Heh-- he reminds me of old Jim Adelson. Growing up in ND, he was the guy who always got the play by play job in the state basketball and football playoffs. He was terrible homer, just like Hawk. He was from Fargo, knew all the Fargo kids, called em all by their first names, knew what their dads did, told their stories, etc, etc. Anybody other team he would barely make the effort to learn their names. "And a 30-foot jumper by #45 there..." As I recall, tho, at least he never gave the silent treatment. Everybody in the state who wasn't from Fargo just hated watching his broadcast of our little state's biggest sporting events of the year.