Schieffer Hands Over The CBS Anchor Desk To Katie Couric
(CBS) Before Bob Schieffer had the grand slam of Washington reporting jobs — working every beat inside the Beltway — before he started covering presidential conventions in 1972 and every one since, before he walked the White House grounds with the most powerful leader in the world, he covered a par two, 18th hole.
"Bob Schieffer, CBS News, at the National Put-Put Championship," he signed off that evening.
Back then, management didn't see Schieffer as anchor material. But he became the one CBS turned to in one of its darkest hours....