1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: Coming to you live from the Cross Country Mortgage Campus 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: in Barrie, Ohio. This is Cleveland Browns Daily, brought to 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: you by Bally Bett now live in Ohio on eight 4 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: fifty ESPN Cleveland. 5 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 2: Hi, everybody, and welcome to Boston Stadium at Cando, Ohio 6 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 2: and the nineteen ninety nine Hall of Fame. Gay A wait, he's. 7 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 3: Over Brown's football. 8 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 4: You're back on your way. 9 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 5: Moty five forty broad William run forty fifty ten five touchdown. 10 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 6: Steps fires head lord it. 11 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 5: Here's this Howard Fields, this howid Field to win. Shot 12 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 5: it down, everybody, the. 13 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 6: Boos winners tonight thirty five forty Cody five fifty. 14 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 4: There goes job. He's in the thirty twenty ten five touchdown. 15 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 5: Shovel home the talk sweet near sign. Here comes jumping 16 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 5: the cutback, pas up to the twenty twenty five thirty thirty. 17 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 2: Five forty Here he goes to the fifty. 18 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 5: Here goes Jimmy's gonna go twenty fifty ten ths touchdown 19 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:09,479 Speaker 5: the tube. 20 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:10,839 Speaker 4: He's got a hat trick. 21 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:13,479 Speaker 1: He's going for Landry down. 22 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 5: Body until the tumble a catch by touchdown. 23 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 3: Room go a cat story, blond rain. 24 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 5: He bottles it. 25 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 4: Stumbles and get hit yet side. He got sap. 26 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 2: Peppers, Happers got him, He got him, Peppers got him. 27 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 6: Pour a little pepper on it. 28 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 3: It's des Award twenty fifteen. Ten touchdown. 29 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 4: The Russ. 30 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 3: We'll get there eleven point of the year. 31 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: They'll go to eleven in mine hat downs covering two 32 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: month playoffs and the only thing that's missing all of you, 33 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: that's it. 34 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 4: The Rods are going in the playoffs. 35 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 3: The postseason is back in Cleveland. 36 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 1: Here are your host's bowl Bishop in Nathan Segura. 37 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 3: All right, let's do a live You listen to that 38 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 3: merely both a great z and you know, we've had 39 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 3: a lot of fun this training camp with it. Hey hey, hey, hey, hey, 40 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 3: come on, come on, come on, come on. The opposite 41 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 3: of that was that last clip where he goes that's 42 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 3: it and he looked around at all of you guys. 43 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 3: Welcome in a special edition of Cleveland Brown's Daily. It 44 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 3: has been a very difficult eighteen hours in the Ohio 45 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:40,639 Speaker 3: sporting community, and we thought it. We were not supposed to. 46 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 3: We were not going to do this today. We're not 47 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:46,239 Speaker 3: supposed to. But we talked yesterday and thought it was 48 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 3: best for us too. I know you've done a coach 49 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 3: a show, and I know that you've done some television 50 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 3: stuff as well, But and you have such a special 51 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 3: relationship with Jim because of the time that you guys 52 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 3: spent together. But he became on this show when when 53 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 3: you think about referring to him as the voice, and 54 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 3: the way that we got to know him and the 55 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 3: playful nature that we had with him through the years, 56 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 3: this show wouldn't have He's such a key element of 57 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 3: what this has been since you and I have done 58 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:27,679 Speaker 3: this show together, and that was listening. I mean, I 59 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 3: just can't imagine a Browns game without him calling it. 60 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 3: I know, quite honestly. I know we had to do 61 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 3: it last year because he was through some stuff and 62 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 3: you guys are just such true prose. But it's just 63 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 3: the quintessential voice you want to hear when you hear 64 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 3: the Cleveland Browns. 65 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,839 Speaker 2: He is the voice of the Browns and he will 66 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 2: to me and I think to many, many many people 67 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 2: listening today always be the voice of the Cleveland Browns. 68 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 2: Did it for twenty five years at a level that 69 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 2: is as elite as elite gets. And you know, when 70 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 2: people have been talking to me in a lot of 71 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 2: so many people have reached out and support for Jim 72 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 2: on social media is awesome. Everywhere I've gone since this 73 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 2: news has come out, people are giving their support. And 74 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 2: the reason is, it's not this that he's an iconic broadcaster. 75 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 2: It's not that he's just the voice of the Browns. 76 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 2: It's not just that he's probably the best play by 77 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 2: play guy in his industry. It's because all of those 78 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 2: accolades pale in comparison to the accolades he deserves as 79 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 2: a human being. 80 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 3: That's right. 