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>>> STEVE, I CAN NOT BELIEVE
YOU ARE RETIRING.
WHAT A HOLE YOU HAVE CREATED IN
THIS BUILDING.
MY GOODNESS.
YOU ARE A BELOVED BY EVERYONE
HERE.
YOU ARE JUST A TERRIFIC TALENT
AND WONDERFUL GUY.
BUT YOU DO HAVE ONE PROBLEM.
YOUR LOVE FOR NOTRE DAME
UNBELIEVABLE WHICH MEANS WE
KNOW YOU ARE NOT RETIRING.
YOU ARE JUST MOVING TO BATON
ROUGE TO BE WITH BRIAN KELLY AT
LSU.
IS IN TRY.
ENJOY IT.
>> ARE YOU MOVING.
>> NO.
WE WOULD NEVER MOVE.
>> HURT SO TONIGHT ALL ABOUT
STEVE.
BUT WE STILL HAVE TO GET TO
SOME BUSINESS.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK WAS AN
OBVIOUS CHOICE.
44 YEARS IN BROADCASTING.
27 OF THOSE RIGHT HERE AT LOCAL
4 AND AS SAID BIGGEST NOTRE
DAME FAN ON EARTH.
>> I FUMBLED A FEW TIMES.
THAT’S OKAY.
>> WE WON’T TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> NOW YOU REMEMBER STEVE
STARTED OUT IN THE SPORTS WORLD
AND ENDS WITH ONE OF THE BEST
TO DO IT THIS AS WELL.
STEVE WE ACTUALLY RAN INTO A
VERY, GUY YOU MIGHT KNOW.
VERY FIRST GUY TO HIRE YOU AS
SPORTS REPORTER FOR NOTRE DAME
CAMPUS RADIO STATION.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> STEVE AND I BOTH ATTENDED
THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME.
MY SENIOR YEAR I WAS THE
PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF THE CAMPUS
RADIO STATION.
WE BROADCAST THROUGH ALL THE
DORMS AT NOTRE DAME AND ST.
MARY’S.
STEVE CAME IN TO AUDITION
DURING THE FRESHMAN YEAR FOR
SPORTS.
>> KEVIN O’NEAL NOW WORK AT WJR
FOR THE MITCHELL BUMP SHOW AND
KNEW BACK IN 1973 STEVE WAS
SPECIAL.
>> HE WAS FROM A VERY WELL
KNOWN FAMILY.
YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW THAT.
TALKING TO EITHER STEVE OR HIS
BROTHER JOE.
THEY WERE JUST REGULAR GUYS.
HE COULD RIP A STORY AND JUST
INTERPRET IT AND WRITE IT AND
JUST MAKE IT SOUND LIKE IT WAS
ONE-ON-ONE.
LIKE I’M TALKING TO YOU NOW
JAMIE.
THAT’S THE WAY STEVE WAS WITH
THE AUDIENCE.
>> NBA PLAY OFF.
>>Reporter: AFTER GRADUATION
IN 1977, STEVE STARTED WORKING
IN THE SPORTS WORLD.
HE BROUGHT HIS SIGNATURE STYLE
TO TV.
>> WE ARE TALKING TO PRO
CHAMPIONSHIP NOW.
>> BETTER THAN NOTHING STEVIE
TELL YOU. CAN’T ARGUE WITH THE
BIG FELLOW EITHER.
HAVING FUN.
>> YOU ARE MORE OF TEAM THAN
THAT.
>> WE REALLY ARE.
MORE SO THAN MOST.
>> TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT
AS WELL BUT THE CHAMPIONSHIP
TEAM IS HERE WITH US.
IT’S ONE OF 2 REASONS.
IF I QUEERS AGO IT RESIMPLE THE
BONEY FRAME OF SKELETON.
SECOND IF YOU CRASH THAT’S
ABOUT ALL THAT’S LEFT.
SORRY PAL.
