{"id":1414280,"date":"2022-04-01T07:30:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T11:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1414280"},"modified":"2022-04-01T07:30:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T11:30:58","slug":"from-march-madness-to-the-masters-it-must-be-nice-to-be-jim-nantz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-march-madness-to-the-masters-it-must-be-nice-to-be-jim-nantz\/","title":{"rendered":"From March Madness To The Masters, It Must Be Nice To Be Jim Nantz"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffrom-march-madness-to-the-masters-it-must-be-nice-to-be-jim-nantz%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1414280&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<p>\n        <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n        <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span>Vineyard Vines\n      <\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In his comedy film \u201cHistory of the World, Part I,\u201d Mel Brooks plays, among other parts, a randy French King Louis XVI. His signature line, delivered whenever he whets his carnal appetites, is \u201cit\u2019s good to be the king.\u201d I think of that observation at this time of year with one modification: \u201cIt\u2019s good to be Jim Nantz.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For those unfamiliar with the CBS sportscaster\u2019s upcoming schedule, this weekend he will be courtside in New Orleans at Caesars Superdome. There as play-by-play announcer he\u2019ll call the Final Four, the NCAA Men\u2019s Basketball Tournament semifinal and final games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then it\u2019s a quick flight to Augusta National Golf Club, where he will cover The Masters, the PGA Tour\u2019s premier golf tournament. This will be Mr. Nantz\u2019s 31<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0Final Four and 37<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Masters, something I\u2019ll surely reflect upon as I roll my family\u2019s squeaky trash cans out to the curb.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t get me wrong. It\u2019s a glorious time, whether attending one of these spectacles in person or, more likely, watching on television. For my money, it\u2019s the best nine days in sports, but make no mistake. It\u2019s different for us mortals.<\/p>\n<p>Next week millions will watch \u201cOne Shining Moment,\u201d the NCAA tournament\u2019s closing montage, bleary-eyed in bed. Later, countless more will take in Sunday at Augusta from easy chairs. Jim Nantz won\u2019t be watching these events from a reclined or semi-reclined position. He will be living them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t envy, a deadly sin. I am blessed with an abiding faith, a loving family, and steadfast friends. Yet I think back to my senior year of high school \u2013 career day, specifically \u2013 and wonder: What booth did Jim Nantz see that I missed? Happy though I am for the talented telecaster, I have questions that go to the heart of production quality.<\/p>\n<p>Does Jim Nantz sigh not upon waking at dawn, like most working stiffs, but rather as he drifts off, knowing dreams are small beer next to his real life? Is next week\u2019s calendar simply marked \u201cBucket List, Again\u201d? When work is done and it\u2019s time to relax, where\u00a0 \u2013 and more perplexing, why \u2013 does he go to get away from it all?<\/p>\n<p>There is, in other words, no risk of complacency by summoning me off the bench for one or both assignments. My Virginia Cavaliers are not competing, so I\u2019d call the Final Four without fear or favor. And borrowing from \u201cCaddyshack\u2019s\u201d Judge Smails, another golf-loving jurist, I don\u2019t\u00a0<em>want<\/em>\u00a0to cover The Masters for Jim Nantz. I feel I\u00a0<em>owe<\/em>\u00a0it to him.<\/p>\n<p>Should CBS Sports stick with its seasoned professional, I won\u2019t begrudge Jim Nantz his good fortune. He seems a genuinely grateful man, one whose nightly prayers might go something like this: \u201cHeavenly Father, all I ask of tomorrow is \u2026 you know what? Never mind. You\u2019ve called a flawless game.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Mike Kerrigan is an attorney in Charlotte, N.C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image CreditVineyard Vines   In his comedy film \u201cHistory of the World, Part I,\u201d Mel Brooks plays, among other parts, a randy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1414280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}