>>>
>>> IT
>>> IT HAS BEEN A GREAT RUN BUT
>>> IT HAS BEEN A GREAT RUN BUT@ IT IS TIME TO DO SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. I HAVE TOLD EVERYONE I HAVE
TALKED WITH, I HAVE A 4@13-YEAR
OLD AND 10 AT HOME AND THESE
TELEVISION HOURS I DON'T GET 4@
HOME, THAT WAS A BIG REASON FOR
THIS CAREER CHANGE.
PLUS, 30 YEARS, I HAVE 4@4@DONE
IT HAS BEEN A REWARDING
MORNING, A GREAT CAREER.
IT IS HUMBLING, THAT IS ALL I
CAN SAY. 4@
I THINK ALL OF YOU FOR
WATCHING.
WATCHING.
WATCHING. >> THAT IS FORMER SPORTS
DIRECTOR BOB SHIELDS TALKING
ABOUT 4@4@HIS CAREER HERE.
SADLY, AFTER A 4@BATTLE WITH
CANCER, BOB DIED TODAY AT HIS
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. FROM A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL
SPORTS, COLLEGES AND
PROFESSIONAL TEAMS BOB WAS WELL
KNOWN.
KNOWN.
KNOWN. TONIGHT REGGIE ANDERSON LOOKS
BACK AT HIS YEARS HERE AT 4@NEW
4@4@
>>
>> REPORTER: DOWN AT THE STADIUM, LISTEN, KIND OF QUIET.
4@NOT TOMORROW.
4@NOT TOMORROW. FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS BOB SHIELDS
WAS THE FACE AND 4@BOYS OF NEWS
19 SPORTS.
19 SPORTS. THAT VOICE WAS DISTINCTIVE, HIS
PASSION UNDENIABLE, HE WAS 4@
SIMPLY OUTSTANDING.
SIMPLY OUTSTANDING. >> REPORTER: HOW DOES IT FEEL
TO BE A 4@4@RECORD SETTER?
>> I GIVE ALL MY CREDIT TO MY
LINEMAN.
LINEMAN.
LINEMAN. >> REPORTER: HIS MOST ENDURING
LEGACY THE PLAY4@ER OF THE WEEK
PROGRAM WHICH IS 4@STILL
CONTINUES.
CONTINUES. IT HONORS OUTSTANDING STUDENT
ATHLETES, THOSE WHO EXCEL 4@4@
BEYOND SPORTS.
BEYOND SPORTS. >> DAVID OLSON IS THE PLAYER OF
THE WEEK.
THE WEEK.
THE WEEK. >> DOMINIC BOYD IS THE PLAYER
OF THE WEEK.
>> RAYMOND IS OUR PLAYER OF 4@4
WEEK.4@
WEEK.4@
WEEK.4@ >> REPORTER: WHEN BOB
ANNOUNCED HE WOULD BE RETIRING
AS4@ THE SPORTS DIRECTOR IN 201
AN UNOFFICIAL FAREWELL TOUR WAS
BORN AND IT WAS WORTHY OF
SOMEONE WHO HAD BEEN HONORED AS
AN 4@ELITE BROADCASTER.
>> ON BEHALF OF THE FOOTBALL
TEAM WE 4@WANT TO GIVE YOU A
CAROLINA JERSEY TO A CAROLINA
GRADUATE WITH YOUR NUMBER 19 4@
IT.
IT.
IT. YOU
IT. YOU DESERVE IT.4@
>> THAT IS THE NUMBER 19.
IT IS AN A4@UTHENTIC GAME JERSE
SHE 4@4@IS MINE.
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
ON 4@MY TEAM.
>> I HAVE GOT TO HAVE DONE A 4@
GREAT JOB.
GREAT JOB. >> REPORTER: DABO SWEENEY SENT
A JERSEY TO HELP HIM CELEBRATE
HIS CLOSING IN 4@4@TELEVISION
BROADCASTING. 4@
BROADCASTING. 4@ WHILE THE VOICE MAY BE SILENT
NOW THE IMPACT BOB SHIELDS MADE
ON SPORTS IN THIS STATE WILL
LIVE ON AS WILL TH4@E LESSONS 4
TAUGHT, THE STANDARDS HE SET
AND THE LIVES HE
@
>>
>> REPORTER: NEWS OF HIS PASSING HAVE LED TO AN
OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FOR HIS
FAMILY ON 4@SOCIAL MEDIA.
SOUTH CAROLINA ATHLETICS
DIRECTOR SAYING "A GREAT MAN
AND A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL.
I WILL CHERISH OUR
CONVERSATIONS." 4@
CONVERSATIONS." 4@ WARMER SPORTSCASTER AND CURRENT
CONVERSATIONS." 4@ WARMER SPORTSCASTER AND CURRENT@
ESPN ANCHOR MATT BARRY SAYING
"I AM HARD BURTON TO LEARN BOB
SHIELDS HAS DIED. 4@4@
HE LOVED SOUTH CAROLINA SPORTS
AND WELCOMED ME WITH 4@OPEN4@ A"
DARCI STRICKLAND COULD NOT BE
WITH US TONIGHT BUT WE SPOKE
WITH HER EARLIER AND SHE WANTED
TO SHARE HER MEMORIES.
