San Francisco Chronicle
“… Later he gets the rebound. Passes it to the man. Shoots it. And boom goes the dynamite.”
It sounds like a SportsCenter sound bite, but those lines were uttered in March 2005 by aspiring reporter Brian Collins during a “Newslink@9” broadcast–Ball State University’s student-run newscast.
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It was Collins’ first time doing any kind of on-camera work, and he decided to emulate ESPN’s catchphrase-style of newscasting. While Collins struggled mightily during his first ever broadcast, he has become a viral celebrity for his “Boom Goes The Dynamite” one-liner. More…