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Voice of the Wildcats - Claude Sullivan and the Rise of Modern Sportscasting (Paperback)
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Voice of the Wildcats - Claude Sullivan and the Rise of Modern Sportscasting (Paperback)
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As one of the first voices of the University of Kentucky men's
basketball program, Claude Sullivan (1924-1967) became a nationally
known sportscasting pioneer. His career followed Kentucky's rise to
prominence as he announced the first four NCAA championship titles
under Coach Adolph Rupp and covered scrimmages during the canceled
1952-1953 season following the NCAA sanctions scandal. Sullivan
also revolutionized the coverage of the UK football program with
the introduction of a coach's show with Bear Bryant - a national
first that gained significant attention and later became a staple
at other institutions. Sullivan's reputation in Kentucky eventually
propelled him to Cincinnati, where he became the voice of the Reds,
and even to the 1960 Summer Olympic Games in Rome. In Voice of the
Wildcats: Claude Sullivan and the Rise of Modern Sportscasting,
Claude's son Alan, along with Joe Cox, offers an engaging and
heartfelt look at the sportscaster's life and the context in which
he built his career. The 1940s witnessed a tremendous growth in
sportscasting across the country, and Sullivan, a seventeen year
old from Winchester, Kentucky, entered the field when it was still
a novel occupation that was paving new roads for broadcast
reporting. During the height of his career, Sullivan was named
Kentucky's Outstanding Broadcaster by the National Association of
Sportscasters and Sportswriters for eight consecutive years. His
success was tragically cut short when he passed away from throat
cancer at forty-two. Featuring dozens of interviews and
correspondence with sports legends, including Wallace "Wah Wah"
Jones, Babe Parilli, Cliff Hagan, Ralph Hacker, Jim Host, Billy
Reed, Adolph Rupp, and Cawood Ledford, this engaging biography
showcases the life and work of a beloved broadcast talent and
documents the rise of sports radio during the twentieth century.
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