Steve Nidetz

Pat O'Brien is sitting in the CBS production trailer before the start of the American League Championship Series. Resplendently attired as usual, O'Brien is talking about his career as the...

The words tumble from Greg Gumbel's mouth. Words like "thrilled" and "ecstatic" describe the enthusiasm he feels for his latest CBS Sports assignment. For the kid from De La Salle...

The only question, of course, is, Why didn't MTV think of this first? Instead, at 6:30 p.m. Friday, ESPN launches its own version of rock 'n' roll sports titled-appropriately-ESPN2. Or...

Without warning, WLUP-AM switched to its long-discussed all-sports format Monday morning. "It wasn't a sudden switch," said Loop General Manager Larry Wert. But because of other moves (for instance, the...

Perhaps the timing could have been better, but SportsChannel's programming merger with Prime Network has worked out nicely, according to Jim Corno. "My biggest fear when we went into (the...

Commissioner David Stern to the contrary, the war between the National Basketball Association and superstations is far from over. The league's legal battle with the Bulls and WGN-Ch. 9 resumes...

The National Basketball Association signed a four-year contract extension Tuesday with Turner Broadcasting that includes a revenue-sharing agreement and the addition of superstation TBS as a "Game of the Week"...

While the National Basketball Association has begun mining Europe for additional television revenue, other sports entities have taken a back seat. At no time was this more evident than during...

Wouldn't you know it? While waiting for WLUP-AM to finally make its long-awaited move to all-sports and WSCR-AM to finally get FCC approval for 24-hour programming, WMAQ-AM slips in the...

After a slow start in which his clothes spoke louder than he did, Mike Ditka finally got off some Iron Mike-isms in his debut Sunday on NBC's revamped "NFL Live."...