pairing. Then add how the final round played out and the dramatic finish. You can understand why Shy and CBS Sports will soak up this good feeling: We'll be hearing about this Masters for some time.
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Former Obama administration adviser flew to Britain to rape nine-year-old girl
A former policy adviser to Barack Obama's administration flew to Britain planning to rape a nine-year-old child. Rahamim 'Rami' Shy, 47, an investment banker who helped co-ordinate the US government's counter-terror response, travelled from New York to Bedfordshire to meet an English schoolgirl. He spent more than a month planning the trip and had packed his suitcases with cuddly toys and condoms, Luton Crown Court heard. On an online forum and messaging apps, Shy described the 'unspeakable acts' he was planning in graphic detail to someone he believed to be the girl's grandmother. But the grandmother, using the name Debbie, was in fact an online decoy created by an undercover officer from Bedfordshire Police. In his messages, Shy described the girl as a 'tad late' in starting sexual activity at the age of nine, and said that it was an 'honour' to be considered 'her first', the court heard. He flew to Gatwick on Feb 23 last year then drove to Bedford to meet the undercover officer, and was promptly arrested. His lawyers tried to claim that as he was in the US at the time of the messaging, he was jurisdictionally exempt from prosecution in the UK. But the Crown Prosecution Service successfully argued that English courts have jurisdiction to try offences committed abroad that are intended to result in criminal offences in England. During the trial, the court heard Shy, after arriving in Britain, tried to delete the 'depraved messages' he had sent. Other messages retrieved from his phone revealed he had discussed his sexual interest in children with others. A cache of indecent images of children were discovered on his phone by police. Officers also found several cuddly toys and condoms within Shy's luggage after his arrest. The prosecution argued the items demonstrated 'a clear intent to win the child over' before abusing her. On Wednesday, Shy was jailed for 11 years and six months after being found guilty of arranging the commission of a child sex offence – namely rape – and possessing indecent photographs of a child. Shy was previously employed at banking group Citi, and had worked in a senior role at the US treasury department from 2008 to 2014, advising officials on countering the financing of terrorism and assisting foreign governments to impose sanctions on hostile regimes, the Daily Mail reported at the time of his arrest. A spokesman from Citi said that Shy was no longer an employee following his arrest. Shy was also deployed to Afghanistan to provide expertise to the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), set up to maintain stability following the America-led invasion of the country. According to a LinkedIn page, he provided ISAF with counter-terrorist finance expertise, and went on to present the US's strategy on Afghanistan to a congressional hearing in 2010. Lorraine Telford, of the CPS, said: 'Rahamim Shy is a predator who was fully prepared to commit unspeakable acts against a child for his own sexual gratification. 'It was clear from his explicit conversations and items he brought to England that he had only one intention, to commit rape against what he knew was a vulnerable child. 'The fact the child in this case did not exist makes no difference, and it is a credit to the police operation and subsequent prosecution that Shy will no longer pose an immediate threat. 'All children have the right to feel safe and protected, and I hope this conviction sends a clear message that the CPS, working closely alongside law enforcement, will relentlessly pursue justice and prosecute those who seek to sexually exploit children.'
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Former Obama administration adviser flew to Britain to rape nine-year-old girl
A former policy adviser to Barack Obama's administration flew to Britain planning to rape a nine-year-old child. Rahamim 'Rami' Shy, 47, an investment banker who helped co-ordinate the US government's counter-terror response, travelled from New York to Bedfordshire to meet an English schoolgirl. He spent more than a month planning the trip and had packed his suitcases with cuddly toys and condoms, Luton Crown Court heard. On an online forum and messaging apps, Shy described the 'unspeakable acts' he was planning in graphic detail to someone he believed to be the girl's grandmother. But the grandmother, using the name Debbie, was in fact an online decoy created by an undercover officer from Bedfordshire Police. In his messages, Shy described the girl as a 'tad late' in starting sexual activity at the age of nine, and said that it was an 'honour' to be considered 'her first', the court heard. He flew to Gatwick on Feb 23 last year then drove to Bedford to meet the undercover officer, and was promptly arrested. His lawyers tried to claim that as he was in the US at the time of the messaging, he was jurisdictionally exempt from prosecution in the UK. But the Crown Prosecution Service successfully argued that English courts have jurisdiction to try offences committed abroad that are intended to result in criminal offences in England. During the trial, the court heard Shy, after arriving in Britain, tried to delete the 'depraved messages' he had sent. Other messages retrieved from his phone revealed he had discussed his sexual interest in children with others. A cache of indecent images of children were discovered on his phone by police. Officers also found several cuddly toys and condoms within Shy's luggage after his arrest. The prosecution argued the items demonstrated 'a clear intent to win the child over' before abusing her. On Wednesday, Shy was jailed for 11 years and six months after being found guilty of arranging the commission of a child sex offence – namely rape – and possessing indecent photographs of a child. Shy was previously employed at banking group Citi, and had worked in a senior role at the US treasury department from 2008 to 2014, advising officials on countering the financing of terrorism and assisting foreign governments to impose sanctions on hostile regimes, the Daily Mail reported at the time of his arrest. A spokesman from Citi said that Shy was no longer an employee following his arrest. Shy was also deployed to Afghanistan to provide expertise to the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), set up to maintain stability following the America-led invasion of the country. According to a LinkedIn page, he provided ISAF with counter-terrorist finance expertise, and went on to present the US's strategy on Afghanistan to a congressional hearing in 2010. Lorraine Telford, of the CPS, said: 'Rahamim Shy is a predator who was fully prepared to commit unspeakable acts against a child for his own sexual gratification. 