Category: Announcers

Billy Packer: Can’t Work Today Due to Political Correctness; Dean Smith Best Overall Coach

By David J. Halberstam 03/14/2018 1

Packer demanded he be removed from Wake Forest Hall of Fame.

Is Tim Ryan Network TV’s Most Versatile Announcer Ever?

By David J. Halberstam 03/05/2018 0

Ryan discusses his latest book and a multifaceted resume.

Following Two Giants: Woody Durham at North Carolina and Bob Harris at Duke

By Dan Mason 02/26/2018 0

David Shumate and Jones Angell discuss legacies and NC basketball.

A Lifetime’s Lesson in a Single Session With Marty Glickman

By Barry Kipnis 02/06/2018 0

Meeting the Legendary Broadcaster in 1973.

Kevin Harlan: The Energetic Radio Voice of the Super Bowl

By David J. Halberstam 01/30/2018 0

Loved by many for his high-octane play-by-play and disliked by some for overdoing it, Kevin Harlan will be calling his eighth straight Super Bowl on national radio this Sunday.

Remembering the Great Ernie Harwell on his 100th Birthday

By David J. Halberstam 01/25/2018 6

Ernie was “the Tigers’ true clean-up hitter.”

You Know! Keith Jackson was the King of Saturday College Football Broadcasting!

By David J. Halberstam 01/15/2018 2

Whoa Nellie! Two broadcast giants gone, just three weeks apart!

Remembering the Great Marty Glickman on his 100th Birthday

By David J. Halberstam 11/14/2017 0

While in college, I had the golden opportunity to meet Marty Glickman, the peerless voice of the New York Giants.

Vin Scully on Life and Lessons from his Rookie Year with the 1950 Dodgers

By David J. Halberstam 07/17/2015 0

In 1950, an unfussy, callow rookie tiptoed into the Dodgers broadcast booth and never left.