`SUPER’ HYPE’S LOUD, PUT IT’S PAYING OFF
As has been the case the last few years, the hype surrounding NBC's plans for the Super Bowl pregame and halftime shows is almost drowning out the hype surrounding the...
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FOLEY’S BROADCASTS STILL RINGING TRUE AFTER 1,000 GAMES WITH BLACKHAWKS
When Pat Foley started broadcasting Blackhawks games, he says he had one goal in mind: "I was trying to make it to a second year." That was nearly 14 years-and...
FRATELLO ANALYZES BULLS’ ROUGH GOING
Mike Fratello, who says he's "pumped up" for his return Sunday as game analyst to the weekly grind of NBC's National Basketball Association telecasts, figures the network's Bulls-Spurs contest is...
WAR, FOOTBALL COMPETE FOR EQUAL TIME
This was it. Sunday was the pro football fan's favorite day-the back-to-back AFC and NFC title games, the Final Four of the NFL, the real Super Sunday. And it began...
NO PLANS TO RETIRE, SAYS CARAY
Harry Caray isn't the retiring sort. So when a rumor raced through Friday's opening of the Cubs Convention that the ageless broadcaster planned to retire after the 1994 season, he...
IN THIS DANCE, TV’S TOO WILLING A PARTNER
What started out as celebration-and has turned into what John Madden calls "puffing up" for the network TV cameras-has become a side issue to the National Football League playoffs. The...
NOW IT’S `SPORTS WRITERS’ SPINOFFS
John Roach loves cable television. And no wonder. The former producer at such local networks' affiliates as WLS-Ch. 7 and WBBM-Ch. 2 has found honor and glory at SportsChannel Chicago....
FIRST A SHOW, NOW SPINOFFS FOR TV’S `SPORTS WRITERS’
John Roach loves cable television. And no wonder. The former producer at such local networks' affiliates as WLS-Ch. 7 and WBBM-Ch. 2 has found honor and glory at SportsChannel Chicago....
TOO MUCH GOLF? ABC THINKS NOT
The PGA Tour, the only sport with an endless summer, began again this week with the Tournament of Champions. If it seems like only a few days ago that the...
TRIPLECAST BAD IDEA IN A YEAR FULL OF THEM
What kind of a year was it in the world of sports television and radio? It was the year of shrinking dollars and shrinking expectations. When CBS executives crowed about...