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"I love CBS, but how do you miss a field goal?"

“It hasn’t sunk in,” said Hartung.  “I think when the ball gets kicked off at Arrowhead (Stadium), it will all become very real."

"With just eight seconds left in the game, the rookie out of LSU hit a field goal from 58 yards out in Week 1 in Charlotte."

"Who is in the booth may not be your primary concern, but clearly it does matter."

"Let’s be less PR team and more punk rock. What do we think of Greg Gumbel’s comments on sports radio? Who cares? It’s Greg Gumbel."

"Would you rather be Coke or RC Cola? If you had your pick, would you rather be Oreo or Hydrox?"

McCarthy will be replaced by Scott Franzke, the longtime Phillies radio announcer. He will be joined by John Kruk in the NBC Sports Philadelphia booth.

"That's the ultimate goal," Burkhardt added. "I could care less about anything else."

“I was listening to the Toucher & Rich show... I actually got a little frustrated with it because they had a guest on and they were talking about sports betting and they made a comment that some think we might be able to make a bet in three weeks at our brick and mortar casinos.... and obviously that’s not going to happen."

Al Michaels recognizes he is stepping into a big unknown with his role as the play-by-play announcer of a strictly streaming NFL package. Michaels, speaking...