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Irish Daily Star
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Star
Terry Bradshaw still shocked FOX Sports let colleague leave for rival - 'I don't understand'
Pittsburgh Steelers icon and NFL media legend Terry Bradshaw has claimed he doesn't understand why FOX let Dave Wannstedt leave the network. Former head coach of the Chicago Bears and Miami Dolphins, Wannstedt, left FOX to join rivals NBC in 2023, where he is currently the host of Pro Football Weekly on NBC Sports Chicago . Away from his role as a coach, the former Green Bay Packers star even won Super Bowl XXVII in 1992. However it was his broadcasting skills that really made an impression on Bradshaw . During a sit down with Lou Canellis on FOX 32 Chicago , the broadcasting legend asked the host if he ever ran into the Windy City-based Wannstedt. After Canellis confirmed, Bradshaw could not hide his enthusiasm, but also his befuddlement at why Wannstedt wasn't still working with FOX. "He [Wannstedt] and I are big, big buddies, especially during football season as he gives me all my [Chicago] Bear insight stuff," Bradshaw said. "He's really good, I'm shocked that FOX didn't keep him, he was so good, I don't understand television obviously, but he is one of my favorite people, top five guys. Dave Wannstedt left FOX in 2023 (Image: ©Icon Sportswire (A Division of XML Team Solutions) All Rights Reserved contact: info@ "He calls me 'Terr' - nobody calls me 'Terr'. I'm 'TB', I'm the 'blonde bomber', I'm 'Bub', but not 'Terr' - [but he's] a good man!" Wannstedt, a 39-year veteran of the collegiate and professional coaching ranks, joined FOX in 2014. From there he appeared on FOX NFL Kick-off on Sunday mornings, during the NFL season, but departed the network two years ago. Like Wannstedt, 76-year-old Bradshaw called time on his gridiron career to move into television. Bradshaw eventually moved to FOX's NFL Today in 1990. However when FOX launched its NFL Sunday show in 1994, he came aboard and has been the face of the programme ever since. Terry Bradshaw has been a part of FOX NFL Sunday since 1994 (Image: Mark Cunningham/) While he is known as a beloved analyst for many fans, concerns over his performance on FOX have been scrutinised due to his on-air slip-ups throughout last season. There are now rumors that Bradshaw may be close to calling time on his career in the media glare. "I'm 76. It's a young man's game, I get that," Bradshaw said previously. "Everybody wants the new thing. So I said if we can get to the next Super Bowl [that FOX covers], I'll be 80. I think that's time and that's 80 years old and that's pushing it." Bradshaw was the No.1 pick in the 1970 NFL draft and led the Steelers to four Super Bowl victories. Between 1970 and 1983, he also scored two Super Bowl MVP awards and an NFL Most Valuable Player title.
Forbes
15-04-2025
- Sport
- Forbes
The LA 2028 Olympics: The Rose Bowl
PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 31: Aerial general view of Super Bowl XXVII between the Buffalo Bills and the ... More Dallas Cowboys on January 31, 1993 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The Cowboys won the game, 52-17. (Photo by) The Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California, is one of only two venues in the world to soon be a host venue for three different Olympic Games (1932, 1984 and 2028). The other venue is the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. A 96-year run. Quite a legacy. I am biased but I think the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena California is the greatest setting in the world to watch a college football game (or a soccer match, or a Coldplay concert for that matter). This historic venue is nestled in the Arroyo Seco ('dry stream' in Spanish) canyon against the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. PASADENA, CA - OCTOBER 06: Musicians Will Champion (L) and Chris Martin (C) of Coldplay perform at ... More the Rose Bowl on October 6, 2017 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by) The Arroyo Seco was one of the Los Angeles River tributaries explored by Captain Gaspar de Portola, a Spanish officer and the first governor of California, in the late summer and fall of 1770. He named the stream Arroyo Seco, because for all the canyons he had seen, this one had the least water. The Arroyo Seco region can be considered by historical accounts as the birthplace of Pasadena. By 1821 the area passed from Spanish to Mexican control. The Arroyo Seco was then a part of the Rancho del Rincón de San Pascual, a 14,000-acre Mexican land grant given to Juan Mariné, a retired artillery lieutenant. Photograph of Colorado Street from Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena, California, 1883. (Photo by USC ... More Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images) The Arroyo Seco was later incorporated as a part of the city of Pasadena in 1886. The town had been settled beginning in the 1870's by many well-to-do families coming from Indiana (The Indiana Colony) and soon thereafter wealthy easterners via the railroad drawn to the