“We had a theory in the edit room,” says Shawn Robbins, a CBS producer who worked on “One Shining Moment” from 2011-2014. Schools left out of the montage feel jilted fans will share their frustration. Sad fans and band members are a staple: Villanova’s Roxanne Chalifoux, aka Crying Piccolo Girl, inspired many memes in 2015. During the “it’s more than a contest / it’s more than a race” crescendo, bet on seeing a wounded player - check out a bloodied Marcus Camby during the ’96 edition. Few will forget Hampton coach Steve Merfeld getting a lift from one of his players after the number 15 seed stunned No. “But that’s about the extent of the controversy we’ve had around ‘One Shining Moment.'” “We got a little bit of flak for that,” says Sean McManus, chairman of CBS Sports. No offense against Hudson, but “One Shining Moment” nuts have a purist streak. In 2010 Jennifer Hudson got the call, but fans disapproved of her frequent appearances in the montage. He’ll do so again on TBS NE-YO will sing team-specific versions on TNT (for North Carolina) and truTV (for Villanova). Vandross, who recorded his version of the song before his 2005 death, has sung One Shining Moment in 12 of the last 13 editions. Then the ball is, indeed, tipped the vocals begin. ( In 1990, the Connecticut Husky dove headfirst into the foul lane). How? During the instrumental intro, we see a flurry of activity - flipping cheerleaders, dancing players, mascots running, jumping, waving their costumed arms. “One Shining Moment” perfectly captures the emotions of March Madness: the giddy underdogs, the enraged coach, the crying senior who last his final game. A CBS executive, however, told a disconsolate Barrett that since he wrote the song for basketball, it belonged with the Final Four. “The song was chosen by CBS Sports over many familiar tunes and original recordings by popular artists because it so aptly identified an athlete’s moment of glory,” the network wrote.īut the broadcast ran long, and “One Shining Moment” got cut. Barrett recorded “One Shining Moment” and sent it in in a January 1987 press release, CBS announced it would air the song after the upcoming New York Giants-Denver Broncos Super Bowl. Keteyian informed Barrett that CBS - where Keteyian now works as a correspondent for 60 Minutes Sports and 60 Minutes - was looking for sports theme. Barrett told his pal, then-Sports Illustrated writer Armen Keteyian, that he had written a pretty good song. Later that year, he was crashing at a friend’s apartment New York City during the NBA finals - Bird’s Celtics vs the Houston Rockets.
“It was as pure of a writing moment as I’ve ever had,” Barrett says. He went home and wrote the music in 20 minutes. The next day, while waiting for a friend who was running late to brunch, Barrett scribbled the lyrics on another napkin. Barrett wrote a song title - “One Shining Moment” - on cocktail napkin. Not all that impressed, the waitress left. In an attempt to chit-chat with the waitress, Barrett expounded on Bird’s greatness. Larry Bird highlights were playing on the barroom TV. “She was more beautiful than Helen of Troy,” Barrett says. He couldn’t help but notice the waitress next to him. In 1986, after finishing a gig at the Varsity Inn in East Lansing, Michigan, David Barrett - who a few months later would be described in a CBS press release as a “modestly successful club singer” - took a seat at the bar. She had years of shining moments living and competing in Lincoln and her warm smile at last weekend's commencement is proof that she made a wise choice.Like for so many endeavors, its inspiration came in a bar. A sprinter, she accepted a Nebraska track and field scholarship, earned All-America indoor honors on a relay team and leaves UNL with a degree in Child, Youth and Family Studies. Mara Weekes (above) is a native of Bridgetown, Barbados. All three cap/gown/sheepskin events were held at Pinnacle Bank Arena, the home of Nebraska basketball's two anchor tenants and the primary destination of every student-athlete recruit or walk-on who makes the decision to become part of our Husker family.
We started this column with the epitome of individual academic/athletic success, and we end it with a sentence that deserves 117 exclamation points because 117 Nebraska letterwinners graduated in 2014 in three commencement ceremonies last May, last August and last week. Shining Moment 14: 117 Letterwinners Complete Top Goal – Graduation
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