Category: Columnist

Decades and generations of listening and watching sports, columnist assesses and grades voices

By Arthur Solomon 09/25/2022 1

My Favorite Voices   Over the years, I’ve heard many excellent play-by-play broadcasters and analysts […]

Advice to voices: Keep things simple; MLB language keeps changing; We lost the best play-by-player in Scully

By Arthur Solomon 08/22/2022 1

After the passing of our cherished dean, Vin Scully, I thought first, of his […]

Vin Scully’s most colorful call; Mays’ swing against Drysdale hit the foul pole or did it? A melee erupted

By David J. Halberstam 08/12/2022 0

Personally, this call is as good as they come – It proved that Vin can […]

Columnist asks a simple question: What’s missing from MLB telecasts? Enough “launch angles!”

By Arthur Solomon 08/01/2022 0

Baseball broadcasting has changed over the years, and in my opinion not for the […]

Ken Levine: Active Hollywood script writer and ex-MLB voice, critical of Fox’ ASG voices and more

By Ken Levine 07/20/2022 0

Thank you MLB and Fox for utterly destroying the Major League Baseball All-Star game. […]

Bud Collins was considered the best known TV tennis commentator ever; Dick Enberg and he were a great team

By Scoop Malinowski 07/15/2022 1

Colorful, creative and charismatic, Bud Collins was one of the most important media figures […]

MLB lacks its once dominance of over-the-air network TV; In his day, Dizzy Dean was appointment viewing

By Curt Smith 07/14/2022 1

Baseball’s 2022 regular season reaches mid-season with little exposure so far on daytime weekend network […]

Halby’s Morsels: Major changes at Florida coming; Two veteran voices leaving, both UF and FSU

By David J. Halberstam 07/13/2022 0

A rough stretch for Florida: Last week, the biggest broadcast sports personality in town […]

Fordham is spawning more sports voices, but it’s no threat yet to Syracuse’s Newhouse: A closer look

By David J. Halberstam 07/11/2022 2

Visible voices seeded by Fordham University During the last 25-30 years, Fordham University in the […]

Hank Goldberg, a Damon Runyon original, passes at 82; an ESPN oddsmaker and Miami radio talkie

By Rich Podolsky 07/04/2022 0

 HANK GOLDBERG, ICON IN MIAMI, ON-AIR FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS Hank Goldberg, a Damon Runyon […]

NBC plans a baseball broadcast with no announcers; How sad! Anecdotes, rhythm and liveliness lost

By David J. Halberstam 06/29/2022 1

When I first heard that baseball, under the title of MLB on NBC would air […]

Longer games put stress on team voices; Not many do all 162 anymore; It’s exhausting

By David J. Halberstam 06/23/2022 1

Baseball is a summer’s game. Fans watch and listen leisurely. It’s not like Harwell, […]