81 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 2: He is such a wonderful man. He is such a 82 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 2: great partner. He welcomed me in after you know, and 83 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 2: many I was after Doug Deacon retired, a legend that 84 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 2: he had been with for decades, and welcomed me in 85 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 2: like he had always wanted to work with me and 86 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 2: made me feel that way and was so helpful and 87 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 2: such a mentor. 88 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 4: And he's so nice to everybody, has no ego. He 89 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 4: is just a great guy. 90 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 2: And getting to be on the road with him and 91 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 2: break bread with him and learn about him and hear 92 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 2: his stories, and he's he's such a special person. And 93 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 2: I think you know, his legacy as the voice of 94 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 2: the Browns. Obviously it speaks for itself, but I think 95 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 2: it's his legacy as a person obviously, is a husband 96 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 2: of Cheryl, a father to Megan, a friend to those 97 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:20,599 Speaker 2: lucky enough to be friends with him. That's really kind 98 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 2: of what you know, Jim Donovan is all about. And 99 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 2: I actually got a chance to talk to him today. 100 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 2: He called me today after he had texted me earlier 101 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 2: in the week and kind of let me know what 102 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 2: was going on. 103 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 4: And he called me today, and you know, it started 104 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:39,279 Speaker 4: off like a heartbreaking in a sense. 105 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 6: You know, I was. 106 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 2: I know how much I was looking forward to calling 107 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 2: Brown's games with him this year. He was looking forward 108 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 2: to it more than people can possibly imagine. And so 109 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 2: when you understand that he knows that he cannot do 110 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 2: that because of the battle that is ongoing, that that 111 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 2: tells you of the severity of what we're dealing with here. 112 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 2: And it started off with us kind of sad, and 113 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 2: I was crying a little bit, and then by the 114 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 2: middle of the conversation it was kind of like we're 115 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 2: having a normal talk and by the end we were laughing, 116 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:13,679 Speaker 2: and you know, I shared with him to how special 117 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 2: that time at the Green Bar was and give man 118 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 2: I got that. We lived with him for nine days 119 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 2: in the same room, under the same roof. We hung 120 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 2: out in that common room, and when we were in 121 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 2: Seattle's funny and saying, man, I wish we were back 122 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 2: at the Green Bar so we could all just kind 123 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 2: of be together, you know. And you know, walking out 124 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 2: of my room and hearing him on the couch calling 125 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 2: Obo Kuranquo getting a big sack on a third down. 126 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 2: Because he was just constantly. 127 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 4: Doing play by play. It's what he lived for. 128 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 2: And I don't know how many people know this about Jim, 129 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,840 Speaker 2: but when he was a kid, he would go to 130 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 2: the Boston Garden with a tape recorder and a microphone, yep, 131 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 2: and he would do play by play of the Celtics 132 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 2: and the Bruins and he would then send those and 133 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 2: I think Johnny Most was the play by play guy 134 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 2: of the Celtics at the time, and he would send 135 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 2: them the tapes and they would send him back feedback. 136 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 2: I mean, when you talk about somebody who knew what 137 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 2: they wanted to do from a young age and then 138 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 2: realize their dream and did at the highest level. Collin 139 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 2: Olympics Voice of the Browns NBC, all of it Collin 140 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 2: NFL games, even before being the voice of the Bruns. 141 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 2: I mean, I think it's one of his first games. 142 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 2: It was with Chris Collinsworth, or it was collins Worth's 143 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 2: first game was with Yeah, with Jim. To have had 144 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 2: that be like, this is who I am as a kid, 145 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 2: and then to see the joy that it brought him, 146 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 2: which was still very kid like. And I mean that 147 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 2: in the best possible way, because he was he was 148 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 2: living the dreaming you're coaching the player's tykee, but we're 149 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 2: playing a kid's game. And then to get to narrate 150 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 2: that is was such a dream for him. By the end, 151 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 2: we were just you know, laughing and reminiscing about, you know, 152 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 2: just the times that we had together. And I told him, 153 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 2: you know, hey, hey come on, come I go that 154 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 2: is I said, nobody's ever going to think of Colin 155 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 2: Jose the same. 156 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 4: Ever again, which he got a big kick of. And 157 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 4: then the hey, hey. 158 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 2: Come on, And I told him I was like when 159 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 2: when Brock our intern left, I said in my card 160 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 2: he had drawn and I did it to him too, 161 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 2: but hey, hey come on with you know the thumbs 162 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 2: and everything. 