FEES.
FEES. THE4@ NATIONWIDE SETTLEMENT IS
GOING TO BE OVER $6 MILLION.
IT IS WITH SAD AND HEAVY HEARTS
TONIGHT THAT WE REPORT THE
DEATH OF OUR FORMER SPORTS
DIRECTOR, BOB SCHEELS.
BOB COVERED SPORTS HERE FOR
NEARLY 30 YEARS AND HE TRULY
LOVED HIS JOB.
FROM LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS,
COLLEGES, AND PROTEINS, BOB WAS
WELL KNOWN TO THE PLAYERS AND
TO YOU AT HOME.
SPORTS DIRECTOR REGGIE4@ ANDERS
LOOKS BACK NOW AT BOB'S YEARS
HERE AT WLTX. 4@4@
>> Reporter: 4@DOWN BY THE HEDG
HERE IN SANFORD STADIUM, BUT
LISTEN.
LISTEN.
LISTEN. KIND OF QUIE4@T, HUH?4@
NOT TOMORROW.
NOT TOMORROW. FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS, BOB 4@
SCHEELS WAS THE FACE AND THE
VOICE OF 4@NEWS 19's SPORTS.
THAT VOICE WAS DISTINCTIVE.
HIS PASSION UNDENIABLE.
HE WAS SIMPLY OUTSTANDING IN
HIS CHOSEN CAREER.
>> HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A
RECORD SETTER?
RECORD SETTER? >> IT'S PART OF THE GAME.
>> Reporter: HIS MOST ENDURING
LEGACY,4@ THE CREATOR OF A NEWS
19 PLAYER OF THE WEEK PROGRAM,
WHICH CONTINUES TO THIS DAY.
IT HONORS Ñ,OUTSTANDING STUDENT
ATHLETE PLUS, THOSE WHO EXCEL
AT THE STUDENT LEVEL BEYOND
SPORTS.
SPORTS.
SPORTS. >> DAVID OLSEN IS OUR PLAYER OF
SPORTS. >> DAVID OLSEN IS OUR PLAYER OF@
THE WEEK.
THE WEEK.
THE WEEK. DOMINIC FLOYD IS OUR PLAYER OF
THE WEEK.
THE WEEK.
THE WEEK. HONEST WHAT IS IS OUR PL4@AYER @
THE WEEK.
THE WEEK.
THE WEEK. RAYMOND MIDDLE WORTH IS OUR
PLAY4@ER OF THE WEEK.
HANNAH COX, OUR PLAYER OF THE
WEEK.
WEEK.
WEEK. >>
WEEK. >> Reporter: WHEN BOB ANNOUNCED
THAT HE WOULD BE PREPARING AS
WLTX SPORTS DIRECTOR IN MAY
2010, AN OFFICIAL -- AN
OFFICIAL SO 4@WEAR TOUR IT WAS @
BORN AND IT WAS WORTHY OF
SO4@MEONE WHO HAD BEEN HONORED
AN ELITE BROADCASTER BY HIS
PEERS.
PEERS.
PEERS. >>
PEERS. >> ON THE BEHALF OF THE
FOOTBALL TEAM, WE WANT TO GIVE
YOU YOUR STATION NUMBER, 194@.
AFTER 30 YEARS OR SO FIRST, YOU
DESERVE IT.
DESERVE IT. >> YOU SEE THAT RIGHT THERE?
19.
19.
19. THAT
19. THAT WAS4@ THE REAL DEAL.
CHECK THAT OUT.
THAT IS YOURS, BABY.
>> YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN --
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> Reporter:4@ GAVELS WINNING T
TIGERS SENT A JOURNEY TO HELP
BOB CELEBRATE THE CLOSING OF
EIGHT LEGENDARY 4@CHAPTER IN
TELEVISION BROADCASTING.
TELEVISION BROADCASTING. AND WHILE THE VOICE MAY BE
SILENT NOW, THE IMPACT BOB
SHIELDS MADE 4@ON SPORTS IN TH
SILENT NOW, THE IMPACT BOB SHIELDS MADE 4@ON SPORTS IN TH@
STATE WILL LIVE ON AS WELL THE
LESSONS HE TAUGHT, THE
STANDARDS HE SAID, AND THE 4@
LIVES HE TOUCHED.
>> A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU.
>> AND MINE, BROTHER.
