Category: Commentary
All-time ranking: The top 25 baseball cards of ex-players who became popular broadcasters
In this second part of our two part series, Sports Broadcast Journal takes you […]
Missing: Howard Cosell has still not won Pro Football HOF’s Rozelle Award for broadcast excellence
On the list of the 30 winners to date of the Pete Rozelle Award, Howard […]
PGA Coverage: Johnson, Immelman, Balionis impress; Nantz subpar
The 100th edition of the PGA Championship hosted at Bellerive Country Club was a […]
Musburger’s Raiders radio debut draws criticism on social media
Not unexpectedly, Oakland Raiders’ fans took to Twitter last night and this morning, critical of […]
Andrea Kremer accepts Pro Football HOF’s Rozelle Award; Historian Curt Smith shares his Views
In a continuing year of recognition of woman sportscasters, the Pro Football Hall of Fame […]
Bob Costas wows Cooperstown accepting Frick Award: ‘Broadcasters are inseparable from the game itself’
After Don Larsen’s perfect game in the 1956 World Series, Joe Trimble’s lead in the […]
Will Radio Dominoes fall? Chuck Kaiton, original Voice of Carolina Hurricanes, out after 39 seasons! – Victim of cost cutting
While New York mourned the scourge of Tronc’s financial lords, who beat down the Daily […]
NBC earns B grade for British Open coverage; Johnny Miller is getting gun-shy
Finally! And a sigh of relief! That’s how executives at NBC Sports had to feel […]
Halby’s Morsels: Preakness, NHL, Random Reviews, Tales and Notes
Lessons from Vin Scully, Cawood Ledford and Harry Kalas, The Francesa debate, How Mel Allen was hired by the Yanks + the NBA announcer who’s also a firefighter.
Play-By-Play From The Studio: Embrace It!
Monitors provide angles galore. It’s better than sitting in the nosebleeds.
Al Michaels, NFL’s primetime voice for 33 seasons: “Howard Cosell deserves Hall of Fame recognition”
By David J. Halberstam 09/07/2018 2
It’s Al Michaels season. Excuse me, it’s NFL season. What the heck’s the difference? They’re […]