Journalists

Getting Caught Up with Retired USA Today Sports Media Columnist Rudy Martzke

By David J. Halberstam 01/15/2018 2

For 23 years beginning in 1982, Rudy Martzke authored a strikingly influential sports broadcast column for USA Today.

Announcers

You Know! Keith Jackson was the King of Saturday College Football Broadcasting!

By David J. Halberstam 01/15/2018 2

Whoa Nellie! Two broadcast giants gone, just three weeks apart!

Columnist

Dick Enberg: Grace was his Middle Name

By David J. Halberstam 01/15/2018 2

Dick Enberg’s sudden death last month marked the passing of a broadcast throwback and announcing giant.

Interviews

Catching Up With the Iconic and Versatile Broadcaster Jack Whitaker; Enjoying Life in his 90s

By David J. Halberstam 01/15/2018 2

In the early 60s, Whitaker left local television and his hometown of Philadelphia, beginning a colorful journey through network television’s dominant years.

Broadcasting

An NHL Radio Legend: A Q&A with the Inimitable Voice of the Carolina Hurricanes, Chuck Kaiton

By David J. Halberstam 01/15/2018 1

Future radio play-by-play announcers of all sports backgrounds can learn from Kaiton’s masterful work.

Interviews

Q&A With Well-Respected Sports Announcer’s Agent Steve Herz

By David J. Halberstam 01/14/2018 0

Steve Herz is a seasoned broadcasters’ agent who effectively maximizes income for some of television’s best.

Interviews

A Q&A with WFUV’s Bob Ahrens

By David J. Halberstam 12/31/2017 0

Bob Ahrens has been around the sports broadcast game for over a half century.

Announcers

Remembering the Great Marty Glickman on his 100th Birthday

By David J. Halberstam 11/14/2017 0

While in college, I had the golden opportunity to meet Marty Glickman, the peerless voice of the New York Giants.

Announcers

Vin Scully on Life and Lessons from his Rookie Year with the 1950 Dodgers

By David J. Halberstam 07/17/2015 0

In 1950, an unfussy, callow rookie tiptoed into the Dodgers broadcast booth and never left.