After 25 years with NBC-TV Sports, where he began in 1975 as the play-by-play man on college basketball, Dick Enberg joined CBS Sports in January 2000 where he serves as play-by-play announcer for The NFL on CBS, as well as college basketball and the U.S. Open Tennis Championships. Over the span of his long career, he garnered a series of national honors and awards, including 13 Emmy Awards; 9 Sportscaster of the Year Awards; Ronald Reagan Media Award; and Victor Award (top Sportscaster for past 25 years). His versatility is reflected in the fact that he is the only person to win a National Emmy as a sportscaster, writer, and producer. In May of 1997, he was honored as the first recipient of the Enberg Award by the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame. The award represents lifetime achievement in education and athletics, and will be presented by the Hall of Fame on an annual basis. In April of 1996, Enberg was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1995, and also received the Curt Gowdy Media Award from the National Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. He had been described as NBC's "decathlete" for the wide range of events he has reported. His play-by-play assignments have included: Super Bowl (eight times); Rose Bowl (nine times); Orange Bowl (six times); World Series (one time); American and National League Playoffs (three times); French Open (16 times); Wimbledon (19 times); NCAA Basketball Finals (five times); Heavyweight Boxing Championships (three times); U.S. Open Golf Championship (four times); Ryder Cup (two times); NBA Playoffs, and NBA All-Star Games. Along with football, baseball, tennis, golf, basketball, and boxing, his assignments also included gymnastics, figure skating, Breeder's Cup horse racing, track and field, golf, and Olympic Games. Along with his 15 National Sportscaster Awards, he has also been awarded 1989 Tennis Play-by-Play Man of the Year (Tennis Magazine); 1989 NFL Press Box Award winner as football's top play-by-play announcer; 1984 Eclipse Award (thoroughbred racing); and a 1974 local Emmy for coverage of the Rose Bowl Parade. In 1973, became the first American sportscaster to visit the People's Republic of China (USA vs. China basketball, Peking).
|