163 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 4: But he is in he is in good spirits. He 164 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 4: is going to. 165 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 2: Fight and make the most of everything that he can, 166 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 2: you know, and I think that all we can do 167 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 2: is love and support him, and you know, for people 168 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 2: who pray, pray for him. But he is a he 169 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 2: is a very very special man. And while he can't 170 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 2: be the voice, he still is that very very special man. 171 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 2: And he's somebody that will be a part of everything 172 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 2: you talked about the show. I mean you talking to 173 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 2: him about what's going on at the Ponderosa, I mean 174 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 2: all of it. 175 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 4: He is he is an icon. 176 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:45,200 Speaker 2: And I know that the letter has been out there, 177 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:46,599 Speaker 2: and I don't know if well we want to go 178 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 2: through that again, but people have read that. You've seen 179 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 2: the statement from the HASMS, and I can tell you 180 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:53,719 Speaker 2: as a as a representative of the Cleveland Browns that 181 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:58,679 Speaker 2: that Jim Donovan is is a Cleveland Brown and it 182 00:08:58,720 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 2: says that's the last line. 183 00:08:59,640 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 4: Of the house. 184 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:02,320 Speaker 2: You know, we will support him in every way possible, 185 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 2: and Jim Donvin will forever be a Cleveland Brown. 186 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 4: And he'll forever be the voice, forever the voice. Listen. 187 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 2: The fact of the matter is, there's his letter there. 188 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 2: I'll just read it to you. Hey, Browns fan, and 189 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 2: you can hear him. 190 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:14,199 Speaker 4: You can hear it. 191 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 3: Saw it. When I saw it yesterday, I broke right 192 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 3: away because I can hear him. Of course I hear 193 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 3: his voice reading it. 194 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 2: Of course he said, hello Browns fans everywhere. While the 195 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:28,679 Speaker 2: regular season is finally here. Can you imagine the atmosphere 196 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:30,839 Speaker 2: inside Browns Stadium when the Cowboys and Browns. 197 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 4: Kick it off. 198 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 2: It will be electric, it will be epic. Unfortunately, I 199 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 2: will not be calling the game on the Browns radio network. 200 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 2: I have called my last Browns game, and that's why 201 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 2: I'm writing to you. As many of you know, I've 202 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 2: been dealing with cancer for many years. I've gone through 203 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 2: every treatment imaginable, but my cancer is a defiant opponent 204 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,679 Speaker 2: and has returned and very aggressively. This will require me 205 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 2: to devote everything I have in me to continue the fight, 206 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 2: and my family and I are committed to doing that. 207 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 2: I've called Browns games for twenty five years. Not a 208 00:09:58,000 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 2: day has gone by when I haven't paused and been 209 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 2: so so proud to be the voice of the Browns. 210 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 2: Cheryl Megan and I thank you for all the love, 211 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 2: support and prayers during my rough patches. It's like having 212 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,319 Speaker 2: a huge family around us, and that's what makes the 213 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:10,559 Speaker 2: Cleveland brown so special. 214 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 6: You do. 215 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 2: Now, let's go get those cowboys and make this twenty 216 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:16,439 Speaker 2: four to twenty five season a great one. I'll be 217 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 2: watching and listening. Here we go, Brownies, Here we go. 218 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:24,200 Speaker 2: It's been an honor Jim Donovan. And I'm just after 219 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 2: reading that, and I'm reminded of the year in COVID 220 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 2: and I was on the sidelines. I was not in 221 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 2: the booth that year, and when the Browns clinched the playoffs, 222 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 2: he gave what I thought was the most iconic call, 223 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 2: and you could see him get even emotional when he 224 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 2: did it. And I'm pretty sure it was in that 225 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 2: video package. You know, the only thing missing is all 226 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 2: of you, And I feel now when we go to 227 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 2: do you know games this season, that the only thing 228 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 2: missing will be Jim. 229 00:10:56,120 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 3: Yeah. So, I I married a Cleveland girl. And when 230 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 3: I first when I first met her family and her 231 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:10,440 Speaker 3: we were talking about what I did for a living. 232 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 3: And I've told Jim this story. Her dad said, well, 233 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 3: you gotta be like Jim Donovan. Yeah, And I said, well, 234 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 3: I don't. I didn't know who he was. I was 235 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 3: in from Ohio. I had no point of reference on it. 236 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 3: And the first time I went to a Browns game, 237 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 3: he would bring bring up the radio and we would 238 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 3: sit in the seats and you would listen. It was 239 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:31,839 Speaker 3: like he brought one for me and we would sit 240 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 3: there and I would listen to say, you do it. 241 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 3: You have this, and you put this in and you 242 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 3: listen to Jim and and that's the way that it goes. 243 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 3: And me, I mean just the voice of it right. 