Author: David J. Halberstam
Pat Hughes: From #2 in Milwaukee to #1 in Chicago; Popularity of Cubs’ radio voice is swelling
Pat Hughes’ colleagues around baseball will tell you unhesitatingly that he is friendly, likable and […]
Sports Media Visionary Ed Desser: Legal gambling will bolster ratings for blowouts; Select tech players will bid for rights
There’s a photo of David Stern and Ed Desser, likely taken at the time that […]
Everett Fitzhugh: Professional Hockey’s only African-American play-by-play announcer
While the Stanley Cup will land somewhere with pomp and ceremony, Everett Fitzhugh is just […]
Columnist turned ESPN host, Dan Le Batard: Writing more rewarding, Radio more fun and less lonely
At the start of their careers, what Bob Costas was to broadcasting, Dan Le Batard […]
Baseball Broadcast Historian Curt Smith Previews his New Book, ‘The Presidents and the Pastime’
Curt Smith’s knowledge of presidential history is deeper than dead center field in the old […]
Baseball Broadcast Historian Curt Smith ranks top 5 all-time Play-by-Play announcers
Curt Smith, a former White House speechwriter for the first President Bush, George Herbert Walker, […]
Ex CBS Radio CEO Dan Mason Talks Francesa; Legalized Gambling’s Effect On Broadcast Sports
In radio for the most part, management advances to the top through sales not programming. […]
Will Marv Albert be the First Network Play-by-Play Announcer to Call Games in his 80s?
The Voice of the NBA turns 77 next month.
Tears of Appreciation: Costas, Enberg, Glickman, Scully and Joe Tait
My mother, bless her heart, has a love for old classical music. When listening to […]
Verne Lundquist; a Hearty Laugh and Natural Warmth that Might Never be Replaced
Whether he marveled or shuddered, emoted or agonized, Verne Lundquist was never about shtick or […]
Halby’s Morsels: Preakness, NHL, Random Reviews, Tales and Notes
Lessons from Vin Scully, Cawood Ledford and Harry Kalas, The Francesa debate, How Mel Allen was hired by the Yanks + the NBA announcer who’s also a firefighter.
Halby’s Morsels: Should Doris Burke be honored by the Basketball Hall of Fame before Brent Musburger?
By David J. Halberstam 06/11/2018 1
Curt Gowdy Award Doris Burke will receive this year’s Curt Gowdy Media award from the Basketball Hall […]