March Madness CBS legend Bill Raftery is actually older than everyone thinks he is
Raftery is an all-time great.
March Madness CBS legend Bill Raftery is actually older than everyone thinks he is originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . There isn't any sports broadcaster with more catchphrases that work than Bill Raftery.
Even if "Onions! " doesn't make a whole lot of sense when you think about it, the point isn't to think about it too long. It's to appreciate Raftery's love of college basketball.
The long-time NCAA hoops announcer for CBS is back at it again this weekend at the Final Four. And before the action tipped off, Raftery had a stunning revelation: He's older than everyone thinks. MORE: A crazy link between Bill Murray, Illinois, UConn and Duke's Jon Scheyer How old is Bill Raftery?
If you look it up, the Internet will tell you that Raftery is 82. He says he's old. This is what Raftery told Awful Announcing : "I've never said my age and people wrote it down and have it wrong.