Steve Nidetz

The death Tuesday night of ESPN`s Peter Rogot, 37, left everyone at the network`s Bristol, Conn., headquarters ''in total shock,'' said an ESPN spokesman. ''People were reminded of the real...

As ESPN begins its second season of wall-to-wall baseball coverage with a day-night double-header Monday, network officials contemplate these changes: Fewer shared feeds, more cut-ins and better sound. More originations...

A Tradition Unlike Any Other, or Everybody Out of the (Office) Pool. 11:04 a.m. Saturday: CBS` Andrea Joyce begins a preview of the NCAA women`s semifinals, but why is she...

Perhaps no other golfer has a closer relationship with the Nabisco Dinah Shore tournament than Judy Rankin. Rankin almost won the inaugural meet in 1972 before capturing what has become...

What better way for NBC to drain some of the audience away from CBS` coverage of the NCAA basketball tournament this weekend than to show some figure skating? And not...

There have been discussions recently about the National Football League and National Basketball Association using pay-per-view telecasts. NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue has gone so far as to talk about an...

John Rooney will become Mr. Popularity on radio this month, calling play- by-play for several Bulls games on WLUP, all White Sox games on WMAQ and Northwestern and Missouri basketball...

It isn`t easy to associate Dick Button with the behemoths who have populated the ''Superstars'' competition. But Button, the glib and urbane figure skater-turned-analyst, has had almost a lifelong association...

Illinois football and basketball fans may have to get used to new voices next fall when Learfield Communications takes over the Illini`s radio network. The Jefferson City, Mo., outfit is...

Some of the names are familiar, some aren`t. CBS has picked its eight teams of play-by-play men and analysts for its coverage of the first and second round of next...