Author: David J. Halberstam
Chuck Kaiton, an NHL radio Picasso, surveys the season and the teams that will contend for the Stanley Cup
Before the holiday, I had a chance to catch up with Chuck Kaiton, a brilliant […]
2018: Halby’s sportscasting awards; The best and worst, 50 categories
With apologies to Rudy Martzke, the ex-longtime national sports media critic, I humbly share my […]
As WEEI tinkers with Red Sox format, team says the game is first; It won’t be a talk show
Boston Red Sox’ CEO Sam Kennedy has sports radio in his blood. After graduating Trinity […]
Dodgers hire Neverett for radio and some TV; Remembering Lee Leonard, a first ever host on ESPN, dead at 89
It’s good to see that Tim Neverett, the Red Sox radio broadcaster for the past […]
ESPN’s Fran Fraschilla, a student of international players, says the trick to succeed is to never stop learning
Fraschilla addresses the future of St. John’s and Georgetown; opportunities for him to coach again […]
Dick Stockton: “Body of work counts more than a moment in a broadcast”
Dick Stockton with Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim
NSMA’s category ballots are out for network, state-by-state and national Hall of Fame announcers
Unmistakable Skip Caray is on national HOF ballot The National Sports Media Association distributed ballots […]
Halby’s Morsels: Iowa AD wrong for suspending announcer; When Vin Scully met the late George Bush
Gus Johnson or Greg Papa on Big Ten title game, Jets vs. Giants broadcasts, John […]
Voters face intriguing ballot to determine the Hall of Fame’s Frick winner for broadcast excellence
Should either the Reds’ Waite Hoyt or the Tigers’ Harry Heilmann win, it would mark […]
Scully’s 1965 Koufax call was perfect; yet his most graphic was in 1959, describing a rhubarb at the Coliseum
In 1959, some three years before television replay was introduced, there was a wild argument […]
On a Friday, the nation stopped when JFK was assassinated; On Sunday, the NFL played – but not on TV
Commissioner Pete Rozelle was criticized for playing the games but decades later thoughts have changed […]
Red Sox’ radio makes a galling change; Play-by-play will be presented in a talk-show format
By David J. Halberstam 12/14/2018 4
Tim Neverett is leaving the Red Sox’ radio booth after three seasons. At first, I […]