Early ESPN interviewing icon, Roy Firestone: Opinions today are the cheapest form of programming
Firestone: “I’ve done 5,000 interviews. It’s less about the questions and more about the rapport […]
ESPN’s Ian O’Connor, author of ‘Belichick’: Coach’s relationship with Brady and Kraft is transactional
Weeks after O’Connor sent Belichick a copy of the bio, one that took 3 years […]
All-time Top-10: NFL players turned TV studio hosts; ranked by field success, card value and analysis
Today, we shift our focus to the Top 10 all-time studio analyst football cards. Last […]
Opinion: The 3-man TV booth and split screen of 2 games don’t work
THEY JUST DON’T WORK ON TV There are two things that don’t work […]
ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio: Coach Doug Pederson gave me inside access to the team during Super Bowl run
You’ve seen Sal Paolantonio on ESPN forever. Once foliage is in full blossom, Sal’s an […]
All-time, top-20 NFL broadcasters: Those who also played the game
In this third installment in our series, Sports Broadcast Journal continues our journey down memory lane. […]
Super agent Sandy Montag says salaries for A level network announcers are still strong
It’s a success story made in America. Super broadcast agent Sandy Montag was a young […]
Network TV’s best ever ‘3-sport’ announcers: Gowdy, Enberg, Jackson, Stockton and Michaels
With the intersection of the baseball, football and basketball seasons, the country’s most popular […]
Tim Brando, TV college football dean, says playoff system is flawed and that it favors the Power Five
Tim Brando’s call on Fox is distinct. It’s unmistakably Southern. The voice is a warm […]
Curt Smith, baseball broadcast historian: MLB hasn’t yet reclaimed September as Bud Selig vowed
By Curt Smith 10/22/2018 1
What if you gave a party, the old joke goes, and nobody came? What if […]