>>Reporter: YOU HIT IT OUT OF
THE PARK WITH THE REPORTING AND
YOUR ANCHORING AND YOUR
PLETHORA OF SPORTS STORIES.
LIKE THE TIME YOU CADDY AT WING
FOOT IN THE U.S. OPEN.
COME ON.
FOR THE END, WE GO BACK TO THE
BEGINNING.
FOR VERY SPECIAL MESSAGE.
>> ROUGH TO SAY GOODBYE BUT THE
PEST WHICH IS TO DO IT ABOUT BY
MEANS OF A TRADITIONAL IRISH
LIMERICK SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
VIEWERS SAY OUCH.
IT’S TIME TO KICKBACK AND JUST
SLOUCH.
CHRISTMAS TV THERE’S JUST ONE
PLACE YOU HAD BEEN WATCHING
SANDRA ALI IF YOUR COUCH.
THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
GOD BLESS YOU STEVE.
>> GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
WENT WAY BACK FOR THAT ONE.
>> NOTRE DAME WE DID PLAY BY
PLAY OF THE FOOTBALL GAMES AND
MAN I THINK I’M AL MICHAELS IN
FRONT OF THE MIKE THERE.
IT WAS ONLY GOING BACK TO THE
DORMS WHERE NOBODY WAS THERE
THEY ARE ALL AT THE STADIUM AND
INFIRMARY KIDS ARE SICK AND 6
PEOPLE EVER LISTENING BUT WE
WERE BIG TIME DOING FOOTBALL.
>> YOU HONE YOUR SKILLS THOUGH.
>> THAT WAS FUN.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE
STAGE.
TALK ABOUT YOUR CAREER TONIGHT.
SPORTS STORY YOU COVERED THAT
YOU LOVED THE MOST.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT IS
INTERESTINGMENT HOSE EXCITING
EVENT I EVER COVER AND PEOPLE
LAUGH WAS WRESTLE MANIA WHEN IT
WAS AT THE SILVER DOME AND IT
WAS HULK HOGAN AND ANDRE THE
GIANT AND RICKY THE DRAGON
STEAM BOAT AND 98,000 PEOPLE
WERE JAMMED INTO THE SILVER
DOME.
CALL IT A SPORT OR WHATEVER YOU
WANT.
YOU COULD FELL YOUR BONES IN
YOUR CHEST VIBRATING.
CROWD WAS SO LOUD.
THAT WAS MOST EXCITING EVENT I
EVER COVERED.
>> AND THE WINGS THING.
>> CADING THE U.S. OPEN FOR
GARY PLAYER IN THE PRACTICE
ROUND.
JACK NICHOLS AND ARNOLD PALMER
AND CARRIED FOR COLBERT TO BE A
PARTICIPANT IN SPORTING EVENT
THE U.S. OPEN AT WING FOOT MOST
EXCITING THING.
>> SO MANY BEAUTIFUL MEMORY.
>> YES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
STAY THERE.
NOT ALLOWED TO GO ANYWHERE.
WE HAVE MORE SURPRISES IN FACT
WE SAVE THE EAST FOR HAS.
ANOTHER SPECIAL SURPRISE COME UP AFTER THE BREAK
>> TAUGHT HOW TO TREAT PEOPLE
ON AND OFF THE AIR.
SUCH AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.
STEVIE HOPE YOU HANG AROUND AND
STAY IN LOCAL 4 FANTASY
FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
CONGRATULATIONS, STEVE.
>> FAVORITE GIG HERE WAS BEING
YOUR CO-ANCHOR ON THE WEEKEND
EVENING NEWS.
LOVED YOUR LEADERSHIP.
INTELLIGENCE.
SENSE OF HUMOR AND KINDNESS.
LET ME TALK TALK TALK THOUGHT
THE COMMERCIAL BREAK.
DRIVE YOU CRAZY.
I HOPE YOUR RETIREMENT LESS