It’s been decades since beer commercials were allowed on NFL (and other leagues) TV games broadcasts. Then a few years ago, ...

Just this past April Brent Musburger received the Pete Rozelle award for “longtime exceptional contributions to radio and ...

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, ...

Chris Short eight of their last 12 games. Ten straight losses wrote finis. The Reds and Cardinals led Philadelphia by a game ...

In the sports broadcasting world, announcers are often treated by management as necessary but still disposable commodities, who can easily be replaced. That has been true since the early days of ...

On Friday, I got this unsolicited note from a man who had quite an impact on TV play-by-play. It was sent by Mike Patrick who had great influence on the NFL, college football, college basketball, the ...

As State sisters, stare one another in their rivals’ eyes, the longtime contenders, Michigan State Spartans and Michigan Wolverines are now marred for a variety of reasons. CBS, Fox, ABC NBC and Fox ...

Another weekend of College football; The depth of telecasts from the Eastern Time through the West is gripping and overwhelming. Look it over ...

NFL TV continues to explode; This past spring and summer were spawning times for sports voices 30+ years of details of NFL network history ...

Bill Hillgrove will only do college sports – fully – U of Pitt Football and hoops I was very surprised to see that Pittsburgh’s Bill Hillgrove is leaving his Steelers’ position after 30 years. His ...

The Knicks won their first of two NBA championships in 1970. Willis Reed was their big man. He passed last Tuesday at age 80. Only three of the starters are still alive. Dave DeBusschere died in 2003 ...

Top 100 local play-by-play broadcasters since the birth of radio in 1921, a century ago, and TV in 1947, ...