Category: Profile
Graham McNamee: A true pioneer, no one to teach him; An eventual Ford Frick Winner
Graham McNamee America’s first broadcaster, including sports The nation’s first national radio announcer was […]
A true gentleman, Don Dunphy, was boxing’s silky smooth voice; He knew the science like the best of experts
The BIOFILE Interview: DON DUNPHY His name was huge during, around and after the […]
Musburger was let go by Vegas; Can Greg Papa return? He calls 49ers now, after 21 seasons with Oakland
D-Day In honor of the great Vin Scully, we remember June 6, 1944, 78 years […]
40 years of keeping stats for sports voices, Marty Aronoff is fighting back after a collapse in the booth
If you’re a sports fan, you likely heard his name repeatedly through his decades […]
Big hit for Rutgers in a big place like NYC: Football on WFAN, Hoops on WCBS; SJU’s Jack Kaiser dies
It’s odd that this happened the same day that John W. Kaiser, St. John’s Athletic […]
Al Michaels distinguished by NBC as “Member Emeritus” after 36 NFL prime time seasons; Thursdays next
AL MICHAELS FORMALLY BACK IN – ON NBC Iconic broadcaster Al Michaels formalized his broadcast […]
Tony Kubek, 86, a longtime Yankee and NBC MLB broadcaster, lives quietly with family in Wisconsin
A quarter-century ago, network television weekly ferried baseball across the land. Today streaming, cable, and […]
Mark Johnson, roaring Voice of Colorado U, also called Syracuse’s only NCAA title in ’03
When longtime CU fans think of the “Voice of the Buffs,” there are […]
Jerry Coleman: A Rookie of the Year, a military hero, humble and a great American; 2 Wars, 13 Air Medals
From the 1940s until 2012, Jerry Coleman was among baseball’s greatest characters—priceless even when he […]
Happy 70th birthday to Bob Costas! The prodigy can do anything; His zeal for baseball is irrepressible
Today, Bob Costas turns 70. Below, we continue our series of profiles of past […]
Was Phil Rizzuto the most popular Yankee voice ever? Reading historian Curt Smith’s piece, you can think so
To warm baseball’s current lockout chill, we present a series of profiles of top past […]
Curt Smith, sports broadcast historian, profiles late Bob Wolff, former Senators announcer
Since baseball’s player-management lockout has temporarily chilled its “Hot Stove League,” we begin today a […]