[ APPLAUSE ]4@4@4@4@ ♪
4@4@>>> BEING JOINED NOW BY4@ S
DIRECTOR REGGIE ANDERSON AND
CHIEF METEOROLOGIST4@ JIM GANDY
YOUR THOUGHTS?
YOUR THOUGHTS? >> HE TAUGHT4@ ME PRETTY MUCH
EVERYTHING4@ ABOUT THIS BUSINES
HE TAUGHT ME, KIND OF GROOMED
ME, AND FOR BETTER OR WORSE, IT
WAS KIND OF LIKE A GROWING
PROCESS.
PROCESS.
PROCESS. YOU KNOW, HE'S DEFINITELY GOING
TO MISS. 4@
AND JUST 59 YEARS OLD.
WAY TOO YOUNG.
AND I HEARD HIS VOICE ON THE
RADIO THIS WEEK4@ IN A COMMERCI@
>> I REMEMBER 4@ONE TIME,4@ I
ALWAYS ENJOYED BOB'S REPORTS.
ONE TIME, I HAD A CHANCE TO
ACTUALLY BE WITH HIM DURING ONE
OF 4@HIS SPOTS.
WE SENT HIM TO THE SUPER BOWL
IN HOUSTON, TEXAS4@, IN 2004.
I WAS 4@THERE BECAUSE MY DAD WA
LIVING IN HOUSTON.
HE WAS IN POOR HEALTH AND I
MANAGED TO CATCH UP WITH BOB,
WHO ACTUALLY 4@DID SOMETHING4@4
HOUSTON BEFORE.
HOUSTON BEFORE. I HAD TO COME BACK HERE AND IT
WAS ALWAYS FUN WORKING WITH
BOB.
BOB.
BOB. >>
BOB. >> YOU KNOW, BOB WAS THE SOUTH
CAROLINA SPORTSCASTER OF THE
YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. NOT
YEAR. NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE, THREE
TIMES, 1995, 1996, AND 1997.
HIS SPORTSCAST WAS NAMED BEST
SPORTSCAST IN THE STATE OF
SOUTH CAROLINA AS WELL.
THIS GUY, REGGIE, HE LIVED 4@AN
BREATHED FAIR AND EQUALITY WHEN
HE CAME TO SPORTS COVERAGE.
IT DIDN'T MATTER TO HIM THAT
BENEDICT WAS A SMALL SCHOOL IN
COLUMBIA.
COLUMBIA.
COLUMBIA. AND YOU HAD YOU THE UNIVERSITY
OF SOUTH CAROLINA HERE.
HE COVERED EVERYBODY THIS SAME.
>>4@ IT'S NOT JUST 4@ABOUT SOUT
CAROLINA, CLEMSON, THERE ARE
OTHER ATHLETES, COAC4@HES THAT
HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WILLIE
JEFFRIES, THE 4@LEGENDARY COACH
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. IT
THERE. IT WAS ALWAYS NEAT TO SEE COACH
JEFFRIES INVOLVED BECAUSE
THEY'VE KNOWN 4@EACH OTHER FOR4
JEFFRIES INVOLVED BECAUSE THEY'VE KNOWN 4@EACH OTHER FOR4@
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. HE'S BECOME A GOOD FRIEND AS
WELL TO ALL OF US.
JUST SEEING THAT, THAT'S WHAT I
THINK I'M GOING TO MISS MORE
THAN ANYTHING, 4@IS JUST THE FA
THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW HE WAS
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. HE
THERE. HE WAS DOING WORK.
YOU KNEW HE WAS AROUND.
YOU HEARD HIS VOICE IN THE
RADIO.
RADIO.
RADIO. I
RADIO. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE ARE
OBVIOUSLY GOING TO MISS HIM.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE FAMILY, YOU
GOT TO BE REALLY THINKING ABOUT
THE FAMILY.
THE FAMILY. >> RIGHT, RENEE AND HIS
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. BOB WAS 4@ALSO INVOLVED IN THE
COMMUNITY NOT JUST WHEN IT CAME
TO SPORTS BUT ALSO CHARITABLE
EVENTS.
EVENTS.
EVENTS. HE WAS 4@A BIG4@ BACKER OF THE
EVENT HERE IN COLUMBIA.
>> HE WAS ALWAYS OUT THERE.
HE WOULD ARRANGE HIS SCHEDULE
TO WHERE HE COULD BE OUT THERE
TO SUPPORT 4@THAT CAUSE.
