Category: Halby’s Morsels
Halby’s Morsels: Amazon’s NFL plans; The older guys calling games; NBC’s rough stretch
ESPN’s Chris Fowler did a workmanlike job hosting the Heisman Trophy presentation Saturday night. […]
College Football: Troublemaker, Herbie; Long baseball broadcasts; Scully 40 innings in 2 days
College Football I asked Eli Gold a question. He’s the popular voice of the Alabama […]
Halby’s Morsels: The A’s, Charlie Finley and the team’s woman voice in 1964: MLB changes; Notes
When I caught up with 91 year young and retired Oakland A’s voice Monte […]
Halby’s Morsels: Baseball voices need some life and to share stories; Rozelle Award; New NBA voices
Fox Baseball: Sleepy Joe Davis Help this fellow. He took over for an unreachable […]
Notes and rants; ESPN College GameDay; Drysdale is only one of the top 16 LA voices from SoCal
I don’t know what the big deal is about Joe Davis. I’m told that […]
NHL has lost a cluster of voices; The Vin Scully/Ray Scott, Koufax/Kaat ’65 Series; Broadcast news and notes
The NHL has suffered a tough stretch, losing some of its best announcers ever. Locally, […]
Westwood One’s surprise renewal of the NCAA Tourney; Scully; Cefalo; Fox’ MLB; SiriusXM’s NBA Channel
NCAA Tournament In a surprising move, the NCAA announced that it has renewed its […]
CBS smartly extends Burleson; Good vs. weak MLB voices; Remote nightmare; Salary dichotomies
Nate Burleson has earned his stripes in an economy of time. The Canadian born […]
Halby’s Morsels: Malika Andrews sparkles; MLB: Frick winners,1964 Cards spawned 5 voices
ESPN’s Malika Andrews stole the show ESPN’s Malika Andrews, 26, is unflappable. With the […]
Halby’s Morsels: NFL, NHL, NBA and MLB; Gorging yourself on ESPN’s Nathan’s hotdogs contest? Disgusting
Nathan’s July 4th hotdog eating contest on ESPN Is overindulging on hotdogs a sport? […]
Halby’s Morsels: NBC’s Olympics; Maria Taylor’s demand; Fox Sports; Tim Brando; NHL; Remote broadcasts
Discouraging words from Fox on the future of remote broadcasts Recent comments from Fox […]
NBC’s Olympic announcers lack distinction; Hoops voices are weak; MLB, NFL NHL and NBA news
By David J. Halberstam 08/04/2021 2
News, opinions and rants. The Olympics are dominating sports broadcasting news during these […]