Long before he was the most recognized sports anchor in Nashville, WSMV’s Rudy Kalis was something else, a 5-year-old Russian immigrant who arrived here with his family with little more than the clothes on his back.“I was just 5, but I can still remember the smell of the steel on that ship,” Rudy told those in attendance at the annual Boyd Christian School Spring Benefit on Friday night. “I can still remember standing by my father when we entered New York Harbor on that sunny day.”Rudy admitted it was a long road to where he is today, noting he didn’t begin on the best foot as he felt outcast because he was an immigrant child in Milwaukee where the family settled. Things were made worse because he got very bad grades.“Are you not so smart, Rudy?”