I KNOW I SAY IT EVERY TIME BUT
IT FEELS SO GREAT TO SEE THAT.
SHIFTING GEARS NOW THE TEXANS
WILL KICK OFF FOOTBALL SEASON
NEXT THURSDAY AND SPORTS
DIRECTORRER RANDY McILVOY WILL
OF COURSE BE THERE.
>> Courtney: HE KNOWS ALL
THINGS HOUSTON SPORTS BUT TODAY
WE’RE GETTING A CHANCE TO KNOW
HIM AND HE’S JOINING US NOW FROM
STUDIO A. TO SHARE SOME OF HIS
FAVORITE MOMENTS ON THE JOB AND
HIS LIFE OUTSIDE OF TV.
WAIT, YOU HAVE A LIFE OUTSIDE OF
TV, RANDY?
>> NOT MUCH OF ONE, NO.
ESPECIALLY DURING THE FALL WITH
FOOTBALL.
IT’S GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS, I
WAS DISAPPOINTED I COULDN’T BE
IN THE STUDIO WITH YOU.
>> Courtney: I KNOW.
IT’S GREAT TO CHAT WITH YOU AND
I LOVE THE CONVERSATIONS AS
WELL.
WE GOT TO SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON
THIS.
UNLESS YOU ARE LIVING UNDER A
ROCK BUT WE HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE,
YOU ARE A HOUSTON BOY, BORN AND
RAISED HERE.
YOU GREW UP IN MIRELAND.
>> I GREW UP LITERALLY FIVE
MINUTES DOWN THE ROAD IN
MIRELAND.
I WENT TO BELLAIRE HIGH SCHOOL.
MY MOM STILL LIVES IN THE HOUSE
I GREW UP.
THIS NECK OF THE WOODS, THIS IS
MY PART OF HOUSTON.
>> Derrick: IS IT TRUE YOU
HAVE WORKED IN TELEVISION FOR 32
YEARS?
>> I JUST WRAPPED UP 31.
I STARTED IN 1989.
>> Derrick: WOW!
AT WHAT POINT DID YOU REALIZE
THAT THIS WAS A THING?
BECAUSE SPORTS IS -- A LOT OF US
WATCH SPORTS, COVERING SPORTS
IT’S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT BALL
GAME.
NO PUN INTENDED.
>> I LIKE THAT, I LIKE THAT.
>> Derrick: BUT IT IS A TOUGH,
TOUGH GIG.
TELL US ABOUT THIS JOURNEY TO
FINDING THIS JOB AND CAREER
PATH.
>> I WAS HOOKED ON -- I TELL
THIS STORY A LOT.
I WAS HOOKED ON TV NEWS AS A
KID.
I LOVED WATCHING THE NEWSCASTS
ON TV.
DON’T ASK ME WHY, IT IS JUST
DID.
I THOUGHT IT WAS FASCINATING TO
GET VIDEO FROM FROM ALL OVER THE
PLACE.
SO I WAS HOOKED EARLY.
I WAS AN ATHLETE GROWING UP,
INTO HIGH SCHOOL, PLAYED
BASEBALL AT BELLAIRE HIGH SCHOOL
AND WALKED ON AT SAM HOUSTON
STATE AS WELL.
I WENT TO SAM HOUSTON AND I GOT
A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE AT
BELTARY WITH THE CABLE PATCHWORK
JOB WE DID, WE DID DID LIVE
NEWSCASTS BACK IN THE ’80s,
IT WAS A BIG DEAL.
I FINISHED BASEBALL AND LOCKED
INTO WHAT I WANT TO DO.
SAM HOUSTON HAS A WELL-KNOWN
JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT AND REALLY
ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCES I GOT
THERE.
LED TO INTERNSHIPS AT ALL THE
STATIONS HERE IN TOWN INCLUDING
CHANNEL 2 BACK IN 1986.
I HAD A SUMMER INTERNSHIP HERE.
YOU KNOW, I JUST LOVED BEING A
PART OF IT.
BEING AROUND HOUSTON SPORTS
GROWING UP AND GOING TO GAMES AT
THE ASTRODOME AT THE OLD SUMMIT
WITH THE ROCKETS, LAKEWOOD
CHURCH NOW AND THE DOOR IS OPEN,
WENT TO BEAUMONT FOR ABOUT SEVEN
YEARS, DALLAS FOR ABOUT SEVEN
YEARS AND I’VE BEEN HERE 16
YEARS NOW.
>> Courtney: I REMEMBER WHEN
YOU FIRST CAME ABOARD TO KPRC,
REMEMBER MEETING YOU FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
I THINK WHAT’S SO INCREDIBLE IS
JUST WATCHING YOU GROW OVER THE
YEARS AND I’VE ALWAYS LOVED YOUR
SPORTSCASTS AND ALWAYS KIND OF
LEANED ON YOU TOO LIKE RANDY,
WHAT DO YOU THINK, WHAT’S GOING
TO HAPPEN.
>> AT THE END OF THE DAY,
THERE’S SOME TOUGH STORIES OUT
THERE IN EVERY NEWAST BUT YOU
YOU’VE GOT WEATHER, FRANK HAS A
GOOD TIME, JUSTIN, THEY ALL
HAVED A GOO TIME WHEN YOU CAN
BUT WHEN IT’S SERIOUS WITH
HURRICANES, THAT’S A BIG DEAL
BUT SPORTS IS A WAY, A DOOR THAT
KIND OF OPENS TO HAVE SOME FUN
WITH THE VIEWERS AND YOU GET A
CHANCE TO DO THAT EVERY NIGHT.
