Jack Brickhouse earned a statue for decades of calling sports in Chicago; Left for one season with NY Giants

After the war, in 1945, Larry MacPhail took administrative charge of the Yankees and he […]


Aqib is a setback of sorts to TNF’s TV launch; Top deceased network voices, first in a series

A Sad occurrence Aqib Talib, the former cornerback who spent 12 years in the NFL, […]


Halby’s Morsels: More changes; Will Fox put Jim Gray on with Tom Brady? Joe Garagiola and Harry Carry

Tom Brady You have to wonder. What kind of broadcaster will Tom Brady wind […]


Four generations of Carays! Harry, Skip, Chip and now identical twins Chris and Stefan Caray are in AA

Chris and Stefan Caray: Double-A’s bright stars – making ishtory The minor league baseball […]


Chicago, a city of ultra-passionate sports fans: Most popular dozen of all-time play-by-play voices

The city’s 12 most popular sports voices ever, those men who’ve presided over the clubs’ […]


The 10 noisiest announcer firings; From networks to local voices, from CBS’ Musburger to the Yanks’ Allen

There have been some noisy firings (often labeled euphemistically as “not renewed”) Media firings […]


Halby’s Morsels: ESPN’s MNF, Fowler and Herbstreit?; Jack Buck and more

ESPN – Monday Night Football Michael McCarthy of Front Office Sports reported recently that ESPN […]


MLB Network airs special on Jack Buck, a larger than life personality; Bob Costas and Tom Verducci host

Jack Buck was a storyteller. He spun yarns, engrossed listeners and could tell war […]


Halby’s Morsels: It’s all in the family with names like Albert, Caray, Kelly, Kuiper and Lazarus; Mike Tirico +

First, a programming note. Columnist Dan Mason had a lengthy interview yesterday with the most […]


President Bill Clinton grew up listening to Harry Caray on Cardinals radio; Hillary loved the Cubs

“American Presidents, like great French restaurants,” said the writer and educator S. Douglass Cater, “have […]


Monte Moore: Longtime A’s Voice: “My Worst Year was 1970 with Harry Caray”

Voice of 3 World Series on NBC says Charles Finley’s son was the ‘The Spy in the Sky,’ not him.


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

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