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What happened when Charley Steiner finally met Carl Lewis?

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It was one of those TV moments that that has lived well beyond its few seconds of air time. When track star Carl Lewis sang the National Anthem before a 1993 New Jersey Nets game, SportsCenter anchor Charley Steiner was, shall we say, a bit taken aback by the version.

The resulting outburst of uncontrollable laughter from Steiner became pure TV gold.

In a media call today, Steiner reflected on the famous moment and discussed the first — and only time — he ever met Lewis following the “giggle seen ’round the world.” Listen to Steiner’s story in the Chirbit audio clip above and listen to the entire conference call which featured Steiner, Scott Van Pelt, Sage Steele and Senior VP and Executive Producer, Mark Gross, HERE.

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