By Tom Jones, Times Staff Writer
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Farewell of the day
Legendary boxing trainer and broadcaster Gil Clancy died Thursday. He was 88. As a trainer, he guided Emile Griffith to welterweight and middleweight titles and also worked with Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman and Oscar De La Hoya. As a broadcaster, he worked for CBS and HBO and was ringside for the famous "No Mas'' fight between Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard.
Retirement of the day
Longtime broadcaster Gary Bender announced his retirement. He's best remembered for calling the NFL and Final Four for CBS, including the 1982 national title game when North Carolina's Michael Jordan hit the winning shot to beat Georgetown. In addition, Bender also called a variety of sports for ABC, TNT and Versus. He currently calls TV games for the Phoenix Suns and will retire after the season.