>> WORKING WITH BALL FOR MORE
THAN 4@A DECADE,4@ HE WAS MORE
JUST A SPORTS GUY.
WHEN 4@I STARTED AT FELIPE GOME
-- WHEN I STARTED AT WLTX19 HE
WAS THERE.
WAS THERE. AS A YOUNG JOURNALIST THERE 4@A
THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO
HANDLE IN THE BUSINESS. 4@
SO, OBVIOUSLY, YOUR FIRST GROUP
OF PEOPLE YOU TURN TO IN THE
NEWSROOM WHEN YOU ARE A YOUNG
REPORTER TO GET 4@IT RIGHT WOUL
BE THE ANCHORS AND 4@4@NEWS
DIRECTOR, BUT I CAN HONESTLY
SAY LOOKING BACK ON ALL OF THE
THINGS I LEARNED FROM BOB 4@
SHIELDS, WHAT IT MEANS TO TELL
A GOOD STORY, WHAT IT MEANS 4@T
BE A GOOD JOURNALI4@ST, I LEARN
SO MUCH FROM THE SPORTS GUY.
I LEARNED IF YOUR STORIES ARE
NOT 4@ABOUT PEOPLE THEN YOU ARE
WASTING YOUR TIME.
THAT IT IS NEVER ABOUT US.
IT IS 4@ALWAYS ABOUT MAKING SUR
THAT WHETHER YOUR STORY IS ONE
MINUTE LONGER TWO-MINUTE WRON4@
WHATEVER TIME IT IS, AT THE END
OF IT 4@THE VIEWER HAS A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF WHOEVER 4@IT I
THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO BRING TO
THEM. 4@ 4@
SO, HE DIDN'T JUST DO THAT ON
AIR, HE LIVED THAT.
I BELIEVE 4@THAT IS WHY 4@SO MA
PEOPLE ARE HURTING TONIGHT,
HEARING THIS NEWS, BECAUSE IF
YOU MET BOB SHIELDS HE JUST HAD
HEARING THIS NEWS, BECAUSE IF YOU MET BOB SHIELDS HE JUST HAD@
A WAY OF MAKING 4@YOU UNDERSTAN
IN THAT MOMENT, THAT YOU WERE
IMPORTANT TO HIM.
WHETHER YOU WERE PLAYER OF THE
WEEK, WHETHER YOU WORK A FIVE 4@
STAR RECRUIT4@ FOR THE GAMECOCK
WHETHER YOU WERE A CLEMSON 4@
TIGERS, IT DID NOT MATTER WHO
YOU WERE, WHETHER YOU WERE JUST
TIGERS, IT DID NOT MATTER WHO YOU WERE, WHETHER YOU WERE JUST@
SOMEONE WHO HE BUMPED INTO AT
THE GROCERY STORE, BOB SHIELDS
MADE 4@TO FEEL 4@LIKE YOU WERE
MOST IMPORTANT PERSON TO 4@HIM
THAT MOMENT.
THAT MOMENT. IT WAS BECAUSE YOU WERE THE
MOST IMPORTANT PERSON TO HIM IN
IT WAS BECAUSE YOU WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON TO HIM IN@
THAT MOMENT.
THAT MOMENT. >> DARCI STRICKLAND EARLIER
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. SHE HAD SOME GOOD WORDS TO SAY
ABOUT OUR FRIENDS AND CALLING
BOB SHIELDS.
BOB SHIELDS. REGGIE ANDERSON, THE WEATHERMAN
JOINING 4@US NOW, GUYS, LET ME
GET 4@YOUR THOUGHTS.4@
>> I WENT OVER TO THE CLASSIC
TONIGHT AND SO MANY PEOPLE
EXPRESSED THEIR CONDOLENCES.
THE CAPTAIN CAME OVER, A FEW 4@
OTHER BROADCASTERS, I SAW A FEW
THINGS ON TWITTER ALSO.
JEFF SCOTT FROM CLEMSON TWEETED
SOMETH4@ING.
SOMETH4@ING. WE HAVE SEEN A NU4@MBER 4@OF PE
SAYING THINGS.
SAYING THINGS. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE WE
HAVEN'T TALKED TO OVER THE
YEARS BUT EVERYONE IS COMING TO
TOGETHER TO EXPRESS THEIR
CONDOLENCES.
CONDOLENCES. >> WE HAD 4@A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WHO HAVE WORKED HERE WHO HAVE
GONE ON TO OTHER PLACES.
IT HAS BEEN INTERESTING TO SEE
THEIR REACTION TO THE NEWS.
THAT IS STILL COMING IN.
BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE THING ABOUT @
BOB SHIELDS, HE CO4@VERED THE
COLLEGE SCENE BUT 4@HE WAS REAL
BIG INTO HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS.
I CAN'T THINK OF ANYBODY THAT
HAS BEEN AS BIG INTO THE HIGH
SCHOOL SPORTS SCENE AS 4@HE WAS
>> THAT PLAYER OF THE 4@WEEK
PROGRAM THAT HE STARTED IN THE
LATE 90s, IF I AM REMEMBERING
CORRECTLY.
