PF Clark Kellogg (All B1G, All-American)

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/sports/ncaabasketball/08sandomir.html?ref=ncaabasketball

personally i prefer clark. i dont need to be told that the heels are in man-man defense though. i enjoyed stretches of silence to allow me to concentrate fully on the game.

 

[LitlBuck]

personally i prefer clark. i dont need to be told that the heels are in man-man defense though. i enjoyed stretches of silence to allow me to concentrate fully on the game.

While I agree with you that I don't need an announcer to tell me the basics of a basketball game sometimes Clark gets too carried away with his adjectives but I guess I would lose my mind a little also working with Jim Nance:(

 

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Clark Kellogg: NCAA role a privilege
By Mike Wells
Posted: April 11, 2009

ATLANTA -- Clark Kellogg has more than 20 years of experience as a television analyst.

All his years of practice still couldn't stop the "butterflies" that went through his stomach as he stood alongside partner Jim Nantz prior to the start of the first Four Final semifinal last weekend in Detroit.

The butterflies didn't last long, and Kellogg was back to being his smooth self on the air as he completed his first Final Four as CBS' lead college basketball analyst.

Kellogg was back on the Pacers' broadcast Friday after spending the previous five weeks working college games for CBS.

"It was beyond description to be able to do that," said Kellogg, who replaced Billy Packer. "I think it's the Super Bowl of college basketball. It dawned on me prior to the first semifinals.

"I'm on the court with 70,000-plus people there. It was special and I felt really thankful and privileged and wanted to do a good job."

The challenge Kellogg ran into was having to fill airtime during Monday's championship game when North Carolina took early control over Michigan State and eventually won by 17 points.

Kellogg said he knew the Spartans had a "small margin for error" after he observed the Tar Heels the first two weekends of the tournament.

"The game was really over by the second media timeout," he said. "Michigan State didn't do anything that they had done to get there, like protecting the ball and making perimeter shots. Carolina was focused. . . . They weren't going to be denied."

Clark Kellogg: NCAA role a privilege | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star

 

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THE Q
With Pacers broadcaster and former St. Joe's and Ohio State star Clark Kellogg
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Q: So how was your first Final Four as the lead analyst for CBS?

A: The transition from studio to courtside was smooth and very enjoyable. It's a wonderful privilege to call the Super Bowl of college hoops, and maybe the best sporting event on the calendar. I'm proud and thankful to have the opportunity.

Q: Were you nervous?

A: I had a few extra butterflies prior to the first game on Saturday, but once the ball went up it was time to handle my business.

Q: Best advice you got from broadcasting partner Jim Nantz?

A: Jim didn't really offer any specific advice, but he's a multitime Sportscaster of the Year. Simply being his partner allowed me to witness his insatiable appetite for information, smooth storytelling and excellence in calling the action. I hope most of the viewers enjoyed us as much as we enjoyed our first season as partners because we had a lot of fun and good laughs.

Q: Were you surprised the championship game was so one-sided?

A: No. I hoped it would be more competitive, but North Carolina clearly had the best blend of balance, experience and talent in college basketball. And throughout the tournament the defensive focus was there, too. The Tar Heels were at their best and MSU struggled early. That combination equaled blowout.

Q:

A: I ended up doing 22 Pacers games. I typically do 20-25 road games each season.

THE Q - Cleveland.com

 

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Clark Kellogg in The Rock (Video)
Posted by Philip Seaton

The center of the amateur basketball universe is central Arkansas, at least for this weekend, with the Real Deal in the Rock tournament going on in Little Rock and the AAU Southern Regional Showcase taking place in Conway.

On Friday, CBS lead college basketball analyst and Ohio State great Clark Kellogg gave a passionate speech about the importance of other things outside of athletics in the opening ceremonies of the Real Deal in the Rock tournament at the Jack Stephens Center on the campus of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

After his speech, he was named an Arkansas Traveler, a certificate presented to distinguised visitors of the state proclaiming them honorary Arkansas citizens, by Gov. Mike Beebe, who introduced Kellogg and welcomed those in attendance at the Stephens Center.

