...the kiiissss!

William Joseph Raftery (born April 19, 1943) is an American basketball analyst, play-by-play announcer, and former college basketball coach.

Quotes

• ...the kiiissss!
  • American Sportscasters Online. Retrieved on 2010-03-26.

• Shoulder … shake … a little lingerie!
  • Richard Sandomir (March 25, 2009). Crisp Analysis With a Big Helping of Onions. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2010-03-26.

• Give it to the big fella!
  • American Sportscasters Online. Retrieved on 2010-03-26.

• Send it in, Jerome!
  • (after Jerome Lane shattered the backboard with a slam dunk in a 1988 game that Raftery covered)
  • American Sportscasters Online. Retrieved on 2010-03-26.

• ...with the kiss!
  • American Sportscasters Online. Retrieved on 2010-03-26.

• With a sweet kiss, off the glass...
  • Richard Sandomir (March 25, 2009). Crisp Analysis With a Big Helping of Onions. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2010-03-26.

• Onions! Double Order!
  • Richard Sandomir (March 25, 2009). Crisp Analysis With a Big Helping of Onions. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2010-03-26.
  • Raftery's "onions" is a reference to a player's "intestinal fortitude", AKA big balls.

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