244 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 3: And I immediately took to it and just would listen 245 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:52,439 Speaker 3: to all of it and consume all of it. And 246 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 3: in the time, I was a sportscaster, so I would 247 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 3: see how you do sportscasts at Channel three and I 248 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 3: would try to emulate some of the things. One thing 249 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 3: that was it's really important if you're doing this business 250 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 3: is you have to be authentic to you. You have 251 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:04,559 Speaker 3: to be who you are. If you be if you 252 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 3: try to put on a facade or you try to 253 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:08,719 Speaker 3: put on a stick the shtick you got to be. 254 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 3: It runs dry. 255 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 4: It can't make you have to be you. 256 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,839 Speaker 3: You have to be authentically you. And Jim Donovan was 257 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 3: always authentically him and I took that from him. As 258 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 3: a lesson. And in twenty fifteen, it was my last 259 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 3: week on television down in Columbus, and the Browns were 260 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 3: down there. They were it was Treella. It was the 261 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 3: August of twenty fifteen. It was Trell Pryor's first time 262 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:29,959 Speaker 3: back at Ohio Stadium since he was, you know, banished 263 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 3: from campus. And the whole team was down there. And 264 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 3: it was the last live shot that I ever did 265 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 3: in Columbus for the CBS affiliate. It was the last 266 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 3: one I ever did. And I was doing the live 267 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 3: shot and Jim was down there and I got done 268 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 3: doing it and he started walking towards me, and I thought, well, 269 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:50,599 Speaker 3: he can't possibly be coming to talk to me. I 270 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 3: just I don't know him. I don't know Jim. I mean, 271 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 3: I know who he is. There's no way you know 272 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 3: who I am. And he came up to me and 273 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,319 Speaker 3: he said you're Bo and I said yeah, and your 274 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 3: Jim very well aware of who you are. And he goes, 275 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 3: I just got to tell you, which you can hear 276 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 3: him say, I just got to tell you. I just 277 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 3: got to tell you that Buckeye Blitz show you do 278 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 3: on Sports Time Ohio is really good. And I went, folks. 279 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 3: It was like God telling me, Yeah, that's what. I 280 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:20,719 Speaker 3: can't tell you what that meant to me to have 281 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 3: him say that that he enjoyed something I was doing. 282 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 3: Because while I did not grow up here, and while 283 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 3: I did not have the have that relationship with him 284 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 3: from the time I was a kid as so many 285 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 3: of you did, what I did have was this absurd 286 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 3: appreciation of him from the time that I met my 287 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:39,679 Speaker 3: wife's family, and that only grew. And so for him 288 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 3: to say he liked something I did, it blew my mind. 289 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 3: And I was honestly was just humbling. It just incredible 290 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 3: that he said that, and then we got to know him, 291 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 3: and I remember when he announced that. I think it 292 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:54,440 Speaker 3: was last year when he announced that, you know, right 293 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:57,599 Speaker 3: after after the Cinnati Againcinnati game on the broadcast. And 294 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 3: I can't remember if we had him on right after 295 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 3: or if that was one of the other times that 296 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 3: god awful disease attacked him, but he came on and 297 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 3: the first thing I said to him was, so, what's 298 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:11,599 Speaker 3: going on with the pond rosa, how the ponies? What 299 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:13,679 Speaker 3: are we doing with hey, what's the water situation? That 300 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:18,439 Speaker 3: type of thing, And he just like huge laugh. And 301 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 3: I remember Gibby saying afterwards how much that meant to him. 302 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 3: And I knew that it would mean that to him, 303 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 3: because what you're looking for in those things, when you're 304 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 3: in the middle of these fights, is any bit of 305 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 3: normalcy that you can have, And so that was something 306 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 3: I remember well. And I think the one thing that 307 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 3: we all know, and you all know, as the fans 308 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 3: and the organization, everybody, for the majority of the twenty 309 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 3: five years at Jim Donohan was the voice of the 310 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 3: Cleveland Browns. It was a tough gig. The wins did 311 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 3: not come for decades. They did not come. We've been 312 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 3: a very good organization since twenty eighteen and have been 313 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 3: consistently pretty good for that entire run that It was 314 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 3: some really tough sledding. And as a Browns fan, Jim 315 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 3: Donovan was your constant and the highest form of praise 316 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 3: that I could ever give him is he would call 317 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 3: meaningless and they were meaningless late season Browns games as 318 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 3: if he were calling the twenty seven Yankees. His preparation 319 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 3: and his performance was if he was calling the greatest 320 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 3: team in the history of football. It is human nature 321 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 3: to if you're calling something that does not deliver the results. 