climate. Construction of the Rose Bowl began in January 1922 and was completed by October. The first football game would be played there in January of 1923 between the University of Southern California (USC) Trojans and the Penn State Nittany Lions. USC won 14-3. But this was not the first Rose Bowl. It was the ninth. Rose Bowl football games had already been played in Pasadena since 1902. Organized by the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association (the folks who had started the Rose Parade in 1890) and titled the East-West Tournament Game, the game had grown in popularity until by the twenties there were 40,000 spectators watching on temporary, rickety stands at Tournament Park adjacent the California Institute of Technology. Designed by famed Southern California architect Myron Hunt, the Rose Bowl would be modeled after the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut which had opened in 1914. It was horse-shoe shaped and held 57,000 spectators for that first game in 1923. There is consensus today that the Rose Bowl was the first postseason college football game ever played. It also predated the world series. (Original Caption) Faye Loyd Covers the Army-Yale Game Outside the Yale Press Box. New Haven, ... More Connecticut: United Press woman sportswriter Fay Loyd checks her program at the Yale-Army game November 6th as West Point Cadets mass on the field (background). Miss Loyd, barred from the Yale Bowl press box, covered the game in a special spot reserved for her by Yale University directly in front of the press Box. By 1927, the games were finally broadcast live via radio. The first televised game happened in 1952. The first coast-to-coast TV broadcast in color came 10 years after that. The broadcast world brought the Rose Bowl its famous nickname. The late, great broadcaster Keith Jackson is credited with coining the term, "The Granddaddy of Them All." A statue of him now stands outside of the structure. PASADENA, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 23: A statue of broadcaster Keith Jackson at Rose Bowl stadium on ... More November 23, 2023 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by) The 1932 Games were held against the backdrop of the global Great Depression. At that time also travel to Los Angeles from other countries was limited to ship transport mainly. As a result of these two factors many nations did not attend. Only 37 countries sent teams versus 46 countries in 1928 in Amsterdam. President Herbert Hoover elected not to attend. Organizers of the LA Games were therefore constrained to use existing facilities around the city wherever possible to control costs instead of building new venues. The only new facility for these games would be the swimming stadium built next to the LA Memorial Coliseum. Photograph of Great Britain's pursuit team at the 1932 Olympic games. (from left to right) Charles ... More Holland (1908 - 1989), William Frank Southall (1904 - 1964), William Gladstone Harvell (1907 - 1985) and Ernest Alfred Johnson (1912 - 1997). (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) At the 1932 Games the Rose Bowl would host (of all things) track cycling events. A large wooden velodrome track was constructed within the stadium and a total of four cycling events would be held there: 1. The 4-Man Team Pursuit 2. The 1,000 Meter Time Trial 3. The Match Sprint and 4. The Tandem Match Sprint. Seating was 75,000 but the stadium was mostly empty with events sparsely attended. 66 riders from 13 countries competed with Italy winning the most medals (5) and Dunc Gray winning Australia's first cycling gold medal in the Time Trial. At sixteen Otto Luedeke of the U.S. would be the youngest rider in the field. 28 JUL 1984: A GENERAL VIEW OF THE OLYMPIC STADIUM DURING THE OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE 1984 SUMMER ... More OLYMPICS HELD IN LOS ANGELES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. For these games the Rose Bowl would be selected to host the men's soccer tournament. Only the top sixteen nations would qualify to send teams. But a Soviet Union-led boycott by the so-called Eastern Bloc nations severely affected the 1984 participants. Czechoslovakia, East Germany, the Soviet Union, Poland, Hungary and Bulgaria all qualified but sadly leaders chose not to let their athletes compete. Also in 1984 for the first time professionals would be allowed to compete for their countries. As a result, in spite of the boycott all matches were well attended. In fact for the final between France and Brazil, which France would win 2-0, the crowd of 101,799 would be the largest crowd to witness a soccer match in U.S. history. This record would stand for 30 years until 2014 when it was broken at Michigan Stadium in a match between Real Madrid and Manchester United. Pasadena, CA - 1984: Men's Football / Soccer competition, Italy vs. USA, Rose Bowl, at the 1984 ... More Summer Olympics, July 31, 1984. (Photo by Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images) As of March 25, 2025 The Rose Bowl has been approved again to be the host venue for soccer semi-final and final matches. However this time both men's and women's matches will be held there. 'Pasadena is proud to be a Venue City supporting the Host City of Los Angeles for the 2028 Games and we look forward to welcoming the world to the iconic Rose Bowl Stadium. We will ensure all visitors enjoy the best Games experience possible with all our City has to offer,' stated Pasadena Mayor Victor M. Gordo. Night view of the beautiful facade of the historical City Hall building of Pasadena, Los Angeles ... More county, California; the building was completed in 1927;
