Gorman, broadcast Hall of Famer, Honored by the Celtics in final regular season call
Mike Gorman Day to honor the veteran broadcaster who has indicated this will be his final season broadcasting games.
BOSTON — The end has arrived - and no, we’re not talking about the Boston Celtics’ regular season.
While that chapter still has the potential for more growth this season, Sunday was about Mike Gorman, the legendary Hall of Fame broadcaster who will retire after this season.
The organization recognized him with Mike Gorman Dau, fittingly on the final home game of the season against the Washington Wizards.
It was a fitting opponent, because for decades Mike has taken us all on a magical ride, through the good and not-so-good times, of the iconic Celtics franchise.
There will be plenty of prose about Gorman and his legendary career, much of it spent with the late Tommy Heinsohn.
But my take on Mike isn’t based on what he does behind the mic, as much as it is about what he has done for me as both a role model, a co-worker for more than a decade, and now, a friend who is able to inhale, appreciate and celebrate the flowers from so many that will be bestowed upon him this afternoon.
There were many career highlights from my time with NBC Sports Boston. Among them was learning the ins and outs of broadcast journalism from Mike, one who was never stingy with me when it came to doling out the many pearls of wisdom he has acquired through a Hall of Fame broadcasting career.
As much as I am happy for him to walk away from this industry on his terms, on his own two feet, there’s a part of me saddened by his decision.
It’s also fitting that his final regular season act comes on the eve of Marathon Monday.
Because the career he has had, the lives he has touched as a broadcaster over 43 seasons, as a role model for so many - as a friend - was indeed a long, winding journey that has many of us coming to grips with the reality that this is indeed his final regular season act.