Steve Nidetz

Where was "The Star Spangled Banner?" Perhaps no moment crystallizes a Blackhawks home game more than Wayne Messmer's rendition of the national anthem. Instead, viewers of ABC's Sunday NHL-playoff telecast...

For CBS' Greg Gumbel, the next two weeks will be like a dream come true-with a little bit of irony. Gumbel, who grew up on the South Side and was...

The Blackhawks' game Sunday won't be the only Stanley Cup playoff contest receiving network coverage. While the Hawks' Norris Division contest will be seen in the Midwest (including WLS-Ch. 7)...

For Jim Angio, these are the best of times and the worst of times. No, Angio isn't a character from a Dickens novel, but rather a producer/director at SportsChannel who...

As host of USA Network's coverage of the Masters, Bill Macatee is kind of like the setup man on a baseball team. His job, no matter how well he does...

ESPN begins its fourth-and what could be final-year of almost nightly baseball telecasts Monday. The cable network already has announced it is backing off an option to renew the current...

Player taunting, which became a hot topic during the NFL playoffs in January, has turned up again this week at the NCAA Final Four in New Orleans in the form...

While the ratings aren't as big as the Super Bowl or the viewership as international as the NBA Finals, the NCAA basketball tournament has established itself as the great national...

The CBS production of "The NCAA Basketball Championship Selection Show," which airs at 5:30 p.m. Sunday on WBBM-Ch. 2, is bare-bones television-just a host, a few charts, a couple of...

From a radio and TV perspective, few changes are in store for the upcoming baseball season. CBS and ESPN are in the final year of their national contracts. The White...