Jim Gray Gone Wild: From Pete Rose to Dustin Johnson

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Published: February 19, 2011

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I watch a lot of sports. If you are reading this article, chances are you do too.

If you have watched just about any sporting event over the last 30 years, be it on NBC, CBS, ESPN or the Golf Channel, you have seen him. He has covered Super Bowls and World Series, NBA Finals and NCAA Final Fours, The Masters and the Olympics.

Jim Gray has been a fixture in the American sporting scene for years. He seems to have a knack for being in the right place at the right time and is not afraid to ask the difficult questions.

Gray conducted a famous interview with Pete Rose after Rose was named to Baseball's All Century team. In the interview, he bombarded Rose with questions about allegations of baseball gambling to which Rose would eventually confess (having already signed a document in which he accepted his ban from baseball). It was a hard-hitting interview, to be sure, but it never went over the line.

He was on hand when the Pacers and the Pistons came to blows with each other, and with some Pistons fans, in the Palace of Auburn Hills near Detroit, MI in 2004. 

He was the man who interviewed Mike Tyson when Tyson famously stated that he wanted to "eat (Lennox Lewis's) children."

He interviewed LeBron James after James made his "decision" to join the Miami Heat.

Lately, however, Gray has seemed to be less about the story and more part of the story.

In the run-up to the Ryder Cup last August, during the PGA Championship, Gray got into a heated argument with then-captain Corey Pavin. Gray reported that Pavin had told Tiger Woods that if he, Woods, did not qualify for the team automatically, he would be a captain's pick. Pavin denied saying that.

Gray called Pavin a liar and told Pavin he was "going down," while poking a finger in Pavin's chest. I can only imagine what Gray meant by that. To my knowledge, nothing has come of it.

Now, Gray has been r...
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