Play by Play

Few voices epitomize the sound of sports television quite like Verne  Lundquist’s. A fixture on air since the 1960s, Verne has covered just about every sport there is, making some of the most enduring calls in the history of sports. In Play by Play, Verne looks back at his remark-able career—from SEC football, to Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding at the 1994 Olympics, to Jack Nicklaus’s and Tiger Woods’s unforgettable victories at the Masters, and more. With his trademark humility and his goal to make the athletes the legend, instead of the call itself, Verne relives the plays that have captured our collective imagination along with an incredible cast of characters including Terry Bradshaw, John Madden, and Tom Landry.

A moving recollection of the moments that make sports worth watching, Play by Play reminds us that sports are about more than games played—they’re about the history we share together and the voices we remember long after the final whistle has blown.