The student news site of Marquette University

Marquette Wire

The student news site of Marquette University

Marquette Wire

The student news site of Marquette University

Marquette Wire

Dick Enberg to speak at graduation

Dick Enberg, a longtime sportscaster and one-time broadcast partner to Al McGuire, will be the 2009 commencement speaker, the university announced Monday.

The current CBS Sports play-by-play man of college basketball, pro football and tennis began his career in the mid-1960s as the announcer for the California Angels, the Los Angeles Rams and UCLA basketball. Starting at NBC in 1975, Enberg later teamed with McGuire for college basketball broadcasts.

Enberg's May 17 graduation address will come days after the return of his play about McGuire to the Helfaer Theatre. The one-man show starring local film and television actor Cotter Smith, now called "Don't Undress Until You Die: The Wit and Wisdom of Al McGuire," will be performed May 12-14 in Chicago, and May 15 and 16 on campus.

The play began at Marquette in 2005, and has since been performed at locations across the country, like the 2007 Final Four in Atlanta. Just yesterday, a performance was held at a business conference in Las Vegas.

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