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Karen Morris-Gowdy (born Karen Ann Morris on January 20, 1956, in Cheyenne, Wyoming) is an American actress, best known for her role as Dr. Faith Coleridge Desmond #4 on Ryan's Hope, a role she played from 1978 to 1984 and again in 1989. Morris-Gowdy was crowned America's Junior Miss in 1974.
Curtis Edward Gowdy (July 31, 1919 – February 20, 2006) was an American sportscaster.He called Boston Red Sox games on radio and TV for 15 years, and then covered many nationally televised sporting events, primarily for NBC Sports and ABC Sports in the 1960s and 1970s.
A left-handed batter, Kubek signed his first professional contract with the Yankees and rose rapidly through the team's farm system. He was 21 years old when he played his first game in Major League Baseball in 1957, and—except for one year (1962) spent largely in the U.S. military—remained with the Yankees until his retirement due to a back injury at the close of the 1965 season.
Starting in 1975, Joe Garagiola and Curt Gowdy alternated as the Saturday Game of Week play-by-play announcers with Tony Kubek doing color analysis. Then on weeks in which NBC had Monday Night Baseball, Gowdy and Garagiola worked together. One would call play-by-play for 4½ innings, the other would handle color analysis.
When assessing ABC's coverage of the 1988 NLCS between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets, the Chicago Tribune ' s Steve Nidetz praised their camera work. [57] Nidetz in particular, gave credit to producer Curt Gowdy Jr., who was responsible for calling all the shots for ABC's NLCS coverage.
Curt Gowdy soon suggested to Kubek that he should work in the off-season to improve his delivery. Kubek bought a tape recorder and took to reading poetry aloud for 20 minutes a day. In 1968, Kubek wowed as a World Series field reporter. Pee Wee Reese, who was soon fired by NBC (and replaced by Kubek as the top analyst) said of Kubek "He wormed ...
Nelson was born on May 25, 1919, in Pulaski, Tennessee, [1] the third child of Jon and Asie Nelson. [2] He graduated from Columbia Central High School in Columbia. [3] He graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1941, taught English, and then served in the U.S. Army, [1] where he was a captain in North Africa and Europe during World War II.
His first major league job was with the Boston Red Sox in 1954, working alongside Curt Gowdy. In 1960 , he moved to the Baltimore Orioles for two seasons, replacing Ernie Harwell . New York Mets