Kellogg spook with ArkansasSports360.com after the ceremony about the tournament, the recent NCAA Championship game, the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Stephens Center.

CBS' Clark Kellogg in The Rock (Video) | Arkansas Sports 360.com

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Chuck Martinez-Brandon column: A scoop of 'Special K'
Chuck Martinez-Brandon
May 7, 2009

CBS basketball broadcaster and Ohio State University alumni Clark Kellogg (right) signs an autograph for Holgate's A.J. (center) and Tom Kelly during the Freedom Township Men's Club Sports Night on Wednesday at the Ridgeville Legion Hall. Kellogg was the keynote speaker at the event.

RIDGEVILLE CORNERS -- Once a year, the Freedom Township Men's Club gathers for a night of friendship and fellowship all while raising money to help local organizations and charities. On Wednesday, the Freedom Township Men's Club held its 22nd annual "Sports Night" with keynote speaker Clark Kellogg.

And never has a speaker fit in so well with the mantra of the Freedom Township Men's Club's special night. Kellogg an Ohio State alumnus, who also spent five seasons playing with the National Basketball Association's Indiana Pacers, more than embodied friendship and fellowship.

Currently, Kellogg is the top college basketball commentator for CBS Sports.

For hours, Kellogg spent time just signing autographs for anyone that wanted one, or two, or three. And Kellogg didn't just sign his name, instead he got to know each recipient on a personal level.

Each item signed and each item was personalized. And each person behind the item made a life-long friend in the charismatic Kellogg.

And in return, Kellogg acknowledged that in all of his travels he hasn't felt the sense of family that he did on Wednesday night.

"There was an old Baptist minister who always said he was always glad to be wherever he was," explained Kellogg. "And tonight that's never been more true for me. This has been an unbelievable and enjoyable time tonight. Never have I had more fun or laughed more at an event that I was speaking at. It's for a good cause and I commend all of you for that and for your graciousness that was showed tonight by everyone."

As for Kellogg his passion became obvious. Not just for the sport of basketball, which he admitted has given him so much, but also his passion for his family and friends.

"I owe basketball so much," admitted Kellogg, who has three children. "It's just given so much to me and my family. My oldest daughter didn't play basketball at all, she went her own path and I applaud that.

"There is no greater grace than giving to other people," continued Kellogg about what he has tried to do through basketball. "It does your heart good any time you have the opportunity. We all have something to give to others. I try to use my influence to affect others, especially young people."

Crescent-News.com - Chuck Martinez-Brandon column: A scoop of 'Special K'

 

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Kellogg puts own stamp on job
By BOB PUTMAN ? The Marion Star ? June 19, 2009

Former Ohio State and NBA basketball star Clark Kellogg tees off in a down pour during the 2009 Charity-Celebrity Golf Outing held at the Marion Country Club on Wednesday. (The Marion Star/James Miller)

MARION - Facing the challenge of replacing one of the most well-known college basketball analysts, Clark Kellogg reverted back to what he had done as a player in high school, college and professionally.

Taking over for Billy Packer as CBS's main college basketball analyst, Kellogg, who previously had been one of the network's in-studio analysts, wanted to bring in his own style.

"I wanted to put out my own personality and look to be what I wanted to be," Kellogg said Wednesday during a break from hitting golf shots at the Marion County Youth Foundation Charity-Celebrity Golf Outing at the Marion Country Club. "That is what I have tried to do whether I was playing basketball or being a broadcaster. I felt comfortable to do it in my style."

Packer had spent 27 years as the lead college basketball analyst before CBS announced Kellogg would take his place in mid-July of last year.

"It was really exciting for me when I found out officially," Kellogg said. "I was humbled about the opportunity."

Each year the college basketball is capped by March Madness as the top teams compete for a national title.

"To be able to call one of the major sporting events of the year is very exciting," he said. "I wanted to continue to do the games with the excellence that Billy did and looked forward to growing into the role."

He credited his play-by-play partner, Jim Nantz, for helping him in making the transition from studio to doing the games.

