Ten prodigious voices who leaped into play-by-play instantly and enjoyed a sustained career

Precocious Starters  I’m sure there are more. Yet great leaps right out of the […]


Can Denver win its first ever NBA title tonight? Last ABA game ever in 1976 was also Al vs. Steve Albert

The NBA Finals might end Monday night or it can extend further. ABC has […]


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 […]


Halby’s Morsels: The Good and bad; Dulcet voices: Ones that carry; Gus Johnson pursues PHD

Charley Steiner is cutting back. Tim Neverett is getting more takes. Has the basics […]


NBA: FULL list of NBA voices for 2021-22; All 30 teams; Off-season changes, ESPN and Turner

The NBA tipped off its 2021-22 schedule last week. As for broadcasters, the off-season was […]


Marv Albert, the chronology of an on-air legend: His rise, fall and amazing rebirth from the ashes of a scandal

Marv Albert’s career started when he was a teen in the late 1950s shadowing […]


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: Not sure that Al Michaels is headed to Amazon; Marv dissed by MSG; NBA’s best TV trio

Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reported last week that Amazon Prime which […]


Halby’s Morsels: NBA Studio, ESPN vs. TNT; Mayne, Berman, Tirico, Levy, Hicks, Nantz, Harlan, local voices

NBA shoulder programming in-studio: ESPN vs. Turner On ESPN’s media call Monday, I asked […]


Marv Albert calls it a day, a month before his 80th birthday; He’ll retire after calling NBA’s Eastern Finals

It was time and I think he knew it. The pounding he was taking […]


Halby’s Morsels: Changes behind the mic; Real heroes; Scully; Uecker; Amazon voices and Ratings

As reported here earlier, Chris Webber has told friends and colleagues that he thinks his […]


Halby’s Morsels: Is the sports world losing young fans? NFL’s Christmas Tree Game; Marv Albert

Ford Frick Award This year the award will go to an accomplished network broadcaster. […]