Jimmy Slaughter

[Jimmy Slaughter @JimmySlaughter]

Pretty impressive work.

Go Mean Green

[UNT Football @MeanGreenFB]

With that 12 yard pass @DrewMestemaker has broken the UNT school record and @American_Conf for passing yards in a game!

#GMG🦅

[Jimmy Slaughter @JimmySlaughter]

So happy that UNT and TCU will play each other this season. It reminds of my dream of a 4-team DFW area tournament: Metroplex Madness.

SMU🐎
TCU🐸
UNT🦅
UTA🐴

Please, let's make this happen!

[UNT Men's Basketball @MeanGreenMBB]

For the first time since 2004 we're facing off against TCU.

All Mean Green season ticket holders automatically receive equal number tickets as part of their package as an additional perk.

📝 https://t.co/GTCxYYbRfF
🎟️ https://t.co/upzk6zAW9p

#GMG

[Jimmy Slaughter @JimmySlaughter]

@MFollowill Thank you. I had a lot of fun shooting it. Most of the material we got came from a collection at the UNT library. Syncing up the radio calls to the Ice Bowl footage was challenging, but turned out good.

[Jimmy Slaughter @JimmySlaughter]

A regret of mine is not taking Bill Mercer’s sports broadcasting class at UNT. I knew I was meant to work behind scenes, so I wrote it off as something I didn’t need. I later realized that having his wisdom and the perspective of an announcer would’ve made me better in my career.

[Mark Followill @MFollowill]

It is with great sadness to hear the news of Bill Mercer's passing. Quite simply...none of us who came through the University of North Texas in the 80s and 90s with aspirations of a career in sports media, particularly play-by-play, would be wherever we are now without his teaching, mentoring, and support.

Many who read this know of his iconic work as a wrestling announcer for WCCW but Bill was a longtime teacher and broadcaster at North Texas. He was the radio voice of the Dallas Cowboys for a few seasons including notable games like "The Ice Bowl" and Super Bowl VI. He was the original radio voice of the Texas Rangers...as well a reporter for KRLD during the JFK assassination. And I can't mention his full life of 99 years without noting his service in the US Navy seeing significant action in World War II.

RIP to a legend, mentor, and friend. 😢#GMG

[Jimmy Slaughter @JimmySlaughter]

@Rangers I took those photos in 2012, at the (now) old ballpark. I hope the Rangers move the plaque to Globe Life Field someday. Phil was "retired", but up until a few years ago, he'd still occasionally work at the ballpark and the AAC. He'd always ask, "is the broadcast in color today?"

[Jimmy Slaughter @JimmySlaughter]

Just learned of the passing of legendary DFW TV broadcaster Phil Crow. He was one of the kindest folks I ever worked with. When I was just starting out in TV, he was very welcoming, and was happy to share his experience and knowledge. He told the best stories of working in TV.

[Jimmy Slaughter @JimmySlaughter]

I will never forget some of the stories he told about working Fort Worth Cats games in the 60's, or some of the crazy times on the @Rangers TV broadcasts over the years. He also had a ton of anecdotes from his days nonstop coverage of the Kennedy assassination.