Moving from the studio to basketball arenas across the country forced Kellogg to change how he prepared for a telecast.

"Obviously the travel picked up," he said with a smile. "But a difference being a game analyst is you focus on the teams in the game you are doing. While in the studio you would have know a little bit about everybody. But for the most part I prepared much the same way for the games as I did in the studio."

Kellogg puts own stamp on job | marionstar.com | The Marion Star

 

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Kellogg comfortable in the spotlight at CBS
June 30, 2009
Jim Naveau

Gavin Jackson, The Lima NewsClark Kellogg signs autographs for Kyle Hamilton and Dalton Niese Tuesday evening at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Lima where Kellogg spoke to alumni and contributors

The reaction to Clark Kellogg's first year as CBS television's lead college basketball analyst probably can be divided into three camps.

He had a legion of fans. Other people were just glad to see anyone but Billy Packer occupying that chair. And a third group found fault with what they saw as his tendency to be wordy and to make off-the-wall observations, such as saying North Carolina's Danny Green was similar to baking soda.

Kellogg - who spoke at Ohio State-Lima's Spring for Scholarships dinner Tuesday night - compared his rookie season as the top game analyst and viewers' reactions to it with his days as a player in the NBA and at Ohio State in the 1980s.

"It's just part of being in the public eye. When you're playing, people are watching your performance, they're evaluating it, they're opinionating on it. It's the same when you're a commentator. When you're dealing with the public there are going to be some folks who enjoy what you do, there are going to be some who don't care for it and there are going to be some who are somewhere in between," Kellogg said.

"As long as your employer and your partners and the viewing public for the most part are happy, then I try not to worry about those folks who may get their feathers ruffled by what I say or how I do it."

Kellogg comfortable in the spotlight at CBS | cbs, comfortable, kellogg - Top Stories - LimaOhio.com

 

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A different kind of Kellogg?s breakfast
By By Kermit Rowe, Staff Writer
Saturday, October 3, 2009

Contributed photo Clark Kellogg

On Tuesday, Oct. 6, Springfield will get a taste of a different kind of ?Kellogg?s breakfast.?

Former Ohio State Buckeyes and NBA standout and current CBS lead college hoops analyst Clark Kellogg will be in town as the keynote speaker for an annual outreach breakfast. It is hosted by The Gathering of Greater Springfield at the Downtown Courtyard by Marriott at 7:30 a.m.

Later in the morning he?ll be guest speaker at Cedarville University?s daily chapel service.

A busy morning, but, ?I feel a bit of an obligation to use the platform I?ve been given to encourage and inspire,? said Kellogg from his home in Westerville on Friday, Oct. 2. ?It can be helpful and encouraging to hear someone else?s story.

?I think it is part of good stewardship of the life that God gives you.?

Kellogg has had his ups, like a dream career at Ohio State before being drafted in the first round by the NBA?s Indiana Pacers. But he?s also had his downs, like five injury-plagued seasons with the Pacers before an early retirement in 1986.

That?s when God came calling.

?That got my attention in a way that I never really gave much thought, to teach me about who he is and what he is in my life,? he said.

Life has never been the same since.

?The word of God can judge the thoughts and attitudes of the heart, and that?s what it did for me,? said Kellogg. ?The word of God began to convict my heart. I knew about God but didn?t know what a personal relationship with God meant.

?There?s certainly a sense of gratitude of how it helped me to move forward in life,? Kellogg continued. ?To have a chance now to share that story in the realm of being a follower of Christ for the last 20 years, that changes your whole life dramatically.?

A different kind of Kellogg’s breakfast

 

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Clark Kellogg encourages area kids to succeed
Chronicle-Telegram Staff

ELYRIA ? The kids at the Elyria chapter of the Boys and Girls Club of Lorain County had someone they could look up to pay them a visit Thursday.

And they had to look way up.

Clark Kellogg, the 6-foot-8 former St. Joseph-Cleveland and The Ohio State University basketball star who went on to an NBA career before becoming the lead college basketball analyst for CBS, was keynote speaker at ?Boys and Girls Club of Lorain County Presents Clark Kellogg: Defining a Champion,? sponsored by Church Street Bar & Grill.