322 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 3: It is human nature to who cares? What's the difference? 323 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 3: He never did that once, man, once in all those 324 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 3: lean years to approach every game that way. 325 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 4: Oh, I got to hear it on the sideline. I 326 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 4: know you did it every second of it, but I 327 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 4: mean I was. I was in awe of that. 328 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 2: I will say that his commercial break commentary was probably better. 329 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:54,280 Speaker 4: It was probably better than the air, which was at 330 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 4: a very high level. So he got it too, I mean. 331 00:15:57,480 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 4: And that's the thing, Jim Donovan. He would tell you 332 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 4: that the truth. You would know how he felt and 333 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 4: where he was. 334 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 2: But the professionalism was there as funny when you were 335 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 2: talking about how he came up and told you what 336 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 2: a good job you had done with that Buckeye Blitz 337 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 2: show and how much that meant to you. And when 338 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 2: I got the great honor and responsibility to join him 339 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 2: in the booth. Obviously I cared about what, you know, 340 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 2: all the fans thought of the job I did. I 341 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 2: cared about, you know, what my friends and family thought. 342 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 4: I thought. I cared obviously what the Browns thought of it. 343 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 4: But the reality was. 344 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 2: In my mind, I had an audience of one and 345 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 2: what I really cared about was that Jim Donovan felt 346 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 2: that I did a good job and that I was 347 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 2: playing my role, which was very much to be second 348 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 2: fiddle to Jim Donovan, that I was playing that in 349 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 2: the way that he was happy with and that he 350 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 2: thought was good and added value to the broadcast, and 351 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 2: that was really kind of my goal. And he very quickly, 352 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 2: you know, he helped me with feedback and then very 353 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 2: quickly gave me that validation, and that meant the world 354 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 2: to me and allowed me, I think, to be more 355 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 2: comfortable and just be me on the broadcast and then 356 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 2: I think about it, and then we had such a 357 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:04,719 Speaker 2: great rapport. 358 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 4: But it's not often that you. 359 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:10,959 Speaker 2: Want to be in something you want to do something right, 360 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 2: like you want to call games, or you want to 361 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:18,440 Speaker 2: be a TV broadcaster, a sports guy, sports anchor, where 362 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 2: you get the opportunity to then work with the person 363 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:22,879 Speaker 2: that you consider to be kind of the role model 364 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 2: in your industry, and then they end up being even 365 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 2: nicer and more generous and more gregarious and more helpful 366 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 2: and more inspirational than you could ever imagine. And you know, 367 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:37,480 Speaker 2: you can feel our passion for Jim right now. You 368 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 2: go back to the game where he comes back and 369 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 2: we beat the Steelers and he smashes the guitar. Not 370 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 2: a dry eye in the house. I mean, he means 371 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 2: so much too, and it's amazing. He's not a Clevelander 372 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 2: and yet he has he is. He is part of 373 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 2: the fabric of Cleveland and well I'll always be. And 374 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 2: it's because he has that shared passion that all of 375 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 2: you have. He has that that love for this football 376 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:04,159 Speaker 2: team and for this region and for this city that 377 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:06,440 Speaker 2: has become his home and in many ways that he 378 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 2: has become the voice of When you're the voice of 379 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 2: the Cleveland Rounds, not just the voice claim, you're really 380 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 2: the voice of Cleveland, You're the voice of Northeast Ohio. 381 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 2: And we talked about the world team. He's a voice 382 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:19,399 Speaker 2: of the biggest sports fan base in the world, and 383 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 2: that is an incredibly powerful thing and nobody has ever 384 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 2: done it with. 385 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 4: Via plom that he has and he's he's just awesome. 386 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 4: I love Jim. I told him that today and. 387 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:37,200 Speaker 2: I am just so lucky that I was able to 388 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 2: be in the boothom and be there for that Steelers game. 389 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:43,200 Speaker 2: Is one of the most special days of his life. 390 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 2: I know that and to be there when he So 391 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 2: that's it, that's it. We're going back. The playoffs are back, 392 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 2: you know, the postseason is back in Cleveland. He's just 393 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 2: he's such a special guy, and it's you know, I 394 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 2: still you know, I'm in my mind. I'm like, all right, 395 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 2: we're going to somehow this season, this team is going 396 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:00,399 Speaker 2: to rally around so many things, and this is going 397 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 2: to be one of them, and we're going to hoist 398 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:04,920 Speaker 2: the Lombardi and somehow Jim is going to be a 399 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 2: part of it. 400 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 1: You know. 401 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,639 Speaker 2: That's kind of that's that's my north star right now, 402 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 2: because I love this man and he deserves it, and 403 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:12,959 Speaker 2: I know how much he loves all of you who 404 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,880 Speaker 2: are who are listening, and how much he loved being 405 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 2: able to be the voice of the Cleveland Browns. 