Author: Rich Podolsky
Rich Podolsky, an established writer and reporter since the 70s, has been a staff writer for CBS and has written for ESPN, the Philadelphia Daily News, the Palm Beach Post, the Wilmington News Journal, College & Pro Football Newsweekly and TV Guide. He is also the recipient of the prestigious Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers' Keystone Award for writing excellence. A fan of music from the 60s and 70s, he is the author of "Don Kirshner: The Man with the Golden Ear," which relates how Kirshner discovered Bobby Darin, Carole King and Neil Sedaka among others, and "Neil Sedaka, Rock ‘n’ Roll Survivor,” which tells the inside story of Sedaka’s comeback. His new book, “You Are Looking Live!” is about CBS’ revolutionary pregame show in 1975 which introduced Brent, Phyllis, Irv and The Greek to America.
50 years later, Title IX is kicking in; Marjorie Margolies, who preceded Phyllis George, continues to excel
On Monday, the day after both the Men’s and Women’s Selection Shows were broadcast […]
Please Al Michaels, don’t do it….Don’t say yes to working with Herbstreit; TNF TV looking at him
Kirk Herbstreit wants to be an NFL analyst in the worst way. If Amazon […]
With no warning, CBS’ Suzanne Smith hopped to KC and called the shots in the truck for the AFC title broadcast
Veteran CBS Sports director Suzanne Smith was sitting in her Connecticut home two weeks […]
“I met John Madden on a plane (of all places) on the way to Hawaii for ‘The Superstars,'” NFL TV changed forever
John Madden had a tremendous influence on pro football as a broadcaster, influencing the […]
Playing Musical Chairs with sports programming: Fox’ “Saratoga Live” was impossible to follow
We’ve written some very positive things about Fox Sports Two’s racing show “Saratoga Live.” […]
Does NBC even want us to know who’s calling these Olympic Games? Let us know who are behind the mics!
Outside of Mike Tirico, NBC doesn’t really care if you know who’s calling these […]
Letting Maria Taylor walk was the right thing for ESPN to do; Talented Andrews isn’t demanding $8 million
Ask 100 sports fans on the street if they know who Maria Taylor is, […]
Did the dog eat Bob Baffert’s homework again? NBC can’t ignore the story Saturday at the Preakness
Don’t expect NBC Sports to gloss over Bob Baffert’s string of drug infractions this Saturday, […]