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

To Dixie, the Lost Cause meant the Civil War; the Republican Party, beating Franklin D. Roosevelt; the New York Mets, a ...

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, ...

By Arthur Solomon  For years, many years, I’ve been writing and telling PR practitioners […] ...

The history is long but choppy. Through its first 30 plus years, the NBA couldn't get a full grip of its coverage on network television, even the Finals. This is an interesting chronology.

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 ...

All-time, top-20 NFL broadcasters: Those who also played the game Sal Siino stacks 'em up based on popularity as announcer, on the field performance and value of card ...

As ESPN grew into a national treasure after its birth in 1979, the critical role that local television news played to provide sports news and highlights, faded badly. Later, the internet and mobile ...

1964: Baseball’s best broadcasting year, top to bottom; 25 eventual HOF Ford Frick winners were on the air Allen's last season with the Yankees; First 22 Frick winners were still behind the mic in '64 ...

Instant replay continues to evolve as sports’ most important technology, from accuracy to good TV viewing Getting the call right, league nerve centers and expert commentators in the booth have turned ...

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 ...