Smooth succession: Brad Nessler follows legendary Verne Lundquist on CBS’ telecasts of SEC Football
Nessler: “The best compliment I can get is when I’m told that I sound like […]
Halby’s Morsels: Older announcers can’t fight the clock; Few can withstand the winds of time
Amazon voices Storm and Kremer were very well prepared but lacked experience to caption the […]
Paul Keels: 21 years calling Ohio State; A booming voice that covers the Buckeye Nation like a blanket
Paul Keels’ booming voice fills rooms and cars with an immaculate and unmistakable beat. His […]
From Brooklyn, home of the egg cream to Tuscaloosa, home of grits; Eli Gold has called 6 Alabama national titles
The Voice of the Tide, Eli Gold is a guy who loves his job […]
Network TV’s Don Criqui- first season off football since 1965; Did NFL or Notre Dame nationally for 51 straight seasons
The Pro Football Hall of Fame doesn’t grant the Pete Rozelle Media Award to […]
‘Good Morning Football’ – NFL Network’s diverse quartet mixes news and analysis with humor, spunk and depth
GMF features an actor, an author and a Canadian born ex-NFLer; not to mention a […]
Halby’s Morsels: When a brash Tim McCarver dissed Jack Buck on-air; Aikman, Collinsworth, Joe Buck +
The Bucks, Aikman, Collinsworth and more Joe Buck’s autobiography Lucky Bastard is so good that […]
Clippers’ Ralph Lawler, an LA all-time play-by-play great, now 80, will retire at the end of next season
RALPH LAWLER, A BELOVED STAR IN LOS ANGELES’ BROADCAST FIRMAMENT So you’re playing that […]
Brent Musburger, #3 all-time network sports personality, going strong in his 3d iteration! Voice of VSiN
Musburger on legalized betting: “The NFL is pushing for federal regulation, forgetting that the ship […]
Clashing Announcers: A famous 1980 punch and other animosity; But a skirmish over a chair? Never!
Last week, two TV colleagues squabbled over who sits where in the broadcast booth. […]
A TV marathon, 30 hours of watching college football: 27 broadcasts critiqued ; Good announcers and some not so good
By David J. Halberstam 09/23/2018 1
Television was again overrun with college football this past weekend, especially since Friday night. […]