Keith Jackson Returning to TV

By Andrew Gauthier 

USA Today

Keith Jackson returns. Jackson, 81, says he hasn’t been to a game of any kind since he retired after calling the 2006 Rose Bowl and doesn’t miss his epic broadcasting career.

“Haven’t missed it at all,” he says. “I had a long-running feud with stadium parking lot attendants across the country” –adding “like that old white bulldog” that other dogs try to avoid. Whatever, exactly, that means.

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Jackson will be back on-air to host and do interviews for on Big Ten Icons, a 20-episode series the Big Ten Network will launch in September. The series will count down what it will deem the 20 most-iconic Big Ten athletes, from any sport. More…

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