New York Times
March 21, 2006

Keith Jackson has not retired from ABC Sports, but he is
seriously contemplating it. He said last night that he
planned to tell ESPN executives in discussions that begin
today: "I'm retired. Talk me out of it."

He added: "My posture is, I consider myself retired. I can
feel the fork. Fifty-three seasons is a long time."

Jackson said he did not expect to be persuaded to stay but
would listen to any offer from ESPN, which operates ABC
Sports. "Their approach has been, 'Tell us what makes you
comfortable,'" he said.

But, he said, "I'm 77 and I feel it." He said he had made
on-air mistakes, "and I hate it." Jackson planned to retire
after the 1998 college football season but was asked to
stay by Howard Katz, then the new head of ABC Sports.

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