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In reply to westcoastdude • 6:43a, 10/7/26
A lot of people have been saying it has been discovered that Bill King and Commander Whitehead were the same person.



*Now you know where the the Dos Equis "Most Interesting Man in the World" idea came from. There is nothing new under the sun.
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In reply to westcoastdude • 8:53a, 10/7/26
westcoastdude said:

Bill King was the best basketball and football announcer I ever heard. His radio calls during the Raiders winning streak in 1973 (?) were legendary.

I still remember the time during a Warriors game where Bill took offense with the officiating, cut off his mic and said a few things as a ref ran past him. The ref called a technical on King, probably the only time that has happened to an announcer.
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In reply to Eastern Oregon Bear • 3:28p, 10/7/26
Eastern Oregon Bear said:
westcoastdude said:

Bill King was the best basketball and football announcer I ever heard. His radio calls during the Raiders winning streak in 1973 (?) were legendary.

I still remember the time during a Warriors game where Bill took offense with the officiating, cut off his mic and said a few things as a ref ran past him. The ref called a technical on King, probably the only time that has happened to an announcer.

Yes, absolutely the best. I used to turn off the TV audio and listen to Bill on the radio when watching the Raiders. I bet a lot of others did that too.
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In reply to LudwigsFountain • 4:40p, 10/7/26
I would prefer to listen to Mike Pawlawski than the homer dipsh@its on ACC Network but for the syncing issue.
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In reply to Eastern Oregon Bear • 6:15p, 10/8/26
Eastern Oregon Bear said:
westcoastdude said:

Bill King was the best basketball and football announcer I ever heard. His radio calls during the Raiders winning streak in 1973 (?) were legendary.

I still remember the time during a Warriors game where Bill took offense with the officiating, cut off his mic and said a few things as a ref ran past him. The ref called a technical on King, probably the only time that has happened to an announcer.

I was a little kid during the famous George Blanda stretch of games; it's when I fell in love with football.

Bill King was even better at basketball, arguably the greatest ever. Too bad the A's job paid a lot more.
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