For Summerall, Alcohol And Sports A Bad Mix - The Seattle Times
Jun 7, 1992 · Summerall is not just an alcoholic. He is a celebrity alcoholic, and an acute one. Anyone who has spent any time around him on the golf circuit knows his drinking started early and ended late....
Summerall: My Life On and Off the Air | CBN
It is his fight to overcome demons with drink that make Pat Summerall a remarkable story of redemption through God’s grace. “The intervention really opened my eyes about what life is all about, who was accountable and who wasn’t,” recounts Summerall, in a …
TELEVISION; Summerall's Struggle With Alcohol
Jun 27, 1992 · In late 1990 Summerall was hospitalized with a bleeding ulcer that was aggravated by a toxic combination of painkillers and alcohol. He vowed to give up the drinking that had become part of his...
Summerall proud of overcoming addiction, being honest
Oct 12, 2010 · He was at the airport and somebody yelled at him, “You think CBS will hire some old drunk back?” “Thank goodness, they [CBS] did,” Summerall said. “I’ve been sober ever since. The toughest thing...
At the Augusta Golf Masters, a shocking moment of truth
Nov 4, 2009 · Pat Summerall’s epiphany, that moment of truth when he knew that he was in serious trouble with alcohol, came while he was broadcasting the 1992 annual Masters Golf tournament at Augusta, Georgia for CBS.
The Main Event: Former NFL kicker Pat Summerall turned into the ...
Dec 28, 2009 · For decades, Summerall had drunk to excess. But friends and family finally got to him. He entered the Betty Ford Clinic in 1992, spent 33 days (five more than normal) and says he hasn't touched a drink since.
PAT GETS ‘REAL’ - New York Post
Jun 22, 2004 · FORMER CBS/ Fox sportscaster Pat Summerall talks about his battle with alcoholism – and his special friendship with former on-air partner Tom Brookshier – on tonight’s “ Real Sports with...
'A Football Life': Pat Summerall overcomes alcoholism - NFL.com
Pat Summerall had a drinking problem toward the end of his broadcasting career, forcing his family to hold an intervention. Find out how he was able to overcome alcoholism and have a positive...
Summerall learns from a sobering experience - Tampa Bay Times
Oct 12, 2005 · After a typically late, well-oiled night, Pat was flying home to Jacksonville, making an obligatory airline connection in Atlanta. "On the final leg, I got sick and three times went to the...
Series: Pat Summerall: On and Off the Air - FamilyLife®
Apr 17, 2009 · Pat Summerall, a former mainstay of the CBS Sports broadcasting team for 32 years and author of the book Summerall: On and Off the Air, talks honestly with Dennis Rainey about his long-time abuse of alcohol and the intervention several years ago that saved his life.
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