Tag: Marty Glickman
The big NBA play-by-play voices during the 60s and 70s; From Hearn, Marv and Most to Karvo and King
The outstanding names by broadcast market in the 60s and 70s: The ten NBA […]
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 […]
In the 90s, broadcast coach Marty Glickman evaluated top network voices; Most had some flaws
As mentioned in Friday’s Glickman piece, I got to know Marty fairly well in […]
Ex-athletes and coaches who are now broadcast analysts assume fans know the jargon – They’re wrong
At one time in the past, whether a person was following a sporting event […]
Halby’s Morsels: Bob Uecker; Clay Travis; ESPN changes; TV and NBA’s early days; Glickman’s son passes
Bob Uecker In the third in its Sounds of Baseball series, MLB Network ran […]
The dozen pioneering voices who popularized the NBA during the league’s early, challenging years
THE NBA’S EARLY YEARS. THE COMPELLING VOICES WHO PAVED THE WAY The NBA had […]
Watch Marty Glickman, Original Voice of the NBA, call the 1964 Final on TV, Russell vs. Chamberlain
By 1940, baseball’s Red Barber, football’s Ted Husing and boxing’s Sam Taub put their pioneering […]
Remembering a legend: Les Keiter, born 100 years ago, called big events and coined colorful phrases
In his twenties, the prodigious Marv Albert was already the sports director of New […]
Is Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game Marv Albert’s last? Icon did his first in 1968 at old Madison Square Garden
Based on reports, it’s quite possible that this Sunday could be Marv Albert’s final […]
Tears of Appreciation: Costas, Enberg, Glickman, Scully and Joe Tait
My mother, bless her heart, has a love for old classical music. When listening to […]
Howard Cosell: Brilliant and Occasionally Rude
In this special retrospective, a panel of some of the top names in the industry share their memories of the late Cosell.