Bob Costas
The debate of the NFL, NBC and Costas: The power of pragmatism over conviction
Bob Costas is among the most gifted sports broadcasters to grace television this generation. He’s […]
Columnist: Bob Costas, the prodigy years at CBS, doing NFL games at 25
When CBS’ NFL announcers met for their pre-season meetings in August of 1977, and […]
Syracuse dominates the sports broadcast landscape; From the who’s who today to the who’s who tomorrow
Other colleges have produced network stars. Al Michaels attended Arizona State, Vin Scully, Fordham and […]
2018: Halby’s sportscasting awards; The best and worst, 50 categories
With apologies to Rudy Martzke, the ex-longtime national sports media critic, I humbly share my […]
Happy Thanksgiving: Lots in the broadcast space for which to be thankful!
Thanksgiving is an inclusionary American holiday; a good day for all of […]
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 […]
Halby’s Morsels: Jon Miller on Costas; Alex Faust for Alex Trebek?; Comments OK then – not today
Bob Costas’ spellbinding acceptance speech of Ford Frick Award on July 28th Many are still […]
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 […]
Changing of the network guard in booths and studios + Halby’s Morsels
Smooth Dan Patrick, 62, will not be seen on NBC’s SNF this fall. He’s gone. […]
Cubs’ voice Pat Hughes: Scully, Costas and Bill King are my all-time Sportscasting Grand Masters
In the second part of our series profiling Pat Hughes, the popular radio voice of […]
Network TV’s best ever ‘3-sport’ announcers: Gowdy, Enberg, Jackson, Stockton and Michaels
By David J. Halberstam 10/08/2018 2
With the intersection of the baseball, football and basketball seasons, the country’s most popular […]