Veteran NFL commentator and one of the best in the business Jim Nantz will honor his dad, Pat Summerhall and Jack Whitaker this weekend.
Nantz will be calling the game between the 49ers and Chiefs for CBS.
“I’ve been there. I’m not taking it for granted ever, I’m filled with gratitude. It’s more emotional for me that I’m doing than it is nervousness,” Nantz explained on The Dan Patrick Show on Wednesday. “I will have some things that calm me a little bit. I’ll bring people.”
He will bring a baseball card with the likeness of Whittaker, who called Superbowl I. He will also bring a sobriety chip for color commentator Summerhall.
“The last 20 years of his life, he tried to help a lot of people … and I know what (sobriety) represents to him,” Nantz said. “It was his 20-year coin I believe, and his wife Cheri gave it to me.”
This will be an emotional Superbowl for Nantz without either of his parents alive.
Touching tributes for amazing people.
