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I say “encouraged” - she made me do a lot of things that I didn’t want to do. And so she wanted me to be a cultured person. Q: So how’d you get interested in broadcasting?Ī: When I was a kid, my mother encouraged me to do things outside the norm. But usually people’s eyes glaze over and we move on to something more interesting. Now that broadcasting is my full-time thing, I’ll talk a little bit about it. Years ago, I used to just say I’m a lawyer with Moore & Van Allen because that was my primary gig and I did broadcasting on the side. How do you introduce yourself at a party?Ī: I say that I work for ESPN and commentate basketball games.
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Q: You have a law degree and were a practicing attorney, played basketball at Duke and now are an ESPN broadcaster.
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I think some real legends must have turned you down if you had to scrape the bottom of this barrel to get me. Scott Fowler: Jay, first of all, thanks for being this week’s guest on “Sports Legends of the Carolinas.” This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity. Bilas came to Charlotte for a job as an attorney more than 20 years ago and never left, settling into the city with his family. Bilas also is a former Duke basketball player who started for the 1986 Blue Devils team that made it to the NCAA final before losing to Louisville.Īfter that he became a lawyer with a degree from Duke Law School. In many ways the conscience of college basketball, Bilas has long advocated that college athletes be paid for their labor and has harshly criticized NCAA leadership. Jay Bilas, ESPN’s leading college basketball analyst, is this week’s interview subject for “Sports Legends of the Carolinas.”