'It was clear from his explicit conversations and items he brought to England that he had only one intention, to commit rape against what he knew was a vulnerable child. 'The fact the child in this case did not exist makes no difference, and it is a credit to the police operation and subsequent prosecution that Shy will no longer pose an immediate threat. 'All children have the right to feel safe and protected, and I hope this conviction sends a clear message that the CPS, working closely alongside law enforcement, will relentlessly pursue justice and prosecute those who seek to sexually exploit children.' Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Yahoo
US advisor who flew to UK to rape child is jailed
A former advisor to the US government who flew to the UK to rape whom he believed to be a nine-year-old child has been convicted and jailed. Rahamim Shy, 47, travelled to Bedford from New York in February 2024 to have sex with the girl following more than a month of planning. This followed correspondence with an individual describing herself as 'Debbie', the girl's 'grandmother', who was in fact an undercover officer with Bedfordshire Police. Shy, of Jersey City in New Jersey, was found guilty of arranging the commission of a child sex offence, namely rape, and possessing indecent photographs of a child, at Luton Crown Court on Wednesday, and was jailed for 11 years and six months. The court heard how, using an online forum and messaging apps, Shy described in detail disturbing acts he wanted to do to the girl and said he was prepared to travel to England to do so. He described the child's age of nine as a "tad late" to start sexual activity, and said it was an "honour" to be considered "her first". Shy, who was also an international investment banker, flew from the US to Gatwick Airport on 23 February before driving to Bedford where he was arrested. Officers found cuddly toys and condoms in his luggage which the prosecution argued demonstrated a clear intent to win the child over before abusing her. Shy's phone contained indecent images of children and messages in which he discussed his sexual interest in children, the CPS said. Lorraine Telford, of the CPS, said: "Rahamim Shy is a predator who was fully prepared to commit unspeakable acts against a child for his own sexual gratification. "It was clear from his explicit conversations and items he brought to England that he had only one intention, to commit rape against what he knew was a vulnerable child. "The fact the child in this case did not exist makes no difference." Before the trial, the defence argued that because Shy was in the US at the time of the messaging, he was jurisdictionally exempt from prosecution, the CPS said. However, the prosecution successfully argued English courts have the jurisdiction to try offences committed abroad that are intended to result in criminal offences in England. He was found not guilty of possessing a prohibited image of a child. Shy previously worked as a senior adviser for Pakistan and Afghanistan during the Obama administration. Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Charity stops using Captain Sir Tom Moore's name Premier Inn confirms job cuts in call centre move Crown Prosecution Service Bedfordshire Police
BBC News
29-01-2025
- BBC News
US advisor who flew to Bedford to try and rape a child is jailed
A former advisor to the US government who flew to the UK to rape whom he believed to be a nine-year-old child has been convicted and Shy, 47, travelled to Bedford from New York in February 2024 to have sex with the girl following more than a month of followed correspondence with an individual describing herself as 'Debbie', the girl's 'grandmother', who was in fact an undercover officer with Bedfordshire of Jersey City in New Jersey, was found guilty of arranging the commission of a child sex offence, namely rape, and possessing indecent photographs of a child, at Luton Crown Court on Wednesday, and was jailed for 11 years and six months. The court heard how, using an online forum and messaging apps, Shy described in detail disturbing acts he wanted to do to the girl and said he was prepared to travel to England to do described the child's age of nine as a "tad late" to start sexual activity, and said it was an "honour" to be considered "her first".Shy, who was also an international investment banker, flew from the US to Gatwick Airport on 23 February before driving to Bedford where he was found cuddly toys and condoms in his luggage which the prosecution argued demonstrated a clear intent to win the child over before abusing phone contained indecent images of children and messages in which he discussed his sexual interest in children, the CPS said. Lorraine Telford, of the CPS, said: "Rahamim Shy is a predator who was fully prepared to commit unspeakable acts against a child for his own sexual gratification."It was clear from his explicit conversations and items he brought to England that he had only one intention, to commit rape against what he knew was a vulnerable child."The fact the child in this case did not exist makes no difference."Before the trial, the defence argued that because Shy was in the US at the time of the messaging, he was jurisdictionally exempt from prosecution, the CPS the prosecution successfully argued English courts have the jurisdiction to try offences committed abroad that are intended to result in criminal offences in was found not guilty of possessing a prohibited image of a previously worked as a senior adviser for Pakistan and Afghanistan during the Obama administration. Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
