1982 Liberty Bowl: The day Bear Bryant almost ate a reporter’s microphone
Harold Graeter, now associate executive director of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, covered Alabama’s 1982 win over Illinois in Memphis as a radio station intern. (The Daily Memphian file)
The throng of reporters flocking to Memphis to cover a fabled Alabama coach’s final game 40 years ago was massive. Radio intern Harold Graeter will never forget it.
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Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
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