CANTON, Ohio — In a streamlined Hall of Fame ceremony Saturday, one that had lots of ground to cover, Joe Buck had all of two minutes to accept the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award for broadcasting excellence of the sport.
He hit the ground running. As the saying goes, never forget where you came from. And Buck didn’t.
In introducing himself to the crowd at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Buck said: “I grew up and I live in St. Louis. Home of the Super Bowl-champion St. Louis Rams.”
Buck spoke glowingly of his father Jack — the legendary broadcaster who won the Rozelle Award in 1996 — and his mother, Carole.