This Week in Sports History: Events and the voices who covered them; July 17-23
This Week in Sports History: Events and the voices who covered them; July 17-23 […]
Players, execs and coaches often say nothing in press conferences, They only show up because they must
For movie buffs, “Groundhog Day” is the 1993 film where Bill Murray awoke […]
Prodigies: The top all-time dozen voices who were on network TV in their 20s and whose careers sparkled
A number of these voices, Kenny Albert, Joe Buck, Sean McDonough and Al Michaels […]
Is it ethical for voices to bet on games they’re covering, knowing they have inside info?; Costas comments
Betting has become a popular hobby among a wide range of fans in recent […]
Halby’s Morsels: NFL, NHL, NBA and MLB; Gorging yourself on ESPN’s Nathan’s hotdogs contest? Disgusting
Nathan’s July 4th hotdog eating contest on ESPN Is overindulging on hotdogs a sport? […]
NBA Finals on the networks: A storied and often colorful history through the lens of television
Yes, NBA TV ratings have slumped these past couple years, yet the league’s popularity […]
Did ESPN pull Rachel Nichols from the NBA Finals for fear that players won’t interact with her on-air?
Fifty years ago, in 1971, Bill White was hired to call Yankee games with […]
Eddie Doucette, Voice of the Bucks for their first 16 seasons, reflects on Milwaukee’s ’71 title team and more
I hadn’t talked with him in a score of years. When I reached Eddie […]
On Roone Arledge’s 90th birthday, former ABC Sports exec Jim Spence remembers a TV giant
In the early 1970s, television executive extraordinaire Roone Arledge became a household name. And […]
Do announcers have opinions on NBA rules? Do they know them? Van Gundy’s comments are refreshing
NBA coaches and players aren’t the only ones in the arena to keep up with […]
NBC’s Kenny Albert, Eddie Olcyzk, Brian Boucher and Kathryn Tappen excel covering Stanley Cup
NBC Sports will broadcast at least one more Stanley Cup Final game on Wednesday […]
Marv Albert, the chronology of an on-air legend: His rise, fall and amazing rebirth from the ashes of a scandal
Marv Albert’s career started when he was a teen in the late 1950s shadowing […]