Author: David J. Halberstam
NYC taxis; noise, filth, cold drafts and a wobbly seat. No sports radio!
So I left my home base in Fort Lauderdale yesterday, headed for New York. My […]
Peter King, Bob Ley, Tony Kornheiser and Mike Emrick elected to national broadcasters’ Hall of Fame
The National Sports Media Association announced its national and statewide awards yesterday. The organization will […]
Fifty years later, Super Bowl III, most super of ’em all. Namath’s guarantee. An amazing Curt Gowdy on NBC
Wow, I can’t believe it’s been 50 years. Just getting old, I guess. It was […]
Legendary sports media critic Rudy Martzke releases his popular Rudy’s
Rudy Martzke ruled the space for years. He penned regular sports media columns for USA […]
The Halby’s: Fox and ESPN, from Buck and Tessitore to Aikman and Witten; 9 NFL crews critiqued
The NFL regular season is over and the month-long playoff run will begin to […]
The ’58 overtime thriller, 60 years ago today, is still ranked as the ‘Greatest game ever played’
NFL’s greatest game ever played-NFL’s 1958 title game -won by Colts over Jets 23-17 in overtime—TV’s coverage of thriller.
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 […]
The Halby’s: CBS and NBC – NFL critiques – from Michaels and Nantz to Collinsworth and Romo; 7 Crews
By David J. Halberstam 01/03/2019 1
With the 2018 NFL regular season behind us, we ran a column yesterday assessing the […]