406 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:22,159 Speaker 3: They say you don't aways want to meet your heroes 407 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 3: because they'll only disappoint. In this instance, that is not 408 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 3: the case. 409 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 4: Absolutely not. 410 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 3: Anybody who crossed paths with Jim is better for it. 411 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 3: We're gonna take a quick time out. Coach had some 412 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 3: thoughts on Jim as well, and again, as I mentioned, 413 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 3: it's well you can do this now. I mean tragedy 414 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 3: down in Columbus this morning as well. Hockey player Johnny 415 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 3: Gudau and his brother last night in New Jersey. We're 416 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 3: riding bikes and a drunk driver killed them, both killed 417 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 3: them simultaneously. I knew Johnny a little. If you're not 418 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:00,159 Speaker 3: into the if you're not a hockey person, you may 419 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 3: not know. But my guess is you'd probably have heard 420 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 3: the name Johnny Hockey and that's who he was. It's 421 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 3: just senseless, senseless, stupid tragedy. And to add to it, 422 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 3: it was the day before his sister's wedding. Is when 423 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 3: it happened. His sister was to be married today. So 424 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 3: his brother and him both pass last night. He leaves 425 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,360 Speaker 3: two sisters. He leaves a mother and a father, his brother, 426 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:29,200 Speaker 3: Matthew and him who both perished. He lives a wife 427 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 3: and two children under two. So our thoughts and prayers 428 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 3: go to our professional sports friends down in Columbus with 429 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 3: the Blue Jackets and every one morning that as well. 430 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:41,400 Speaker 3: It has been a very difficult time. 431 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 2: And I just want to say, in light of in 432 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 2: what you're talking about, one of and I've mentioned it 433 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 2: on the show before, but one of the things that 434 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 2: I get to do outside of this building is I'm 435 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:52,880 Speaker 2: on the board for a charity called corner Stone of Hope, 436 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:57,399 Speaker 2: and they do their mission as no one grieves alone. 437 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:02,440 Speaker 2: They do very incredibly important work for people who have 438 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:06,399 Speaker 2: gone through these unfathomable tragedies and these that what's happened 439 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:08,760 Speaker 2: down in Columbus obviously where it happened in New Jersey, 440 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 2: but yeah, to the Columbus Blue Jackets family is one 441 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 2: of those unspeakable trategies that we hear about because it's 442 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:18,680 Speaker 2: a public figure. Correct, These things happen all the time. 443 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 2: And if you know anybody in course, doon't I Hope 444 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 2: actually does have an office in Columbus, but anybody who's listening, 445 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 2: if you're ever going through anything where you are unfortunately 446 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,199 Speaker 2: in one of those but it happens almost in the silence, 447 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:31,479 Speaker 2: because you're not necessarily a public figure. It's very much 448 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,640 Speaker 2: the center of your world. Reach out to Cornerstone of Hope. 449 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 2: They will take care of you, they will help you, 450 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 2: and that's why they're there to make sure no one 451 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,879 Speaker 2: ever grieves alone and that you have the tools to 452 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,719 Speaker 2: be able to deal with the things that are unspeakable 453 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:48,439 Speaker 2: and unfathomable. So I just went just know that there 454 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:52,399 Speaker 2: are things out there that can't change what happened, but 455 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:54,879 Speaker 2: can help you deal with some of the things. In 456 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:57,159 Speaker 2: Cornerstone of Hope, like I'm so proud to be on 457 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 2: the board. They do such important, important work, and you know, 458 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 2: this reminds you all the time that people need this. 459 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:04,640 Speaker 4: All the time. 460 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 2: We hear about some because people are public figures, but 461 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 2: these things happen all the time and it's it's so sad, 462 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 2: but people do not have to go through it alone. 463 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 3: Well said, Brother Well said, you listen to Cleveland Browns Daily, 464 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:15,679 Speaker 3: a fifty ESPN Cleveland. 465 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns Daily brought to you by bally Bet now 466 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:32,120 Speaker 1: live in Ohio on eight fifty ESPN Cleveland. 