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 […]
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 […]
Halby’s Morsels: Coronavirus scraps CBS/TNT’s tourney production meeting; Remembering Ed Ingles
The annual CBS/Turner production meeting that’s held in New York prior to the NCAA […]
Reports and rumors: Disney wants Monday, Thursday AND Sunday Night Football + Michaels and P. Manning
Through its 40-year history, ESPN has run more games across its platforms than all […]