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With decades of experience in the broadcast booth and on the field, the renowned FOX NFL game and studio broadcast teams ...
It’s been decades since beer commercials were allowed on NFL (and other leagues) TV games broadcasts. Then a few years ago, ...
CURT SMITH is the author of 18 books, including Voices of The Game, recently named by Esquire magazine among “the 100 Best Baseball Books Ever Written.” His latest is the official Hall of Fame book, ...
Longtime network TV executive Kevin O'Malley helped pluck the rights to the NCAA Tournament from NBC 40 years ago. He takes us through the interesting granular that landed CBS the rights, beginning in ...
Let me begin with this. I don’t think any of us appreciate the work and dedication of Dave Goren, NSMA’a Executive Director. He puts his heart into the job and doesn’t seem to ever lose it. Not easy.
The Heidi Game 50 years later; Those who remember the end won’t forget it, those who don’t, won’t believe it NBC's play-by-play voice Curt Gowdy: "The Heidi Game was the greatest promotion the AFL ...
Little has been said. The subject himself didn't realize it. Fifty years ago, Bill White, 87, was hired by the Yankees. He was the first Black play-by-play announcer hired by a professional team.
College football’s most popular team announcers ever, an 11 man field of legendary voices across America As college football celebrates its 150th season, we recognize the eleven most popular team ...
Play-by-play voices connected by happenstance Halberstam It’s been 32 years since the deadly crash of United Airlines flight #232 in Sioux City, Iowa. The DC-10 was en route from Denver to Chicago ...
Historian Curt Smith answers mystery question: Why Mel Allen was fired by GM Ralph Houk in ’64 Misprescribed addictive treatment by Dr. Max Jacobson - aka 'Dr. Feelgood' - slowed announcing legend's ...
Another big weekend of football - On the college gridiron, tons of games. See full sked, all announcers and broadcast notes.
Sideline Reporting: Underappreciated or Unnecessary? The early history and those who fashioned the role The first two, Jim Lampley and Don Tollefson, were students when hired to work a 1974 ABC ...