467 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 3: Who's your Game Day this season? With ballely Bets sportsbook 468 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:42,800 Speaker 3: app place your first bet at fifty dollars or more 469 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 3: than you got one hundred and fifty dollars back in 470 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 3: bonus bets bally Bet, official sports betting partner of your 471 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 3: Cleveland Browns. So last night you did the Coaches Show 472 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:54,240 Speaker 3: and had a chance to talk to coach Tafanski about 473 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:56,440 Speaker 3: Jim and so let's have a listen to that coach. 474 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,880 Speaker 2: Obviously very sad news today with Jim Donovan's cancer return 475 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 2: and unfortunately we'll have to step down as the voice 476 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:04,760 Speaker 2: of the Cleveland Browns. Just what has he meant to 477 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:06,359 Speaker 2: you and and anything you'd like to say to him 478 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 2: and his family at this time. 479 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:11,600 Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm gutted, just like our fan base is feeling, 480 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:13,200 Speaker 6: and how you and I are feeling, and that people 481 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 6: that know Jim are feeling. It's tough and you know, uh, 482 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 6: we're gonna be there with him, you know, every step 483 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 6: of the way, but it doesn't mean it doesn't hurt. 484 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 6: So I'm thinking about Cheryl and Meghan and Jim through this, 485 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:27,479 Speaker 6: and and he knows, and I've told him he's got 486 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 6: our full support. We're behind him one hundred percent. And uh, 487 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,719 Speaker 6: and I know that we'll we'll. I'm gonna get him 488 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:36,640 Speaker 6: out to the facility at some point and make sure 489 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 6: he sees us and so we can tell him to 490 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 6: his face how much he means to us. But uh, yeah, 491 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:43,640 Speaker 6: it's it's hard for any of us to to think 492 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 6: about somebody that we know, somebody that we love, going 493 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:46,639 Speaker 6: through something tough. 494 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:50,119 Speaker 3: Like this that's really really well. So, yeah, here's the 495 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 3: thing he's been on. 496 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:55,440 Speaker 2: He's been phenomenal throughout this entire thing with Jim Donovan. Correct, phenomenal. 497 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, the sports is kind of the last escape that 498 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 3: we have an American life. 499 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:01,359 Speaker 5: It really is. 500 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,440 Speaker 3: It's the last thing that you can go to and 501 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 3: have pure joy and that you can no matter what's 502 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 3: going on in your life, the hardships or whatever. And 503 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 3: so when the things that give us joy then become 504 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 3: the things that provide us sorrow or rethinking or contemplating 505 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:17,800 Speaker 3: such as this, that the idea that jim'sn't going to 506 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 3: be the voice of the Browns, you hit. It hits 507 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 3: because it's a family. It's a huge family, but it 508 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 3: is a family. 509 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:25,879 Speaker 4: Part of your routine. 510 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 2: I mean, I know so many people who turned the 511 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 2: TV down and put the radio on to hear Jim 512 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 2: describe the action. Yep, and nobody did it better. As 513 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 2: my friend Beeback said, he paints a rich tapestry. He 514 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 2: most certainly does. He's or weaves a rich tapestry. 515 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's the using Johnny most like you think of 516 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 3: like these iconic voices, these Vin Scullies, these Marty Brenneman's, 517 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,000 Speaker 3: like these people that have been around jack Buck. These 518 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 3: guys are around forever, Like Jim was that for Cleveland. 519 00:24:57,960 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 4: That's what he is. 520 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:03,679 Speaker 3: He's that also apparently provided some dance. It was there 521 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 3: was some dancing. 522 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,439 Speaker 2: I missed no, Okay, so in that video they posted 523 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,200 Speaker 2: while there was you get emotional listening to Gym on 524 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 2: my probably you know, third watch of it or fourth 525 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 2: I happened to notice this gem and I would like 526 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 2: y'all to just watch Jason Gibbs give it, give it 527 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 2: to me when we just keep it on a loop. 528 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 2: Spano's loving it, is loving it. Others are not quite 529 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 2: as uh Summer nonplus. It's really an incredible, an incredible video. 530 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,639 Speaker 4: Give I love it the great Spano miss him too. 531 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 4: We used to. 532 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 5: We used to come up with like little things that 533 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:52,440 Speaker 5: we would do in the background. But like it was, 534 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 5: it just didn't have to be. We didn't want to 535 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 5: take the spotlight away from what was going on. And 536 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 5: yet I don't remember doing that. Sure and clearly I 537 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:06,880 Speaker 5: did in the moment. That's a that was like, hey, Jeff, 538 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 5: you could have picked like forty different the one, and 539 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:12,160 Speaker 5: that's the one you picked. 540 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 3: Here's the thing with doing this job or doing the 541 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,679 Speaker 3: job that you guys do on Sundays when you're calling games. 