< bender="" has="" spent="" more="" than="" five="" decades="" in="" the="" industry="" and="" has="" been="" with="" the="" suns="" for="" the="" past="" 18="" years.="" he="" was="" the="" voice="" of="" college="" basketball's="" final="" four="" in="" the="" early="" 1980s="" and="" called="" two="" of="" the="" most="" famous="" finishes="" in="" the="" ncaa="" tournament's="" history="" --="" the="" north="" carolina/georgetown="" title="" game="" in="" 1982="" that="" featured="" michael="" jordan's="" winning="" shot="" and="" the="" subsequent="" hoya="" turnover,="" and="" the="" 1983="" north="" carolina="" state="" victory="" over="" houston="" when="" lorenzo="" charles="" slammed="" down="" the="" winning="" points="" as="" time="" expired.="" a="" 1962="" graduate="" of="" wichita="" state,="" bender="" earned="" a="" master's="" degree="" from="" the="" university="" of="" kansas="" and="" was="" inducted="" into="" the="" kansas="" sports="" hall="" of="" fame="" in="" 2008.="" bender's="" radio="" and="" television="" career="" has="" spanned="" 27="" sports,="" including="" the="" olympics,="" college="" basketball,="" the="" masters,="" nfl,="" major="" league="" baseball="" and="" the="" nba.="" he="" spent="" time="" with="" cbs,="" abc="" and="" turner="" sports="" on="" the="" national="" level./="">
