In the early 1960s, when a network could purchase NBA rights for even less than Bronny James futures, Bob Cousy, the Celtics’ dynamic point guard who played as if Earl Monroe would soon share his basketball DNA, had just retired.

Cousy also was ABC Sports’ exec Roone Arledge’s favorite player. Both were from Queens, and Arledge insisted that ABC hire Cousy as its lead NBA color analyst.

So, it wasn’t until Cousy’s first national NBA telecast as an ABC commentator that Arledge learned that Cousy spoke with a strong, steady speech impediment.

Similarly, on Thursday, in exchange for a staggering $375 million in big-name guess money, Fox again force-fed Tom Brady to the nation, placing him on the Giants-Cowboys Thanksgiving Day telecast.{ai:summary}<p>In the early 1960s, Bob Cousy, a retired Celtics point guard, became the lead NBA color analyst for ABC Sports, thanks to the influence of exec Roone Arledge. However, during his first national telecast, Arledge discovered that Cousy had a noticeable speech impediment. </p><p>#culture</p>

Tom Brady’s irrelevant contributions are waste of Fox’s $375 million — and it likely won’t get better

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