Longtime Utah sports broadcaster Paul James, the voice of BYU football and basketball for 36 years, has died. He was 87.
James, who was also a longtime sports anchor and reporter for KSL-TV, was on the call for some of the most iconic moments in BYU sports history, including Danny Ainge’s full-length drive to beat Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament and BYU’s come-from-behind win over SMU in the Holiday Bowl.
James lived most of his life in the Olympus Cove neighborhood of Salt Lake City and retired from broadcasting the same year, 2000, that the late and legendary BYU football coach LaVell Edwards stepped down.