Legendary Sportscaster Jim Gray On Talking To GOATs

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Dr. Phil McGraw

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🗓️ 1 June 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Legendary Broadcaster Jim Gray Talking To GOATs In this endlessly entertaining episode Dr. Phil truly Phil’s in the blanks. Legendary broadcaster and 12-time Emmy Award-winner Jim Gray reveals fascinating truths behind the biggest names in sports history: Muhammed Ali, Pete Rose, Tiger Woods, Mike Tyson, Barry Bonds- whenever something important happened Jim Gray was there, and now he’s sharing the stories behind the stories that made sports history in his book “Talking To GOATs”. Who is the real Mike Tyson? What was Tiger Woods like as a boy? What’s it like to interview the greatest boxer who ever lived at 18 years old? What’s it like for an athlete to touch perfection? You don’t know sports history unless you know Jim Gray! To get Jim's book: https://www.talkingtogoats.com/ For more information: https://www.drphilintheblanks.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Dr. Phil and you found your way to fill in the blanks.
0:09.6	And today I have a very special guest on.
0:12.0	I'm talking to Jim Gray.
0:15.1	I'm talking to Jim Gray.
0:16.4	I mean, you guys know this is a 12-time Emmy award-winning sportscaster.
0:21.1	He's a sports historian.
0:22.7	When I say historian, this is a guy that has made his life talking to what we call goats,
0:29.5	the greatest of all time.
0:31.4	And he's taking time to sit down with me today on fill in the blanks, which I really appreciate.
0:37.8	Jim, I just want to talk about your amazing career and some of the things that you consider
0:46.4	to be highlights.
0:47.4	You've been doing this.
0:50.1	Well, you said you got your first break way back in 1978, right?
0:55.2	That's correct.
0:56.2	Thanks so much for having me on, Dr. Phil.
0:57.7	I really appreciate it.
0:58.7	And to fill in the blanks, yes, I was a sports intern and then a videotape editor.
1:03.4	They were converting from film to videotape.
1:06.1	And I worked for the ABC station in Denver.
1:08.2	And one day they came in, I was editing the Broncos show, Broncos Highlight Show.
1:13.6	And they were getting ready for the draft.
1:14.9	The coach's name was a man named Red Miller who took him to their first Super Bowl.
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