The Olympics that announced Timmy McCarthy to the world was the one he had most doubts about. Before it was over, under the headline ‘Every 4 Years, he gives Ireland a reason to watch basketball’, The New York Times would write in August 2024 about Timmy McCarthy.  “For those who know where to look,” their writer Ali Watkins stated, “the lyrical lilt of Timmy McCarthy returns to the Irish airwaves to commentate — at loud, joyous volume — on basketball. He growls. He sputters. He shrieks so loudly the microphone crackles. SHAKE AND BAKE! COAST TO COAST! Taking a shot…

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