Category: Columnist

Halby’s Morsels: No news is good news for Marv Albert; Dick Groat out after 40 years on Pitt radio

By  09/03/2019 1

With camps opening at the end of the month and no announcements to the […]

ESPN shortchanged viewers, sharing little background of the Taylor Townsend U. S. Open journey

By  08/29/2019 1

Thursday afternoon at the U.S. Open, unseeded 23-year-old Taylor Townsend pulled off a tremendous upset, […]

Jack Whitaker – Remembering one of a kind, not to be replaced soon; He cared about words

By  08/25/2019 1

               Jack Whitaker: A Man Who Cared About Words   Born in 1924, John […]

Cheerful Adam Schein: Shines on SiriusXM and CBS Sports Network with an unrushed and distinct sound

By  08/06/2019 0

Two way talk on radio, no matter the format, didn’t emerge until the early ’60s. […]

TV icon Dick Ebersol honored with Pro Football HOF’s Rozelle Award; Shaped ‘Football Night in America’

By  08/01/2019 0

Coaching trees: Think Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick. Careers blossomed. Records swelled. In the […]

NBC’s Curt Gowdy, Voice of 12 World Series, 7 Super Bowls and 9 Final Fours born 100 years ago

By  07/30/2019 1

GOWDY’S LEGACY: A  BIG HEART, A  COMMAND OF THE MICROPHONE, A NATURAL WARMTH AND A […]

‘Saratoga Live’ might save a dying sport; Fox’ coverage of racing this summer is promising

By  07/29/2019 0

Labeled a “dying sport” for years, Thoroughbred Racing was literally doing just that with […]

NBC releases British Open schedule; Paul Azinger opens up about Spieth, Day, Tiger and NBC vs. Fox

By  07/15/2019 0

BRITISH OPEN PREVIEW AND SCHEDULE     The full schedule and NBC’s production enhancements are […]

The Curt Smith Series: During Prohibition, Herbert Hoover heard angry fans taunt, “We want beer”

By  07/13/2019 0

OUR PRESIDENTS, OURSELVES   “American Presidents, like great French restaurants,” said the writer and educator […]

1964: Baseball’s best broadcasting year, top to bottom; 25 eventual HOF Ford Frick winners were on the air

By  07/08/2019 3

For baseball broadcasting,  you might say that it was a glorious year, one not surpassed […]

On radio’s 98th birthday, John Sterling, 81 this Thursday, says his Yankee radio streak is over

By  07/02/2019 2

Happy Birthday! Radio was unofficially born 98 years ago today, July 2, 1921! Employing […]

Ex-CBS Radio CEO Joel Hollander recalls the birth and growth of the USA’s first all-sports station, WFAN

By  06/28/2019 1

THIS MONDAY, WFAN CELEBRATES ITS 32ND ANNIVERSARY; BORN JULY 1, 1987   By the 1980s, […]