Yahoo
03-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
'Most fun I ever had': Jimmy Johnson retires after three decades as Fox NFL analyst
More than three decades after first making the jump from the NFL sideline to a TV studio, Jimmy Johnson is retiring from his longtime role as an analyst on "Fox NFL Sunday." The 81-year-old Johnson made the announcement Monday morning during an appearance on 'The Herd With Colin Cowherd.' 'The most fun I ever had in my career, and that's counting Super Bowls and national championships, was at Fox Sports," Johnson said. "I have an absolute ball with my friends on the set — best friends I've ever had — there with Fox. ..." 'But I've made an extremely difficult decision. I've been thinking about it for the last four or five years, and I've decided to retire from Fox. I'm going to miss it. I'm going to miss all the guys, and I'll see them occasionally. It's been a great run starting back 31 years ago.' We love you, Coach. Congratulations on an amazing career.- from your FOX Sports family — FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) March 3, 2025 Fox NFL did not immediately respond to a request for comment on any potential replacements for Johnson. Johnson was a defensive lineman at the University of Arkansas and helped the Razorbacks win the national title in 1964. He later was named to the school's all-decade team for the 1960s and was inducted into the university's Hall of Fame in 1999. After college, Johnson went into coaching. His first head coaching job was at Oklahoma State from 1979-1983, then he moved on to the University of Miami, where he coached the Hurricanes to the national championship following the 1987. In 1989, Johnson accepted the Dallas Cowboys job from team owner Jerry Jones, a former teammate from the Arkansas national championship team decades earlier. Following a win over San Francisco in the NFC championship game on Jan. 17, 1993, Johnson solidified his standing in team lore by greeting his players with what has become one of the best known rhetorical questions in the NFL: "How 'bout them Cowboys?" Read more: Sean McVay very aware Matthew Stafford contract adjustment might be a yearly task After leading Dallas to victory in Super Bowl XXVII and XXVIII, Johnson parted ways with Jones and the Cowboys after the second championship in 1994. Johnson was one of the initial hires — along with current analysts Terry Bradshaw and Howie Long — for the fledgling "Fox NFL Sunday" studio show in 1994. Johnson departed in 1996 to become head coach of the Miami Dolphins before returning to the show in 2002. 'Jimmy Johnson was there when Fox NFL Sunday came on-air for the first time 31 years ago, and since then has been a cherished member of our Fox Sports family, which makes today's retirement news bittersweet,' Fox Sports CEO Eric Shanks said in a statement. 'Jimmy served as an inspiration to generations of football fans with his legendary swagger, one-of-a-kind inside and signature humor.' How about that @JimmyJohnson! Congratulations coach, thank you and all the best from your @FOXSports and @NFLonFOX family as you set sail into retirement. — FOX Sports PR (@FOXSportsPR) March 3, 2025 Michael Strahan, who has appeared on the show with Johnson since 2008, wrote on X: "It has been 17 seasons of fun and laughs sitting next to you. You're truly one of a kind and thanks for being you and gifting me with one of the best friendships anyone could ever ask for. Hope you enjoy fishing and drinking beers on the boat. You deserve it." Congratulations on your retirement @JimmyJohnson ! It has been 17 seasons of fun and laughs sitting next to you. You're truly one of a kind and thanks for being you and gifting me with one of the best friendships anyone could ever ask for. Hope you enjoy fishing and drinking… — Michael Strahan (@michaelstrahan) March 3, 2025 Get the best, most interesting and strangest stories of the day from the L.A. sports scene and beyond from our newsletter The Sports Report. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
USA Today
03-03-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Cowboys legend, Hall of Famer retires for 2nd time
