In 1974 CBS president Bob Wussler hired Jane Chastain, who was a well-prepared, terrific sports reporter who understood pro ...

Dave Sims always wanted to break into the broadcasting and/or radio. He’s always spirited and but TV. He was raised in Philly, and moved to New York. Sims arrived in Seattle, Washington. And ...

(Left to right) Adam Silver grew up under the brilliant tutelage of David Stern. Dick Ebersol had a handle on both the busineess and production side. (R-L) Greg Popovich is leaving the Spurs after 29 ...

There is no statistic that accurately states the number of sportscasters in the United States, but one thing is certain, it’s a highly competitive business (as is the public relations business).

A quiet fellow, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is beginning to get some well-deserved attention. He’s been with Miami for 15 seasons and won two titles. Michael Malone has also bounced around, four ...

Joe Buck will be back in did Major League Baseball after many years calling baseball nationally. Buck, 55, started his career in Football and basketball telecasts. He’s the son of icon Jack Buck, an ...

Some of the commentators and event analysts of the recently concluded Paris Olympics were considerably better than those in the last few Olympic Games televised by NBCUniversal. But that doesn’t mean ...

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 ...

Like it or not, TV is still considered an analyst’s medium. The role of a second announcer evolved slowly, mostly in the 1960s. Few of the early telecasts were defined and established. It took lots 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 ...

Network broadcasting has come a long way dealing with point spreads since Jimmy The Greek used to get around it by saying, “The Cowboys will win by a field goal.” That, of course, was nearly 50 years ...

Baseball broadcast historian Curt Smith, author of The Presidents and the Pastime, also penned the seminal book, Voices of the Game In 1962, ABC television named Curt Gowdy to broadcast the ...