Chris Tannehill's open is a wonderful tribute to Stacey King's life

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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4.2 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes remembered the life and legacy of beloved Bulls broadcaster Stacey King, who passed away over the weekend at 59. They opened the show with producer Chris Tannehill's wonderful audio tribute to King.

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0:00.0	on the air with shocking news that our friend and colleague Stacey King has passed away.
0:06.3	It's Johnny Kerr back into Chicago Stadium, my guest, the number one draft choice of the Chicago Bulls out of Oklahoma, Stacey King.
0:13.0	I'll tell you something, this guy's going to be a big, big plus to the Chicago Bulls before this season is over.
0:17.3	Six 11 forward from Oklahoma,TA Oka, ORA.
0:21.6	Number 34, Stacey, T.
0:24.6	Crow, detecting the possibility of a war-fight of the Bulls who have been sparked by this unit.
0:33.6	Stacey King has played a danger role.
0:36.6	The Chicago Bulls have come back from a 17-point deficit. Our fans are not fair-weathered fans. You know, they've never been. You know, they didn't just jump on the bandwagon when we started winning championships. They go back to Angel Garden. They go back to Jerry Sloan and the great Norm Van Lear. Artist Gilmore. Our fan base is deep. It's all of us! The Chicago College!
0:55.6	The other three straight NBA championship.
1:00.0	Rodman walks with Stacy King out of bounds and Rodman talks to him.
1:04.0	Rodman pushes Stacy. Stacey pushes back.
1:07.0	Oh, Stacy went out of him that time.
1:10.0	He's out. Stacey's gone out of that time. He's out.
1:11.2	Stacey's gone.
1:12.1	Win, lose, or draw.
1:13.3	No matter if the team is good or bad, I'm going to have fun doing what I do.
1:16.6	Can we get much higher?
1:18.6	So high.
1:20.6	Oh, oh.
1:23.0	Oh.
1:23.6	Oh.
1:24.6	Oh.
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