>> AND I CAN REMEMBER JIM MANY
A FRIDAY NIGHT, HE WOULD THINK
IT WAS GOING ON?
HE WOULD SAY, JUST LIKE THIS.
WHAT'S GOING 4@ON?.
PRETTY MUCH.
PRETTY MUCH. AND USUALLY IT WAS GOING TO BE
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> RAINS4@ A LOT MORE ON MY
FRIDAY NIGHT.
FRIDAY NIGHT. >> IT DOES.
>> OH, 4@MY GOODNESS.
A QUICK STORY.
YEARS AGO4@, WHEN BOB WAS DOING
FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, WE WOULD
HAVE CHEERLEADERS DOING AN
INTRO.
INTRO.
INTRO. THEY WOULD SAY, NOW IS NEWS
19's SPORTS DIRECTOR, BOB
SCHEELS .4@ THEY SAID --
>> THEY 4@SAID BOB SCHILLING.
>> AND IT MADE IT ON AIR. 4@
HE BEGAN -- FOREVER BECAME
KNOWN AS THAT.
AS BOB SCHILLING.4@
AND HE LOVED THAT.
HE COULD'VE EASILY PULLED THAT
TAPE AND IT COULD HAVE EASILY
NOT MEET AIR.
HE WASN'T GOING TO DEPRIVE
THOSE CHEERLEADERS4@ THE RIGHT
GET 4@ON TELEVISION.
>> DON'T TAKE YOURSELF SO
FIERCELY.
FIERCELY.
FIERCELY. WE ARE JUST, I MEAN, IT'S JUST
LIVE TV, FOLKS.p"■
>> 4@THERE HE IS WITH MATT BERR
HE TAUGHT MATT BERRY THE ROPES
AND NOW MATT IS DOING HIS TRADE
AT ESPN.4@
AT ESPN.4@ THIS WAS A SHAME AND WE CONCUR4
--
--
-- >>
-- >> THAT WAS SHREVEPORT
COVERAGE.
COVERAGE.
COVERAGE. ON THE FIRST WHEEL.4@
SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO TRY NEW
THINGS.
THINGS.
THINGS. IT'S.
IT'S.
IT'S. FOR
IT'S. FOR THOSE AT HOME WHO PERHAPS
DID NOT 4@KNOW, BOB HAD BEEN
BATTLING CANCER FOR THE PAST 18
MONTHS.
MONTHS.
MONTHS. HE HAD BEEN4@ AT HOPS 4@-- HOSP
CARE FOR THE PAST 10 DAYS OR
SO.
SO.
SO. HE
SO. HE SLIPPED INTO A COMA A COUPLE
DAYS AGO.
DAYS AGO.
DAYS AGO. HE GOT TO CHRISTMAS.
SPOKE WITH HIM AT HIS HOME LAST
WEEK. 4@
WEEK. 4@
WEEK. 4@ AND HE BASICALLY SAID CANCER
SUCKS4@. AND I THINK WE CAN ALL
CONCUR ON THAT.
>> HE'S ALSO VERY MUCH AT
PEACE, THOUGH, AND WE HAD A
CHANCE TO VISIT WITH HIM, AND
HE WAS VERY MUCH, YOU KNOW,
WHATEVER IT WAS GOING TO 4@
HAPPEN, HE WAS GOING TO
ACCEPTED INTEREST IN THE HIGHER
POWER.
POWER.
POWER. HE
POWER. HE WORKED AT A FUNERAL HOME.
AND I THINK THAT4@, YOU KNOW,
DEALING WITH THAT SORT OF4@
OPENED UP A NEW CHAPTER 4@IN HI
LIFE.
LIFE.
LIFE. >>
LIFE. >> THAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE I
REMEMBER RUNNING 4@INTO HIM AT
BOB FULTON'S FUNERAL. 4@
AND ALSO 1075 THE GAME.
HE SPENT MANY YEARS THERE.
SO WE CAN'T DISCOUNT -- HE
CONTINUED HIS4@ BROADCAST AND
WORKED IN RADIO AND CONTINUE TO
BE A 4@VOICE IN THE COMMITTEE.
JIM, REGGIE, THANK YOU SO VERY
MUCH.
MUCH.
MUCH. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS4@ FOR BOB
ARE INCOMPLETE AT THIS TIME.
WE HOPE TO HAVE MORE
INFORMATION ON HIS SERVICES
COMING UP EARLY NEXT WEEK.
AGAIN, FORMER