CORRECTLY. >> I THINK IT WAS 4@THE 80s.
I AM GAZING 88 OR 89.
I MEAN IT HAS BEEN 4@A WHILE. @
LET'S JUST SAY 88.
>> HE WAS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. HE
THIS. HE REALLY BELIEVED IN
RECOGNIZING THE 4@STUDENT
ATHLETE.
ATHLETE.
ATHLETE. >> I DON'T CARE WHO IT WAS, A
SMALL SCHOOLS IN THE MIDDLE OF
NOWHERE OR A BIG SCHOOL HERE IN
SMALL SCHOOLS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE OR A BIG SCHOOL HERE IN@
COLUMBIA, HE ALWAYS MADE THAT
PLAYER OF THE WEEK FEEL LIKE IT
WAS THEIR MOMENT AND NOTHING
WAS 4@MORE IMPORTANT.
>> ONE OF THE REASONS WHY HE
WAS SO SUCCESSFUL WITH HIGH
SCHOOL, HE HAD SO 4@MANY CONTAC
WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
THEY WERE CONSTA4@NTLY FEEDING @
HIM INFORMATION.4@
HIM INFORMATION.4@ >> WE ALSO HEARD FROM STEVE
SPURRIER, HE MADE A PHONE CALL
LAST WEEKEND TO BOB SHIELDS TO
LIFT 4@4@HIS SPIRITS.
HE HEARD ABOUT HIS BATTLE WITH
CANCER AND MADE 4@TO THE PHONE
CALL.
CALL.
CALL. GAVE HIM A LITTLE BOOST TO GET
HIM THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS.
WE THANK STEVER SPURRIER FOR
THAT PHONE CALL.
I HAVE SEEN OTHER COACHES ON
TWITTER AS WELL EXPRESSING
CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND 4@
FRIENDS TONIGHT.
FRIENDS TONIGHT. BOB SHIELDS LOVED THE GAME OF
GOLF.
GOLF.
GOLF. HE
GOLF. HE PLAYED THE AUGUSTINE
NATIONAL, HE WAS SO PROUD OF
THE FACT THAT HE BROKE 90 OUT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. DO
THERE. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT?
>> I DO.
>> I DO.
>> I DO. I THINK IT IS ONCE EVERY FIVE
YEARS YOU ARE ALLOWED TO PLAY.
WHEN HIS NAME GOT PULLED HE WAS
VERY4@ EXCITED.
VERY4@ EXCITED. HE DID NOT COME TO WORK THE
NEXT DAY.
NEXT DAY.
NEXT DAY. >> HE 4@DID NOT.4@
HE DIDN'T FADE AWAY, AS YOU
MIGHT SAY IN THE BROADCAST
BUSINESS, HE STUCK AROUND AT
107 4@4@THE GAME AND I KNOW A L
OF COLLEAGUES THERE 4@TONIGHT A
SADDENED BY 4@HIS PASSING.
>> JACOB PHILLIPS TWEETED OUT
SOMETHING EARLIER TODAY.
HE DOES THE 1-4:00 SHOW OVER
4@
SO
SO THEY
SO THEY ARE ALSO MOURNING 4@AS4 WELL.
WELL.
WELL. >>
WELL. >> WE TALKED ABOUT FROM 4@OMAHA
TO ORLANDO, OBVIOUSLY OMAHA A
REFERENCE TO THE BASEBALL TEAM.
TO ORLANDO, OBVIOUSLY OMAHA A REFERENCE TO THE BASEBALL TEAM.@
HE REALLY LOVED BASEBALL,
COVERING THE GAMECOCKS,
ESPECIALLY IF THEY MADE IT TO
OMAHA.
OMAHA.
OMAHA. HE
OMAHA. HE WAS OUT THERE FOR TWO WEEKS
HAVING A BLAST.
TWO WEEKS IN OMAHA.
HE WAS LOVING IT.4@
>> IN THIS BUSINESS IT IS VERY
RARE FOR SOMEONE TO STAY IN THE
>> IN THIS BUSINESS IT IS VERY RARE FOR SOMEONE TO STAY IN THE@
SAME JOB FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS.
YOU MIGHT AS WELL SAY IT WAS 4@
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. VERY RARE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
WE HOPE YOU STAY AROUND WITH US
IN REGGIE, I AM 4@NOT SURE, YOU
ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THE THIRTY-
YEAR MARK, ARE YOU?
YOU ARE 4@4@25 NOW. 4@
WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW FUNERAL
ARRANGEMENTS HAVE NOT YET BEEN
FINALIZED, WE SPOKE WITH HIS
WIDOW EARLIER 4@THIS EVENING, S
SAID SHE WILL MAKE THOSE FINAL
ARRANGEMENTS 4@ON MONDAY, AS SO
AS WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION WE
WILL PASS IT ALONG TO YOU ON 4@
THE WEBSITE AND FOUND WLTX19
APP.
APP.
APP. AGAIN, BOB SHIELDS, DEAD AT THE
AGE