Media previews biggest MLB storylines as Opening Day launches 162 game, 2021 season
MLB opening day is finally here! It’s been quite the offseason, with multiple […]
TV trio of Dick Enberg, Al McGuire and Billy Packer was the best ever; Otherwise, 3 voices are tricky
Three voices behind the March Madness microphones are one too many, unless their names are Dick […]
Play Ball! Baseball is back; A full directory of team voices; including details of off-season changes
Baseball is back and with it comes encouragement. Harsh winters are behind us and long […]
Will the Masters, CBS and ESPN face significant threats if they fail to respond to Georgia’s new voting law
As a journalist whose favorite four months of the golf calendar are now upon […]
CBS/Turner’s Jim Spanarkel sparkles; Former Duke star and NBAer explains the game in helpful and simple terms
It’s been a year of setbacks for Jim Spanarkel. When he arrived in Indianapolis for […]
Billy Packer recalls NCAA title game, played 40 years ago tonight, hours after President Reagan was shot
Times were different in 1981, no internet, no cell phones and cable TV was an […]
Should CBS/Turner consider a merit based system for game assignments in the Sweet 16 and Elite 8?
Game broadcasters should advance in the tournament based on performance How about promoting broadcasters […]
March Madness: CBS and Turner ready for the Sweet 16 and Regional Finals; Busy weekend of hoops
SWEET SIXTEEN Lots of hoops Saturday and Sunday. Beginning on both days in […]
Dick Stockton, the Cal Ripken of network play-by-play, calls it a day after a 55 year network career
Dick Stockton called it a day yesterday, after 55 years! For those of us who […]
Surprise, surprise: ‘CBS Brand,’ Jim Nantz renews with the network after negotiations went public
John Ourand of Sports Business Journal reported this evening that Jim Nantz and CBS […]
Like it or not, women NBA play-by-play voices and their occasional strident sound might be here to stay
Women and NBA broadcasting started disastrously The NBA was born in 1946, the brainchild of […]
Lesley Visser on Dick Stockton: Be it network sports or world travel, “May we all have such a life in full”
By David J. Halberstam 03/26/2021 1
Dick Stockton announced his retirement yesterday after a glistening 55 year career on network […]