Author: David J. Halberstam

David is a 40-year industry veteran who served as play-by-play announcer for St. John's University basketball in New York and as radio play-by-play voice of the Miami Heat in South Florida. He is the author of Sports on New York Radio: A Play-by-Play History.

NFL Week #12: Thanksgiving Day Doubleheader, 12 Sunday games plus Mon and Tue nights

By  11/25/2020 0

CBS has the doubleheader, Fox the single game. Changes and more changes. They continue. Now […]

Week #13 College Football: #1 Tide in Iron Bowl; #2 Irish, #3 Ohio State cancelled; #4 Clemson plays

By  11/25/2020 1

COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2020 #Week 13 Number #1 Alabama has its annual battle against in-state […]

Bad optics in tough times: Reports that Buck and Tirico earn over $10M and Nantz wants 7 figures

By  11/23/2020 1

The optics are not good. The unemployment lines are long, small businesses are forced […]

NFL Week #11: NBC takes spotlight carrying Chiefs-Raiders from Las Vegas Sunday night

By  11/18/2020 0

NFL # Week 11 Byes: Buffalo, Chicago, New York Giants, San Francisco, 14 games are […]

College Football Week #12 schedule cut again by postponements; #9 Indiana at #3 Ohio State on Fox

By  11/17/2020 0

By Thursday afternoon, there were  postponements/cancellation in double figures due to Covid. It’s worth noting […]

Halby’s Morsels: ESPN Radio, NCAA Tourney?; Remote broadcasts long term?; NBA new hires; Bill Macatee

By  11/17/2020 1

Can ESPN Radio end up with the rights to the NCAA Tournament? Westwood One, […]

NFL Week# 10: With Masters, CBS carries just 3 late games; The early window belongs to Fox

By  11/11/2020 1

Week # 10 Broadcast Schedule, regional markets, talent and notes Byes this week: New York […]

College Football, Week #11: Heavy schedule but Alabama-LSU among games postponed

By  11/10/2020 0

The college football weekend begins tonight, Tuesday. It’s indeed a longish schedule but multiple games […]

It’s all in the family: 40+ sports broadcasting families, Sons and brothers are chips off the old blocks

By  11/10/2020 2

I tried to do this as best as possible. It’s a list of sportscasters […]

Halby’s Morsels: NCAA Tourney; Notre Dame-Clemson; Nantz’ first Masters; Remotecasts; Mark Jones

By  11/08/2020 1

Saturday night’s riveting finish of the Notre Dame-Clemson game was fun to watch. But […]

NFL Week #9: NBC’s SNF takes spotlight, Brees and Brady, New Orleans at Tampa Bay

By  11/04/2020 0

CBS has the doubleheader, Fox the single game on Sunday afternoon. Byes: Philadelphia, Los Angeles […]

Week #10, College Football: Pac-12 and Mid-American Conference are back but Covid cancels 10 games

By  11/04/2020 0

Week #10- Despite the pandemic, the season flies! With the Pac-12 and Mid-American Conference finally […]