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NEW YORK -- Bob Knight is not headed to a TV booth any time
soon.
Knight, fired in September after nearly 30 years as Indiana's
coach, had talks with CBS Sports about a job as a college
basketball commentator, but the sides did not come to an agreement.
CBS did not make a contract offer.
"It never got to that point. It wasn't going to work out,"
Knight's agent, Sandy Montag, said Thursday.
"There never was an opportunity that made sense to both Bob
Knight and CBS," CBS Sports spokeswoman LeslieAnne Wade said.
CBS Sports president Sean McManus contacted Montag after Knight
was fired by Indiana. McManus and Knight met.
CBS has an opening for a college basketball analyst to work
alongside veteran play-by-play announcer Dick Enberg. Enberg's
previous partner, Al McGuire, stepped down shortly before the NCAA
Tournament last season because of illness.
CBS has contacted other people about replacing McGuire. Wade
would not identify any candidates.
The network, which owns the TV rights to the NCAA Tournament
through 2013, broadcasts its first game of the new season Dec. 2,
with Kentucky at North Carolina.
There has been contact between Knight and other networks.
But Montag said Knight is focusing his attention on speaking
engagements and writing a book.
"Broadcasting has never been a huge priority for Bob. Maybe
down the road," Montag said.
Knight, who coached Indiana to three national titles, certainly
would attract both viewers and scrutiny if he were to go into
broadcasting.
Indiana president Myles Brand fired Knight on Sept. 10 for
repeated misconduct. The coach was placed under a
"zero-tolerance" behavior policy in May after an investigation
into whether he choked a player during practice.
On Thursday, Knight attended the Indiana Pacers' practice for
the second time in three days. Indianapolis television station WRTV
said Knight worked extensively with forward Austin Croshere.
Knight was in the stands Wednesday night during the Pacers'
108-97 victory over Milwaukee at Conseco Fieldhouse. Pacers coach
Isiah Thomas played for Knight at Indiana.
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