Four decades ago, most of the sports television universe consisted of the three New York-based networks – ABC, CBS, and NBC. Sounds very simple, right? Exclusivity was a very big deal to each of ...

It was announced late yesterday that Phyllis George passed on Thursday night. She was 70 years old. A former Miss America, George was the first woman who was prominently and regularly visible on ...

In this third installment in our series, Sports Broadcast Journal continues our journey down memory lane. Today, we shift our focus to the Top 20 all-time announcer, football cards. In our next ...

Buck Martinez has done about all you can ask during a long life in the Big Leagues. He has been around since 1969 when he was a rookie catcher for the expansion Kansas City Royals. After completing a ...

Announcers say things on-air or circulate tweets that end their careers. Do they deserve a death sentence? It’s been a rough stretch for broadcasters. Only the guarded survive. Some voices spend an ...

Visser: When I asked then Patriots’ coach Chuck Fairbanks about one of his linebackers he said, “Why don’t you go to lunch with my daughter, you’re about the same age.” For decades, Lesley Visser’s ...

Editor’s Note: Jake Baskin is a dedicated student of play-by-play and sports broadcast history. He has a particular passion for hockey. Jake assessed NHL broadcasters and stacked up the sport’s ...

Because of an historic pandemic and record breaking game cancellations, 2020 won’t go down as the year of the play-by-play voice. It’s been the year of alternative programming, be it in the studio, ...

David J. Halberstam David is a 40-year + industry veteran who served as play-by-play announcer for St. John's University basketball in New York and as radio play-by-play voice of the Miami Heat in ...

You’ll need ‘em, that’s a promise. And, if you don’t use ‘em, you’re either lying – or have no pulse. Perhaps both. This isn’t a baseball story – although the main character is one of the greatest ...

Fifty years ago this past February, Bill White was introduced to the media as the third member of the New York Yankees broadcast team. He joined Phil Rizzuto and Frank Messer. In the story that Maury ...

As NFL viewers well know, ESPN’s Suzy Kolber is visible, reliable, spot-on and smooth. An integral member of the network’s NFL coverage for 18 years, Suzy started on the Sunday Night sidelines in 2001 ...