Category: Announcers
Bob Costas: Rob Manfred did well on Astros ruling; Fans will be wary of attending games once scheduled
For four decades, he was America’s sports host. Under the brightest lights and on […]
The national talkies find issues of contention; Cowherd, Le Batard, Rome, Patrick, Stephen A, Schefter
The opinions keep coming. No games, but sports issues continue to surface. While league […]
Leading network voices: Their early heroes, idols, influences, mentors and professional role models
I reached out to a renowned group of network voices who for decades shepherded millions […]
Network radio sports talk hosts, Russo, Cowherd, Finebaum, Eisen, Golic and Wingo never short on takes
Week three without sports hasn’t stopped these guys. They’re hardly out of material. They […]
White Sox radio voice Ed Farmer, hardly a conventional play-by-play broadcaster, dies at 70
Longtime White Sox radio announcer Ed Farmer passed away Wednesday. He was 70. Farmer […]
No Games: Stephen A. Smith, Max Kellerman, Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe find issues to debate
The games have been tabled, schedules have been shelved, stadiums are empty and arenas […]
Walt ‘Clyde’ Frazier turns 75; Knicks’ (rhyming) voice for 28 years led team to two NBA titles, ’70 and ’73
Knicks’ fans have suffered for years. Too often, the team’s owner has been the […]
Games or no games: Talkies Cowherd, Rome, Russo, Le Batard, Golic and Wingo spew opinions
Another week of no games. Lots of speculation about if and when the games […]
Lisa Salters, ESPN’s Monday Night Football and NBA reporter: “My early goal and early career were in news”
You see lots of Lisa Salters reporting from the sidelines, be it the NFL or the […]
NFL’s off-the-field activity is fodder for talkies Patrick, Le Batard, Rome, Eisen, Cowherd, Golic and Wingo
Lights out. Arenas closed. Games cancelled. But it didn’t stop the national talk show hosts […]
College student talks passionately about growing up in the Bay Area with Greg Papa, Joe Starkey, +
I grew up in the East Bay area of Northern California and sports, both […]
National talk show hosts survive Monday; The NFL is the common subject after dead weekend
Years ago, I asked a sportswriter to share his most difficult challenge. His answer […]