Steve Nidetz

If you`re looking for ''ambience'' at the ballpark, you usually seek out the hot dogs, the beer stand or the people in the stands. Bob Schulein seeks out the noise....

Well, it had to happen sooner or later. Or maybe it was the lateness of the hour. Whatever the reason, WLS-Ch. 7 finally put together a decent production of a...

Ready or not, Chet Coppock is going national. The indefatigable WLUP Radio host of ''Coppock on Sports'' will be part of the National Basketball Association`s radio network put together this...

Perhaps the most amazing thing to happen during ABC`s coverage of the PGA Championship occurred early in Sunday`s telecast. That`s when Roger Twibell, never known as an outspoken commentator, tossed...

It isn`t often a network can be held blameless for something that happens to it. Such is the case of ABC and the PGA Championship fiasco. Through no fault of...

Bob Greenberg is vacationing in Florida this week, trying to cool off after being fired last week by WBEZ Radio. Pink slips are a way of life for most radio...

The uncertain status of the Illinois basketball team almost left it without a television outlet in Chicago next season. If there is a next season for the Fighting Illini. The...

A summer night. In the country. Quiet. Except for the radio. The voices of Joe Nuxhall and Marty Brennaman. WLW in Cincinnati. A pennant race heating up in the National...

For once, Jack Brickhouse didn`t know what to say. The man who always had a ready ''hey-hey'' or an ''atta boy, Ernie'' or a ''whee!'' just stood at the curb...

ABC Sports has lost many of its top-drawer events to other networks and cable companies, but usually it dazzles viewers with outstanding productions of what events it has. Unfortunately, last...