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Chris Stewart started talking about this almost a half century ago.
A young kid growing up in Fairfield, he used to talk about one day becoming the voice of the Alabama Crimson Tide. He told several people that in fact.
Fast forward to 2024, and he is. The Crimson Tide Sports Network announced Wednesday that Stewart will be the voice of Alabama football moving forward and that Eli Gold, who has held the role since 1988, is not being brought back in the fall.
“The reason this means so much is because of professionally what the Alabama job means to so many people, what it means to me,” Stewart told The Tuscaloosa News. “It’s special because it’s Alabama but it’s also special professionally because of the men who have had this job before me are people that I have always had great respect for. John Forney, Paul Kennedy and certainly Eli. I know how much this job has meant to him, and I know the passion he has always had for the job, and I hope that I can treat this job with the same level of respect and passion and consideration for it that he always has.”
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Stewart, 53, has been with CTSN since 1998 and has been the voice of the Alabama men’s basketball team over that span.
Stewart has already been calling football games the past two seasons; in 2022, he filled in for Gold who missed the season while fighting cancer. Gold came back in 2023 and the two split games; Stewart took away games and the postseason while Gold called home games and the Iron Bowl.
Now, Stewart will be the lone voice of the football program.
“I listened to these…
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Author : The Tuscaloosa News
Publish date : 2024-02-21 22:50:18
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