In addition to the kids, about 60 people including basketball fans, friends of Kellogg and the Ohio State Alumni Band of Greater Cleveland attended. Kellogg kept time with the beat during the band?s performance of ?Hang On Sloopy.?

Clark Kellogg encourages area kids to succeed | Chronicle-Telegram

 

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CBS analyst Clark Kellogg latest celeb to visit Historic Hoosier Gym
Written by Tom Hoepf, Auction Central News International
Tuesday, 08 December 2009 1

Hoosier Gym directors (front row from left) include Neil Shaneyfelt, Mike Smoot, Mervin Kilmer, William Gorman and Tom Hoepf. In the back row (from left) are Dave Lower, Athletes in Action events director; Clark Kellogg; and Luke Simons, Athletes in Action men?s basketball staff. Photo courtesy of Valerie Zimmerman, Athletes in Action.

KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind. (ACNI) ? In a scene from the movie Hoosiers, Coach Norman Dale, played by Gene Hackman, takes a deep breath and says to himself, ?Welcome to Indiana basketball,? as he opens a door and steps into an old gymnasium packed with boisterous fans

Recently CBS college basketball analyst and former NBA player Clark Kellogg spent several hours at the Hoosier Gym taping scenes for a promotional video for Athletes in Action sports ministry. The video will be presented at the AIA?s Legends of the Hardwood Breakfast on April 3 during the NCAA Final Four weekend in Indianapolis.

The 6-foot-7 Kellogg, Big Ten Conference MVP of 1982 while playing for Ohio State, recalled key scenes from the movie with the historic gym as his stage.

Like all visitors to the Hoosier Gym, Kellogg couldn?t turn down the opportunity to take a few shots.

?I can still shoot,? said Kellogg, making a shot from beyond the free throw line. ?I just can?t jump.?

Picked eighth in the 1982 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers, Kellogg retired after five seasons because of chronic knee problems.

Kellogg has been a college basketball analyst for CBS sports for the past 17 seasons. Last season was his first as the network?s lead analyst for the NCAA Final Four tournament, working with play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz.

Read more: CBS analyst Clark Kellogg latest celeb to visit Historic Hoosier Gym

 

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Just wondering:
Kellogg crackles for CBS
March 18, 2010


Clark Kellogg begins his second NCAA Tournament as CBS' lead analyst Friday in Buffalo, following a rookie year that largely was uneventful, with none of the colorful unpredictability of infamous curmudgeon Billy Packer.

What did Kellogg's boss, CBS Sports president Sean McManus, think of his first NCAAs alongside Jim Nantz?

McManus praised the "seamless'' transition from Packer to Kellogg,...

Just wondering:

 

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Kellogg, a Cleveland native, was quite the catch for the Buckeyes. The same could be said for CBS, which anointed Kellogg as Billy Packer?s successor last season. Packer served as the network?s lead analyst for 27 years. Whereas Packer could be grouchy and condescending, Kellogg is upbeat and approachable.

Packer, nonetheless, was a TV institution, a March tradition after having announced 34 consecutive Final Fours. How hot was the seat that Kellogg took over?

?I wouldn?t say it was hot, but it was certainly bright, if you will,? Kellogg said. ?I was certainly excited and glad to be in that position, but the standard that Billy Packer set for three decades was a high, high bar. Yet I?m pleased that the folks at CBS had the confidence to give me the opportunity. Jim and I had a pretty smooth transition last year all things considered and I think it will continue to get better.?

Kellogg, 48, who had been utilized primarily as a CBS studio analyst, and Packer, 70, crossed paths last fall at the Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony which honored ESPN?s Dick Vitale.

?We didn?t talk much about what I?m doing now,? Kellogg said of Packer. ?There has been a mutual respect. He?s one of the best analysts ever in any sport. Clearly, he was very opinionated, but he always based his opinions on a lot of homework and facts. He was as good as it gets in my mind as far as breaking down the game.?

