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 ...

So much of NFL Films’ history is about its captivating footage, the close-ups and the slomos of gridiron heroes fighting for every last yard. Yet, what resonates and rings in our ears are the great ...

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 ...

When we began celebrating broadcasting’s 100th birthday, it was a salute to radio, born in 1921. Home television ownership, a rarity during the 1940’s, grew in the post-war boom years of the 1950’s.

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 ...

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 ...

At some point in the early 80s, I was at a private function at Madison Square Garden. Don Imus was there too and must have been drunk, stoned or both. Don didn’t know me from a hole in the wall when ...

Howard Katz, NFL broadcast head: “That couldn’t and wouldn’t happen today. And yes, social media would certainly erupt.” The Heidi Game could never happen now but it did then, fifty years ago this ...

When AM radio dominated the electronic medium, it began with a moniker, the Grand Daddy, the Rose Bowl. NBC’s first nationwide broadcast began in 1927, in Pasadena. The Orange and Sugar Bowls ...

Top 20 Sideline Reporters All-Time: (Editor’s Note: Marcus Gronauer spent a chunk of time doing a multi-part series on sideline reporters. He studied the history of sideline reporting which dates back ...

The ceremony honoring this year’s Ford Frick winner, Bob Costas, will be held Saturday evening in Cooperstown, New York, home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Bob is the 42nd winner of the ...

As we approach the end of college football’s 150th regular season, let’s salute the unforgettable team of eleven voices who will remind many of crisp Saturdays. For scores of years, these legendary ...