EVEN WHEN THE TEAMS AREN’T
PLAYING GREAT, THAT’S DIFFICULT
PART BUT WHEN THEY’RE PLAYING
WELL LIKE THEY HAVE IN RECENT
YEARS, ASTROS, WORLD SERIES,
ROCKETS AREN’T ALWAYS A PLAYOFF
TEAM.
ATTENTIONNESS AND
TEXANS AND THE PLAYOFFS, WE HAVE
TEXANS AND THE PLAYOFFS, WE HAVE
A GREAT TIME COVERING THE HIGH
SCHOOL SPORTS.
>> Derrick: IT’S SO GREAT AS
WE SHOW THE STILL PHOTOS ON
SCREEN LOOKING BACK OVER THE
COURSE OF YOUR CAREER AND I KNOW
PEOPLE PROBABLY ASK YOU SOME OF
THE STANDOUT MOMENTS.
YOU HAVE REALLY BEEN --
>> MY SHARK’S TOOTH THERE.
>> Derrick: A RANDOM PHOTO OF
SOME SHARK TEETH.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> OUT OF NOWHERE!
>> Derrick: WHAT MOMENTS
REALLY STAND OUT FOR YOU.
YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONTLINES
OF SOME OF THE MOST ICONIC NAMES
IN SPORTS.
>> IF YOU ASK ABOUT EVENTS I’VE
HAD A CHANCE TO COVER,
ESPECIALLY THE 16 YEARS HERE AT
CHANNEL 2 AND BEING AN AVID
BASEBALL FAN, I THE ASTROS, I
GOT HERE IN ’04 AND THEY
IMMEDIATELY MADE IT TO THE NLCS
AGAINST THE CARDINALS AND THE
FOLLOWING YEAR THEY’RE IN THE
WORLD SERIES FOR THE FIRST TIME.
I WAS HERE A YEAR ACTUALLY BASED
HERE IN HOUSTON AND I GOT THE
CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THAT WORLD
SERIES, THAT ONE DIDN’T GO WELL
BUT THEN THEY CAME BACK AND A
FEW YEARS AGO, THE WORLD SERIES,
I’VE COVERED NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES, ONE OF MY
FAVORITE MEMORIES, THE TEXAS
LONG HORNS IN ’06, PASADENA,
VINCE YOUNG, A HOUSTONIAN,
MADISON HIGH SCHOOL.
ONE OF THE BEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL
GAMES YOU WILL EVER SEE AND I
WAS ON THE SIDELINES WHEN IT
HAPPENED WITH MY PHOTOGRAPHER
ALLEN REID HE RAN RIGHT PAST.
WE JUST WITNESSED ONE OF THE
ICONIC MOMENTS IN COLLEGE
FOOTBALL HISTORY.
TO THIS DAY PEOPLE STILL TALK
ABOUT THAT CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY
TEXAS.
I’VE HAD A CHANCE TO INTERVIEW
I’VE HAD A CHANCE TO INTERVIEW
SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE.
GROWING UP WITH THE LOVE YOU
BLUE, I WAS HERE AT CHANNEL 2
HERE TEN YEARS AGO, I WENT TO A
RANCH AND GOT TO SPEND THREE
HOURS WITH BOM THERE RIDING THE
PROPERTY WITH HIM, I WAS
PINCHING MYSELF HANGING OUT WITH
BOM PHILLIPS.
THAT’S THE BEAUTY OF THE JOB.
SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY IN
SPORTS AND THE GREAT PEOPLE YOU
GET TO BE AROUND AND STORIES YOU
GET TO TELL.
THERE’S SO MANY STORIES ON EVERY
LEVEL.
HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, WE REALLY PUT
AN EMPHASIS ON HIGH SCHOOL
SPORTS BECAUSE THEY DESERVE TO
BE COVERED IN THE CITY AND COULD
BE OVERSHADOWED BY THE PRO
TEAMS.
WE TRY TO BALANCE IT OUT AND
GIVE A LOT OF LOVE TOINGS THE TO
TO THE PROFESSIONAL TEAMS.
>> Courtney: WE’RE OUT OF TIME
BUT WE DO WANT TO MENTION THE
REASON WHY THAT SHARK’S TOOTH
PHOTO CAME UP, THAT’S YOUR
COLLECTION YOU’VE HAD SINCE YOU
WERE A KID.
>> PROBABLY AGE SEVEN OR EIGHT I
GOT HOOKED ON IT BECAUSE MY MOM
REALLY ENJOYED IT.
TIME WE SPENT AT THE BEACH, YOU
GET THAT COLLECTION AND I GOT
JARS OF THE STUFF.
THAT BIG ONE RIGHT THERE, I
REMEMBER IT VERY WELL.
13 YEARS OLD WHEN I SAW THAT
ONE.
>> Courtney: SO AWESOME.
SAY HI TO TAMMY YOUR WIFE OF 30
YEARS THIS PAST FEBRUARY.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT
ANNIVERSARY AND THE REST OF THE
WOMEN IN YOUR WIFE YOUR DAUGHTER
COURTNEY AND KEELY AS WELL.
>> KEEP UP WITH THE GREAT SHOW.
SEE YA’.
>> Courtney: THE TEXANS SEASON
OPENER AGAINST THE CHIEFS IS
JUST SIX DAYS AWAY.
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