After positive COVID-19 test, Alabama announcer Eli Gold's streak in booth will end at 409 games
Coronavirus has ended long-lasting streaks across college football all season. The virus will claim another one this weekend, this time in the broadcast booth.
Alabama radio broadcaster Eli Gold, the voice of the Crimson Tide for more than three decades, will not call the team's game against Arkansas on Saturday. He and his wife both tested positive for COVID-19, he revealed on his weekly radio show with coach Nick Saban on Thursday, preventing him from traveling with the team and ending his presence on the call for 409 consecutive Alabama games.
Gold started broadcasting Alabama football games in 1988. He's currently joined by John Parker Wilson as the color analyst and Rashad Johnson as the sideline reporter.
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