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Deadspin found this 6/13/2008 on www.insidesocal.com [flag]
Charlie Jones, who came up through the network ranks as one of ABC's original voices of the American Football League and covered two Super Bowls for NBC, died Thursday of a heart attack. He was 77. Martin Mandel, Jones former... [link]

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Legendary NFL announcer Charlie Jones dies ...
Published 6/13/2008 by Will Leitch at Deadspin
Legendary NFL announcer Charlie Jones dies at the age of 77. [Farther Off The Wall]

Blog-O-Rama: NFL Game Caller Charlie Jones Dies
Published 6/13/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
• Tom Hoffarth of FARTHER OFF THE WALL is sad to see the passing of legendary NFL broadcaster Charlie Jones . Charlie Jones NFL broadcaster • DEADSPIN punches up rumors that Mike Tyson had ordered a hit on the guy who killed his bodyguard. • MR. IRRELEVANT informs us that Jamie Mottram is leaving “Blog Show “. Well, once you’ve had Erin Andrews , what else is there? • WHO ATE ALL THE PIES finds this year’s Pulitzer winner: A German Euro 2008 reporter running late for his flight decides to call in a bomb threat . • Seth ...

In threes.
Published 6/13/2008 by Paulsen (noreply@blogger.com) at Sports Media Watch
... of the industry. Jim McKay , at age 86, died on Saturday. McKay was a legendary journalist for ABC Sports, covering 12 Olympics, and anchoring coverage of the massacre at the 1972 Olympic Games. McKay died on the same day as The Belmont Stakes, an event he covered for many years. Charlie Jones , at age 77, died on Thursday. Jones was the play-by-play announcer for AFL and NFL telecasts on NBC from 1965 to 1997. Jones was also a part of NBC Olympics coverage. In his NBC career, Jones " covered 28 different sports ... [and] more than 25 college football bowl games ." As ...

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Posted 6/13/2008 on Watchdog

Tim Russert died today, a huge loss to NBC News in addition to his family and friends. That news understandably will overshadow the death of another long-time NBC figure, sportscaster Charlie Jones, a stalwart of its AFL and NFL coverage for many years. Jones wasn't a star of the magnitude of Jim McKay, who died last weekend, but he was a solid pro whom many of us grew up with. Here ...
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Posted 6/14/2008 on BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog

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Posted 6/14/2008 on ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando Those who remember watching the AFC on NBC through the 1980s and into the 1990s will surely remember Charlie Jones (those with longer memories might remember his work on AFL games as well). NBC is carrying a wire-service version of Jones' obituary tonight, and I don't immediately see any archived material available for those wishing to hear his voice again.  ...
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Posted 6/14/2008 on SPORTS COUCH POTATO

If you asked the Spud to rattle off his top sportscasters of all-time, Charlie Jones would easily rank in the top five. He was as recognizable to fans of the old AFL as even Curt Gowdy, calling the first-ever league game on ABC before going on to 38 years as a pro football play-by-play announcer. Jones, who died this week at 77, was there at the beginning when Roone Arledge created ABC ...
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Published 6/14/2008 on Major League Baseball News

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Published 6/13/2008 on The Seattle Times: Sports

Charlie Jones, the deep-voiced sportscaster whose career as a play-by-play announcer spanned 38 years for ABC and NBC, has died. He was 77.