Category: Columnist

Remembering Emmy award winning Arthur “Duke” Struck who directed the NFL Today and other programs

By  10/22/2020 1

Arthur “Duke” Struck, who directed such varied programs as The NFL Today, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and The MacNeil/Leher […]

NBC erred using blimp shot at the Preakness; USA Today’s Brennan fairly criticizes Big Ten reopening

By  10/05/2020 2

NBC’s Blimp Shot during the Preakness NBC warmed up for next month’s two-day Breeders’ Cup […]

Is NBC’s Mike Tirico up to the task? Can the gifted generalist replace two giants, Al Michaels and Bob Costas?

By  07/23/2020 0

There’s been almost nothing to suggest that Al Michaels has lost the spring to his […]

Appreciating America on our 244th birthday: Ten voices with foreign roots; A list of why we love the U.S.

By  07/04/2020 1

So here we are. It’s July 4th. No baseball. No NBA champ yet. No Stanley […]

“The Match-Champions for Charity”; Turner comes through! Tiger/Peyton beat Phil/Brady; Covid-19 the winner

By  05/25/2020 1

TNT and its companion networks, including TBS and TRUE, showed The Match featuring the […]

Florida Derby: With nothing to cover, the sports media ignores a great historical race

By  04/01/2020 0

Last Saturday, one of the great races in the history of our country was […]

Al Michaels’ NBC contract ends in 2022; But the voice of NFL primetime isn’t ready to retire

By  03/25/2020 1

Al Michaels has been dubbed America’s sports announcer. He’s covered several Olympics, eight World […]

Madison Square Garden can help fight coronavirus; Is the Kentucky Derby being postponed out of greed?

By  03/17/2020 0

Here’s what Dolan should do with “The World’s Greatest Arena”  If the owner of […]

Reports and rumors: Disney wants Monday, Thursday AND Sunday Night Football + Michaels and P. Manning

By  03/06/2020 3

Through its 40-year history, ESPN has run more games across its platforms than all […]

Pardon the Interruption: Why is Tony Kornheiser’s partner Michael Wilbon yelling so much? PTI began in 2001

By  03/03/2020 2

Pardon the Interruption, but Michael Wilbon is wearing me out. Wilbon, 61, is one […]

The CBS Tony Romo extension: While trillions were lost in the stock market, the popular voice hits the jackpot

By  02/29/2020 1

Reports and rumors: ESPN wants Monday, Thursday AND Sunday Night Football + Michaels and […]

Jack Ramsay: Remembering a gem, a Hall of Fame coach and popular ESPN and Miami Heat broadcaster

By  02/24/2020 0

Coach Jack Ramsay, born February 21, 1925, was a popular broadcast analyst for ESPN […]