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| Frank Beckman |
Frank Beckmann, the longtime Michigan football play-by-play announcer,
said he has considered retirement for a while.
According to The Detroit News, he decided two weeks ago he would retire after the upcoming
season. A formal announcement was made Friday, and Beckmann, who began calling
games in 1981, will leave the booth he has shared for years with color analyst
Jim Brandstatter.
“It’s not sad for me,” Beckmann said in a telephone
interview with The Detroit News. “I’m glad. I feel good. I’ve had a great run
and had a lot of fun and had some great moments and enjoyed it and met wonderful
people. It’s a lot of work, and I’m just ready to back off for a while.”
Beckmann, who has a radio show five days a week on WJR and
is a contributing columnist to The Detroit News, stirred controversy in late
May with a News column. He took exception to the controversy that erupted with
professional golfer Sergio Garcia’s racist joke involving fried chicken that
was directed toward Tiger Woods. Beckmann issued an apology in The News within
a week and was publicly reprimanded by the university.
He understands the timing of his retirement announcement
might raise eyebrows because of the column. But Beckmann said there should be
no conclusions drawn.
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