Cowboys legend, Hall of Famer retires for 2nd time Going fishing in the Florida Keys while sipping on a Heineken looks like the plan for former Cowboys head coach and Hall of Famer Jimmy Johnson. The Fox NFL Sunday pregame host announced on The Herd with Colin Cowherd he is retiring from the beloved television show after 27 years on the set. Johnson had been with the network since the program debuted during the 1994 season. He took a four-year hiatus to return to coaching with the Miami Dolphins, but as soon as that run ended he returned to the studio. The 81-year-old now looks forward to the next chapter of his life. 'I've made an extremely difficult decision,' Johnson said. 'I've been thinking about it for the last four or five years, but I've decided to retire from Fox. I'm gonna miss it, I'm gonna miss all the guys but it has been a great run starting 31 years ago.' - Jimmy Johnson on The Herd Johnson sent shock waves back in October of 1989 as a rookie head coach when he, along with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, traded star running back Herschel Walker to Minnesota for a bounty of draft picks. The great train robbery, as some have called it, paved the way for Dallas to remake their roster en route to Super Bowl glory. The former University of Miami coach won Super Bowl XXVII and Super Bowl XXVIII with the Cowboys before things turned sour between he and Jerry Jones in Dallas. The Cowboys would go on to win Super Bowl XXX against the Pittsburgh Steelers with a roster mainly composed of players Johnson acquired during his tenure. Johnson would eventually lead Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino and the Dolphins from 1996-1999 before turning to the Fox news desk for good, teaming up with Howie Long, Terry Bradshaw, and Curt Menefee. Before Super Bowl LIX, Fox prepared somewhat of a farewell video of the life and legacy of Johnson beginning with his National Championship run with the University of Arkansas back in 1964. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was a teammate of Johnson during that time. Cowboys fans have taken to social media to express their gratitude for the impact Johnson had in Dallas. Former players are starting to share their favorite stories about the beloved coach. If this is the end of Johnson and his NFL career, it is only appropriate to end this with one simple line. Fantastic, fantastic, fantastic career and the only thing I've got to say is "How Bout them Cowboys!"
Los Angeles Times
03-03-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
‘Most fun I ever had': Jimmy Johnson retires after three decades as Fox NFL analyst
More than three decades after first making the jump from the NFL sideline to a TV studio, Jimmy Johnson is retiring from his longtime role as an analyst on 'Fox NFL Sunday.' The 81-year-old Johnson made the announcement Monday morning during an appearance on 'The Herd With Colin Cowherd.' 'The most fun I ever had in my career, and that's counting Super Bowls and national championships, was at Fox Sports,' Johnson said. 'I have an absolute ball with my friends on the set — best friends I've ever had — there with Fox. ...' 'But I've made an extremely difficult decision. I've been thinking about it for the last four or five years, and I've decided to retire from Fox. I'm going to miss it. I'm going to miss all the guys, and I'll see them occasionally. It's been a great run starting back 31 years ago.' Fox NFL did not immediately respond to a request for comment on any potential replacements for Johnson. Johnson was a defensive lineman at the University of Arkansas and helped the Razorbacks win the national title in 1964. He later was named to the school's all-decade team for the 1960s and was inducted into the university's Hall of Fame in 1999. After college, Johnson went into coaching. His first head coaching job was at Oklahoma State from 1979-1983, then he moved on to the University of Miami, where he coached the Hurricanes to the national championship following the 1987. In 1989, Johnson accepted the Dallas Cowboys job from team owner Jerry Jones, a former teammate from the Arkansas national championship team decades earlier. Following a win over San Francisco in the NFC championship game on Jan. 17, 1993, Johnson solidified his standing in team lore by greeting his players with what has become one of the best known rhetorical questions in the NFL: 'How 'bout them Cowboys?' After leading Dallas to victory in Super Bowl XXVII and XXVIII, Johnson parted ways with Jones and the Cowboys after the second championship in 1994. Johnson was one of the initial hires — along with current analysts Terry Bradshaw and Howie Long — for the fledgling 'Fox NFL Sunday' studio show in 1994. Johnson departed in 1996 to become head coach of the Miami Dolphins before returning to the show in 2002. 'Jimmy Johnson was there when Fox NFL Sunday came on-air for the first time 31 years ago, and since then has been a cherished member of our Fox Sports family, which makes today's retirement news bittersweet,' Fox Sports CEO Eric Shanks said in a statement. 'Jimmy served as an inspiration to generations of football fans with his legendary swagger, one-of-a-kind inside and signature humor.' Michael Strahan, who has appeared on the show with Johnson since 2008, wrote on X: 'It has been 17 seasons of fun and laughs sitting next to you. You're truly one of a kind and thanks for being you and gifting me with one of the best friendships anyone could ever ask for. Hope you enjoy fishing and drinking beers on the boat. You deserve it.'
