Who Am I? October 2018

I was born in Brooklyn to Jay and Lila and we lived on Ocean Avenue. As a boy I was a fanatic Brooklyn Dodger fan and I swear I must have attended 50 games at Ebbets Field before my family moved to Los Angeles around the same time that The Bums headed west. I graduated high school in L.A. and many, many years later, my high school named their ball field after me! I attended Arizona State University where I majored in radio and television and minored in journalism. While at A.S.U. I was a member of  Î£Î.

Most of you sports fan will recognize me by my work as a play-by-play announcer and color commentator. I think I've covered almost everything - college sports, play-by-play for two National League teams, horse racing (the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes), the World Series, NFL games including 10 Super Bowls, ice hockey, skating, professional boxing, the Indy 500. You name it and I've called it!

I guess you could say I was pretty successful because I spent 3 decades at one major TV network before I moved on to another major TV network. I've won 5 Emmys and was thrice chosen the National Broadcaster of the Year by the National Broadcasters and Sportswriters Association (NSSA).

I've played myself in a few Hollywood movies, and, if you've ever visited Hollywood, CA., you might have noticed my star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6633 Hollywood Boulevard. That's me in the photo below.

(1a)Who am I? (1b)What was the name of my high school? What did they name their ball field to honor me? (2) What is ΣÎ? I presume you know your Greek letters (3) My autobiography made the N.Y. Times bestseller list for non-fiction. In fact, I came to Bookends in Ridgewood, N.J. - just a hop, skip and a jump from the JHSNJ to promote my book and offer signed copies. What is the title of my book? (4a) I am well-known for a line I uttered during a certain 1980 Winter Olympics hockey match that took place in the Adirondacks. What was that famous line and what had gotten me so excited? (4b) What movie was made about that game? (5) One of my life's regrets was that I wasn't around in 1932 to call a World Series game that the Yankees won 7-5. What happened in that game that I missed? (6a)What two National League teams did I call the play-by-play for? (6b) What did NBC have to surrender to get me on their staff from ABC Sports? (6c) A lot of my friends know my favorite actors are Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks, but what is my favorite dinner?