Steve Sands' first meeting with Jim Nantz is one only he remembers
Jim Nantz was Steve Sands' broadcasting "hero" growing up.
Steve Sands' first meeting with Jim Nantz is one only he remembers GOLF Editors Steve Sands has been a staple of the golf broadcasting world for a long time. But before Steve Sands became a mainstay at Golf Channel, he was a college student with a dream of making it big in broadcasting and working with one of his “heroes,” Jim Nantz. Sands joined the latest episode of GOLF’s Subpar podcast and recalled a story of the first time he met Nantz as a college student.
It’s a story that only one of them remembers. After sneaking into the 1990 Final Four in Denver with his friends, Sands spotted Nantz preparing to broadcast the premier event in college basketball. “I leaned over the rope and I go, ‘Mr.
Nantz! Mr. Nantz!
’ He gave me one of these [head knod] and goes, ‘What’s up kid? ’ And i said, ‘I’m going to work with you one day! ’ It was the only thing I could think of to say.