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ESPN's first ten years: The dozen anchors and personalities who …
Feb 11, 2019 · Top 12 ESPN personalities through its first decade,1979-1989 . In 1979, the country had all of 16 million cable subscribers. With spartan quarters, few viewers and little resources, ESPN launched its first program on September 7, …
The top ten women who cover the NBA: From Malika Andrews and …
Nov 12, 2020 · In recent years, more women have been reporting on NBA in various capacities, sideline reporters, analysts, hosts and interviewers. Here is a list of the top ten of recent years.
Tony Kubek, 86, a longtime Yankee and NBC MLB broadcaster, …
May 12, 2022 · A quarter-century ago, network television weekly ferried baseball across the land. Today streaming, cable, and local TV carry most all regular-season coverage, the sport less part of our cultural landscape.
Sideline Reporting: Underappreciated or Unnecessary? The early …
Jul 1, 2019 · Just a few years later, Lesley Visser began her career as a sideline reporter for CBS. Visser had been the first NFL beat reporter for The Boston Globe, a newspaper voted by Sports Illustrated as the number one sports section of all-time.. As Visser entered the unfamiliar world of field reporting, she was young and TV inexperienced.
NHL's all-time best voices: Broken down by American and …
Apr 15, 2020 · NHL: A break out of the best ever announcers in the United States and Canada, play-by-play and analysts. Additionally, six great future voices. From Doc Emrick to Dan Kelly and from pioneer Foster Hewitt to John Davidson, the list of best hockey voices is likely to stir debate on both sides of the border.
Lesley Visser on sideline reporters: “It's kind of become a …
Jul 3, 2019 · Part two of a series exploring sideline reporting, a role introduced in 1974. In February, 2020, it was announced that Lesley Visser would receive a lifetime achievement award from the Sports Emmys—the first woman to be honored as such
Instant replay continues to evolve as sports’ most important …
Feb 7, 2019 · 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 replay into its own industry of sorts
Ray Scott: Born 100 years ago, Voiced 4 Super Bowls; Minimalist …
Jun 14, 2019 · Ray Scott: Born 100 years ago, Voiced 4 Super Bowls; Minimalist helped shape TV announcers’ roles Scott took a back seat to the screen, he let the cameras tell the story; Costas: “Ray's influence on Pat Summerall is obviously significant”
The colorful career of Brent Musburger, A prominent 50 years …
Feb 19, 2024 · That Cosell and Musburger haven’t gotten it has to be politics. That Bill King hasn’t gotten it is pure ignorance. But on Cosell and Musburger, who were sometimes compared (and at one point ABC courted Musburger to essentially take over Cosell’s role, as I recall, before he eventually wound up there), they were controversial figures.