Steve Nidetz

Bud Collins can grate on your nerves. There, that said, Bud Collins also is a walking encyclopedia of tennis minutiae, a gregarious personality, a television pioneer-and a great guy. This...

John Naber, who covered Mark Spitz`s nationally televised comeback attempt for ABC, said the swimming hero of the 1972 Olympic Games should make up his mind on what his goals...

What started as just another syndicated sports series has turned into a national institution. How popular is ''This Week in Baseball''? Recently, when Indians rookie Mark Lewis fell into a...

Those NBA Finals ratings numbers are keeping NBC officials-and not only those in sports-happy. Take Friday night, for instance. Recently an ABC fortress, Friday nights had become a dumping ground...

From the ''What Must It Be Like To Be Michael Jordan?'' tease to a closing shot of Bulls stars Jordan and Scottie Pippen laughing on the bench, Sunday night`s NBC...

How the mighty have fallen. Or so you`d think. Here was Brent Musburger, former CBS anchor monster. On the phone. Talking about the World Bowl. Huh? The what? In case...

Wisely and well, NBC decided to let the marquee matchup of this year`s NBA Finals tell its own story. Seldom have announcers and cameras at a major sports event been...

Outside of the football bowl games, no event on the sporting calendar is as inextricably (and, in a sense, romantically) tied to a holiday as the Indianapolis 500. Memories of...

It isn`t one of the great mysteries, but trying to find out who killed the Big Four Classic may take an Inspector Poirot. Or at least Inspector Clouseau. ''It wasn`t...

Look out Fat Albert, here comes Big George. George Foreman signed a four-year contract Thursday with HBO to become a broadcaster. He`ll make his debut in Saturday night`s HBO telecast...