542 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 3: It's a tight rope without a net, and the emotion 543 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:26,480 Speaker 3: is raw because you're doing it live live. I always 544 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 3: start the show, let's do it live on whatever it 545 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:30,879 Speaker 3: is live. It's funny. People. I had just had a 546 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:32,679 Speaker 3: conversation a bout of money. It's like, so you are 547 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:36,359 Speaker 3: you really live at that time? Yeah, that's live. Whatever 548 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 3: we say now, there's. 549 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 4: No there's no net for it live. 550 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:42,920 Speaker 3: It's live. And in sport, what you get like you 551 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:47,639 Speaker 3: get there. That is an honest, live reaction to what 552 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 3: happened in that moment. It's beautiful. 553 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,120 Speaker 2: I mean the first game I ever the first game 554 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:57,000 Speaker 2: I ever did with Jim Donovan, well, this first game 555 00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 2: I ever did in the United States of America with 556 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 2: Jim Donovan. 557 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 4: Shorks fifty eight yard. 558 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 5: And I'm like, ah, it makes like some absurd sound 559 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 5: in after I spent seven months telling him, don't well. 560 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:10,400 Speaker 4: Number one. 561 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,200 Speaker 2: Number one didn't lesha. I mean it was like a 562 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 2: guttural sound. Number two it was raw emotion. And number 563 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,919 Speaker 2: three the last time that I ever said made any people. 564 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 3: Even You didn't talk to be fair, you did not 565 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:23,119 Speaker 3: step over step, You just had. 566 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 4: And he knew it. 567 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:26,880 Speaker 5: He met me at the bus that day. It was like, dude, 568 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 5: I did exactly what you told me not to. 569 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,879 Speaker 3: Well, he looked you in it, and I remember the 570 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:33,159 Speaker 3: video of it. You look at him in it and 571 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:33,480 Speaker 3: you're like. 572 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 2: You were I believe he made a fifty eight yard 573 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 2: field cause unbelievable. That doesn't that didn't happen for the 574 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:43,080 Speaker 2: Browns at that time, you know what I mean? No, no, yeah, 575 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 2: but that was That was so funny. It also reminds 576 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 2: me of not that the cameras in there and you 577 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 2: never know. You see the one do you remember when 578 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 2: I think we had a touchdown Gibbet and Jim's making 579 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 2: this awesome call and I like fist pump and I 580 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 2: basically break my hand on the ceiling and so that 581 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 2: I'm in pain and I'm like trying nothing. 582 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 5: I can't make it and we're dying last because everybody 583 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 5: saw it in the back row. 584 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 4: That's somewhere too, we have we had that. We played 585 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 4: that clip before to that which game was it? 586 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 3: When you don't remember it was last year? 587 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:17,240 Speaker 4: You punch and I suffered in silence. 588 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 3: Oh oh that is great. That is great. Uh So 589 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 3: in terms of what's coming up here on the program 590 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,600 Speaker 3: for you. You're going to be treated to our Dog's 591 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 3: Only podcast. So you're going to get Rodney mclown and 592 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:33,720 Speaker 3: the McCloud and the Specialist. You get a little bit 593 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,120 Speaker 3: of that going on. That's going to carry you through 594 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 3: a little bit and and we hope you enjoy that. 595 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,280 Speaker 3: We think that you will. Go ahead. 596 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 5: It's very fun. Yeah, I mean they talk about credit 597 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:46,360 Speaker 5: card roulette on the road, they talk about what they 598 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 5: do in their off season, how they got to where 599 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:52,360 Speaker 5: they are, and they all there's four unique personalities and 600 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 5: people go specialists. 601 00:28:57,320 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 3: What do you think we had Colon here? 602 00:28:58,680 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 4: Exactly great? 603 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 3: They're the host entertaining they are. I mean the first 604 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,040 Speaker 3: time Britain came in here and we did the coal 605 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:07,160 Speaker 3: thing and Rocky talks away of life like all of 606 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:10,680 Speaker 3: it like, and we were like, we want those guys always. 607 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:12,640 Speaker 5: Yeah the joke who makes an appearance and those. 608 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:13,959 Speaker 3: Guys always yeah, always win. 609 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 2: Oh my goodness, someday we're going to be hanging with 610 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:17,240 Speaker 2: Colon Watercolor. 611 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 3: I can't wait. It's gonna be a lot of fun, 612 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:20,640 Speaker 3: all right, So you have that to look forward to 613 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 3: here over the next hour and a half. 614 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 5: Which I appreciate you coming in today. That's a no brainer, 615 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 5: absolute no brainer. And have a good holiday weekend. 616 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, everybody, have a hug, hug your loved ones, and uh, 617 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:34,400 Speaker 3: be safe, be safe this holiday weekend. Uh and next 618 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:36,240 Speaker 3: week we'll do a game week it'll be that. 619 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:37,240 Speaker 6: Uh. 620 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:38,959 Speaker 3: You're listening to Cleveland Browns Daily, brought to you by 621 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,000 Speaker 3: belly Bet Sports winning partner, your Cleveland Browns and Alive 622 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 3: in Ohio on eight fifty ESPN Cleveland