Steve Nidetz

If college football ever thinks of looking for a commissioner to run its multimillion-dollar industry, Keith Jackson would be an ideal candidate. Among Jackson's concerns are pro leagues drafting underclassmen...

Look for the revamped WCIU-Ch. 26 to land the WB Television Network's Kids' WB service when it launches next year. With Buena Vista Television's "Disney Afternoon" switching this fall to...

It's almost as if Robin Roberts had had enough with pampered athletes. The talented ESPN anchor has begun an occasional series, "In the SportsLight," that airs at 6:30 p.m. Monday....

WFLD-Ch. 32 put the final pieces together Friday for its Bears programming by announcing the hiring of sports anchor Derrin Horton and former All-Pro linebacker Mike Singletary. Besides hosting all...

Fox Sports steps up to bat a second time Friday night when Pat Summerall and John Madden take their road show to New Orleans for the Packers-Saints exhibition game. An...

It's a simple coincidence, say officials at WTTW-Ch. 11. It's a nasty bit of counterprogramming, say officials at WYIN-Ch. 56. What has the one PBS station in a lather over...

Without baseball, there were more than a few people viewing Fox Broadcasting's first NFL telecast Friday night. One of those was in Tulsa, where CBS Sports anchor Jim Nantz, feeling...

Humorist Garrison Keillor, comic Red Skelton, Los Angeles TV-radio personality Gary Owens, "The Burns and Allen Show" and format innovator Gordon McLendon have been chosen the 1994 inductees of the...

With a players strike looming, SportsChannel has made plans for a precedent-setting special, "Diamond in the Rough," to air instead of a Twins-White Sox game at 7 p.m. Friday. Not...

An experiment by a Minneapolis CBS-TV affiliate that will allow viewers to decide the kind of news they want to watch at 10 p.m. may be an "interesting concept" but...