Author: David J. Halberstam
College Football Week #8: Better late than never, Big Ten and Mountain West finally open their seasons
The Big Ten takes the spotlight this weekend. After being shut down for Covid19, […]
Halby’s Morsels: NY’s top dozen columnists last 50+ years; Are announcers still superstitious?
Growing up in New York, I had an opportunity to enjoy the work of some […]
Mike Emrick, 74, retires; NHL Hall of Famer worked for ABC, Fox, ESPN and for the last 15 years, NBC
The who’s who of the NHL and NBC heaped praise on Mike Emrick today, […]
NFL Week #6: Buck, Aikman work Sunday and Monday; CBS #1 team on Cleveland at Pittsburgh
There are four teams with byes: Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers, New Orleans Saints […]
College Football Week #7: CBS has #3 Georgia at #2 Alabama in primetime; Busy Saturday on tap
With baseball off its programming charts, ESPN begins college football this weekend on Wednesday […]
Halby’s Morsels: CBS’ Tuesday Night Football, NBA ratings, Tony Dungy, Kirk Herbstreit and Steve Albert
Delighted that CBS will use Tom McCarthy and Jay Feely on tonight’s Tuesday Night […]
NFL Week #5: DENVER-NE OFF AGAIN; CBS has Giants at Dallas today and Buffalo-Tennessee Tue
DENVER AT NEW ENGLAND AND BUFFALO AT TENNESSEE HAVE BEEN POSTPONED TO MONDAY AND TUESDAY […]
The NFL’s first prime time series: 50 years ago Monday Night Football hit ABC and wowed America!
Fifty years ago last September 21st, television and the NFL changed forever. Monday Night […]
Week #6 Texas-Oklahoma rivalry on Fox at high noon; ABC runs #7 Miami at #1 Clemson in primetime
The college football schedule is still rather thin for a typical Saturday of past years. […]
Fox, Turner and MLBN announce their talent and post season schedule; Adam Amin assigned games
Post Season plans and schedule From MLB Network: MLB Network today announced coverage details for […]
Halby’s Morsels: A hectic weekend for football TV execs; Calling games remotely; NBA ratings sink; Costas
It’s not an easy job – Scheduling TV matters The NFL had to do some […]
Second in a series, media members born 100 years ago: Minneapolis icon Sid Hartman is still active today
SID HARTMAN (March 15, 1920 – Present) We continue to celebrate five media members who […]