Bob Harris (August 22, 1942 – June 12, 2024), known as the Voice of the Blue Devils, was an American sportscaster, best known as the play-by-play announcer for Duke University men's basketball and football teams.

"[3] On June 25, 2016, Harris received the prestigious "Order of the Long Leaf Pine" award from NC Governor Pat McCrory for 40 years of service to the state.

[5][6] Beginning in 1960, Harris attended North Carolina State University for two years before leaving college to work for Goodyear.

Eventually, he served as color commentator to then-Duke sportcaster, Add Penfield, broadcasting Duke football and basketball games.

Penfield retired in the spring of 1976, opening the door for Harris to become the "Voice of the Blue Devils" beginning with the 1976 football season.

Nationally, Harris was best known for his play-by-play of Christian Laettner's buzzer beater in Duke's victory over the University of Kentucky in the 1992 East Regional of the NCAA basketball tournament.

ESPN considers the 1992 East Regional Final in Philadelphia the "greatest college basketball game ever" played.

[7] Harris' description of "The Shot" from the radio broadcast is most often featured with the archival video footage, replacing that of the original television commentators: They throw it the length of the floor... Laettner catches, comes down, dribbles..

He participated in a "red carpet book signing event" for Pantry, Inc. as part of their "Battle for Bean Street" competition, with the prize being a $20,000 corporate donation to the Duke Cancer Institute.

[10] Recently, Harris partnered with Kangeroo Express to host "Salute Our Troops", a fundraiser that raised $2.5 million in support of military service men and women.

"[14] During his football career, Harris worked with nine coaches, called plays for All-Americas and future NFL players.

On February 9, 2012, Harris' call of a game between the University of North Carolina Tarheels and the Duke Blue Devils was said to rival his call of Laettner's "shot":[17] "Nine seconds left and Rivers comes front court… Rivers works to the right side, he'll try to step back with one second left…lets fly…got it!