The latter years of Musburger’s ESPN career were mostly spent as one of the network’s top college football and basketball voices. Six months later, Musburger, who signed a three-year contract, was back in an NFL booth as the voice of one of the league’s most storied franchises. “In fairness, I wouldn’t have done it if the team wasn’t coming to Las Vegas.” We’d been married 57 years and it was the first time I had seven straight days with her.
“When I stepped away from ESPN, I fully expected to be done with play-by-play,” the 80-year-old Musburger said. “So, I said, ‘Sure, give me a call.’ ”Ī few days later, Musburger got a call from Raiders president Marc Badain and realized they were asking for a much more serious commitment - to be the full-time radio play-by-play man. The only thing I can think of was he meant the preseason games on TV,” Musburger said. “He caught me unaware and I wanted to get down to the game. They ran into Raiders owner Mark Davis in an arena lounge, and by the time they parted ways, Davis had asked Musburger if he would like to do play-by-play for the Raiders. In January 2018, a year after Musburger surprisingly left ESPN to help his nephew launch a sports gambling venture in Las Vegas, he walked into a Golden Knights game with casino mogul Derek Stevens.
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