Second, you know Dale Hansen's career
spans four decades here in North Texas,
many of us grew up watching him,
and it feels like the last of
the Giants is signing off from WFAA,
you know, saying, he's a sports
guy doesn't really do him justice.
Somewhere along the way,
Dale turned that job into
something we hadn't seen before.
It might never see again.
Here's a look back at his legendary career.
This is the News 8 update.
In 1983, Dale Hanson joined an
already legendary news team overtime.
He reimagined his role and
redefined local news, becoming a
symbol for change band Dale Hansen on sports.
Well, tomorrow they will start aerobic
dance lessons that will teach you more.
I'm Dale Hansen. There was a cloud
when he was a Channel 4 burn Lundquist.
A man of the hour news eight.
It was a seismic shift in
the local media world.
Verne, who was a channel 8 at the
time and he was the big guy in town.
He was the man
Verne's reaction was.
You bring me, we hired.
Dale Hansen Dale realized really
early on that giving the ball scores
as he says and showing highlights
were only going to take him so far.
He had to have another gear. He had to
be. Dale received the toughest
penalty ever given a major
college football program.
What really launched Dell?
Onto the scene.
As someone that was serious about
his craft was the SMU investigation.
People forget that this isn't easy.
Is that your letter?
People say I'm arrogant,
controversial, outspoken.
I hope they're all right
about that because I'm talking
about the things I care about.
Does it bother you
to fire coaches and players who
who don't do their job well enough
when you don't fire the general
manager who fails at his job?
Well, the good news is I haven't had to
run all five or six general managers.
People just don't realize how difficult
it is to work and live in Dallas and
regularly push back on not only the
Cowboys. But Jerry Jones,
whatever label you choose to put on me,
at least I try to call it the way I see it,
sports became less and less important.
They'll be came unplugged.
If you don't think white privilege is
the fact you don't understand America,
I don't understand his world,
but I do understand that he's part of mine.
Never has such a big man looked so
small in the eyes of a little boy.
He talks about his
relationship with his father.
He's going in places a
lot of people won't go, no question
and humanizes himself. He's making a
difference that that, quite frankly,
not many people could.
The technical ability to craft,
to write, to use the written
and spoken word. It's an art.
Perhaps the greatest compliment
I could give you is when a young
sportscaster asked me for advice. I
always tell him. Go to YouTube. Wash
Dale Hanson. Is he's the most unlikely
viral Internet star of all time?
Because he really doesn't
know what the words viral or
Internet mean? And.
Here's a scary thought.
What if we're sitting here 30 years from
today and then we find out that these
are the good old days after 38 years.
Can those good old days really be over?
It was a Hollywood movie people
would wouldn't believe it.
Because there are still wrongs to write
truths to tell and air to breathe.
I just really hope that people
understand how much he cared
about doing the job right. His
legacy is is unparalleled and
and there will be generations of
sportscasters and newscasters that
will be talking about the impact
that Dale Hansen had until tomorrow.
For everyone who's been a part
of this one, I'm Dale Hansen,
we do thank you for watching good night.