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Charles Curtis

‘Hello, friends.’ Here’s the story behind Jim Nantz’s iconic catchphrase

It’s the phrase you hear whenever CBS’s Jim Nantz comes on the air, whether it’s for men’s NCAA tournament action in March — although he’s calling his last tourney in 2023 — NFL games, the Masters, or other golf events: “Hello, friends.”

But have you ever stopped and wondered what the story was behind it?

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