Tag: Curt Gowdy
Does South Florida care enough about College Basketball? Gowdy told me hoops was his best sport
South Florida experienced its most stimulating week of college basketball since Ponce de León landed […]
The accomplishments of the greats and the voices who covered them; Barber, Cosell, Scully and others
This Week in History 11/14 – 11/18 As the baseball award season approaches, let’s look […]
Visiting the past; Remembering a random number of deceased voices, local and national play-by-players
Dick Enberg (1939-2008) Dick was a Midwesterner and a child of Finish parents. The […]
Curt Gowdy: Rise and fall of the dominant play-by-player of his day; The ‘Uncle Al Michaels of his time’
Marty Glickman: “Curt Gowdy was one of the most generous men in the business.” […]
Curt Gowdy: Tutored by Mel Allen, he owned network TV play-by-play, from the 60s through much of the 70s
HISTORIAN CURT SMITH TAKES US THROUGH THE GOLD YEARS OF PLAY-BY-PLAYER CURT GOWDY – PART […]
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 […]
Hawks’ voice, veteran Steve Holman, is having fun as the club is now Atlanta’s center of attention
Steve Holman has been at it for some 37 seasons. He hasn’t missed a […]
Leading network voices: Their early heroes, idols, influences, mentors and professional role models
I reached out to a renowned group of network voices who for decades shepherded millions […]
No NCAA title game Monday night; But the 57 year TV history of the Final Four is full of characters
Here we sit. At home. Some with family. Some not. Some with lots of […]
Aging voices either leave gracefully, tiptoe elsewhere or blemish their images by overstaying their welcome
We’re planning a detailed report within the next two weeks that will include the names […]
Halby’s Morsels: NBA announcer changes; League has 14 voices 70 or over, Curt Gowdy and PC in 1975
Jim Barnett, an eleven year NBA journeyman, did color on Golden State Warriors telecasts […]
NBC’s Curt Gowdy, Voice of 12 World Series, 7 Super Bowls and 9 Final Fours born 100 years ago
GOWDY’S LEGACY: A BIG HEART, A COMMAND OF THE MICROPHONE, A NATURAL WARMTH AND A […]