Halby’s Morsels: Olympics; Sports in wartime; Baby boomers’ crisis; Voices’ command of language +
I was asked by a reader to identify the top ten local baseball voices […]
Al Michaels’ NBC contract ends in 2022; But the voice of NFL primetime isn’t ready to retire
Al Michaels has been dubbed America’s sports announcer. He’s covered several Olympics, eight World […]
Lisa Salters, ESPN’s Monday Night Football and NBA reporter: “My early goal and early career were in news”
You see lots of Lisa Salters reporting from the sidelines, be it the NFL or the […]
Halby’s Morsels: End of the World; NCAA Tourney; Neil Funk; A busy fall; Entercom silences update voices
Neil Funk It’s too bad that retiring Chicago Bulls’ television announcer Neil Funk, 73, won’t […]
NFL’s off-the-field activity is fodder for talkies Patrick, Le Batard, Rome, Eisen, Cowherd, Golic and Wingo
Lights out. Arenas closed. Games cancelled. But it didn’t stop the national talk show hosts […]
College student talks passionately about growing up in the Bay Area with Greg Papa, Joe Starkey, +
I grew up in the East Bay area of Northern California and sports, both […]
Madison Square Garden can help fight coronavirus; Is the Kentucky Derby being postponed out of greed?
Here’s what Dolan should do with “The World’s Greatest Arena” If the owner of […]
National talk show hosts survive Monday; The NFL is the common subject after dead weekend
Years ago, I asked a sportswriter to share his most difficult challenge. His answer […]
Celts’ 40 year vet Mike Gorman is among best NBA TV voices; Called the Big East in 80s on ESPN
Mike Gorman on his military career: “It made me a believer in compulsory military service.”
Coronavirus has dealt sports its biggest blow ever; These are the top 25 disruptions the last 100 years+
Sports have taken hits through the years. Whether it’s been gambling, cheating, drugs or […]
Halby’s Morsels: Calling games in empty arenas? It’s happened; In ’81, Reagan was shot day of finals
Yesterday, the NCAA followed what the NBA, MLB and NHL did earlier. It cancelled both […]
Conference tournaments play on; TV networks busy against an alarming and muted backdrop
UPDATED: So a partial score become a final score–St. John’s-Creighton, a Big East Tourney game […]