Kellogg?s broadcasting career, not to mention his popularity, has been growing by leaps and bounds, thereby personifying ?spurtability? ? one of his favorite words.

?I had anticipated playing a long time in the NBA,? said Kellogg, a first-round draft pick of the Indiana Pacers. ?I was hoping to play 10 or 12 years then move into an entrepreneurial area. I was a marketing major at Ohio State and had some interest in the insurance business as well as in financial services.

?I probably would have sewn my seeds there if I had continued to play in the NBA. But when my career was cut short because of knee trouble after four-plus years, I had a lot of basketball left in me. I knew I really didn?t want to coach. So I started doing some radio with the Pacers and some TV with Cleveland State. That kind of launched my career. At 26, basketball was what I knew best, so I decided to give it a shot, go after broadcasting like I played and see where it took me. Lo and behold, here we are.?

Kellogg has successfully transitioned from shotmaker to wordsmith.

?I?ve always enjoyed English ? that was my favorite subject in school,? he said. ?I like playing around with words. So I?ve tried to come up with different ways to paint a basketball picture. At the same time, I?m very conscious of playing with the language while trying to be accurate with the way I use my phrases and words.

?Spurtability happened as the result of the spurts you see in a game with high-powered offensive teams. It started with Kentucky in 1996 when they had that loaded national championship team. They could put blitzkriegs on people in a heartbeat.

?It just seemed like a good basketball word, a compound word. People took to it. I have fun with the game. It?s competitive, but it?s intended to be fun. It?s two hours of high drama when teams play well. I?ve loved it since the time I was 9 or 10 years old. Obviously, this is a very special three weeks. And I love being a part of it.?

Lucas: Kellogg's words speak all the action

 

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Kellogg tells all! Next on One on One
Posted 3/26/2010

In this weekend?s episode of One on One, Clark Kellogg reveals that he once played a game for Ohio State with a monstrous hangover, developed a cocaine addiction while playing for the Pacers and admits to hating every college basketball team but Ohio State.

OK, maybe not.

Truth is, Kellogg?s personal slate couldn?t be cleaner if he had hired a PR firm to power-wash it. He?s excelled on the basketball court and behind the broadcast microphone, and his personal life has been above reproach. I can tell you from personal experience that he?s also a good guy behind the scenes, free of ego and greed. We recorded our interview for Sunday?s edition of One on One (11 a.m.) at about 11 p.m. the evening of the Big Ten tournament championship game.

He didn?t have to do it, obviously, but agreed to come into the studio. I doubt he wanted to talk to me that badly. It?s just who he is.

Kellogg still has dreams about playing in an NBA game. It?s no wonder, because his career went unfulfilled thanks to a knee injury that cut short his career after three standout seasons with the Pacers. We all have unfinished business in our lives, and for Clark it?s his professional basketball career.

He was Ohio?s Mr. Basketball in 1979 after scoring 51 points in the state championship game (which his team lost). He played in one of the all-time classic Big Ten games in 1980, when IU beat Ohio State in overtime in the final game of the season in Bloomington to clinch the Big Ten title, and he was named the Big Ten MVP in 1982.

Kellogg left Ohio State after his junior season, and was the eighth pick of the 1983 draft by the Pacers. He had what probably was the best rookie season in franchise history, averaging 20.1 points and 10.6 rebounds, but was runner-up to Terry Cummings in the Rookie of the Year voting.

His career only lasted three full seasons, however. His knee degenerated, as knees tend to do. He played 19 games in his fourth season and four games in his fifth, and that was it. Pacers general manager Donnie Walsh gave him the opportunity to work on the team?s radio and television broadcasts, and he began voicing updates on WIBC. He wasn?t very good at first _ hey, you think talking on the radio is easy? _ but he?s built a standout career in broadcasting as well. He'll be in town next weekend to work the Final Four games with Jim Nantz, and he still works some of the Pacer road games.

1070 The Fan | Kellogg tells all! Next on One on One - One On One with Mark Montieth