The vice chairman of the board came and said to me, You have been chosen to be the first face on Al Jazeera, but we want one thing from you: do not tell anyone. The announcement that Rayyan was presenting the first bulletin was made public half an hour before airtime, and he deliberately entered the studio on an empty stomach to ensure he could breathe well and deliver the historic broadcast.
I fell in love with the TV show 60 Minutes as a child. I loved non-fiction storytelling. Because of where I lived, I got a chance to be on TV when I was in high school. I appeared as a student on Gene Autry's TV station, KTLA. I preferred the world of television to the world of film because it moves faster and there aren't long setup times.
Toronto Blue Jays announcer Buck Martinez has announced his retirement, ending a career that saw the former big-league catcher call over 4,000 Blue Jays games over four-plus decades in the booth. Martinez made the announcement in a statement Friday, saying after conversations with his wife Arlene, that it was time to pass the torch. The 77-year-old from Redding, Calif., first joined the Blue Jays as a player in 1981 and spent his final six seasons with Toronto.