Steve Nidetz

When Bill Raftery first arrived on the TV scene in the early `80s, he was just another former coach trying to find a niche as an analyst. Today, Raftery is...

Lisa Seltzer is just a snippet of a thing. Slight even by female standards. So when a certain unnamed hockey announcer first encountered Seltzer, he did what any red-blooded, macho...

Jim McKay loves horse racing. Always has. Always will. McKay, whose broadcasting start was a racing show from Pimlico in 1947, will be hosting his 15th Kentucky Derby telecast for...

There`s a chance, and more than a thin one, the state high school boys` basketball tournament may return to its rightful place on Chicago television. After seeing the Class AA...

''Sunday Night Baseball'' on ESPN may never replace the ''Game of the Week,'' but it won`t be from lack of trying. ESPN, which is paying $100 million a year in...

A couple of weeks ago, Blackhawks announcer Pat Foley was welcoming SportsChannel Bay Area onto the SportsChannel America hockey network. After the usual plaudits and introductions, Foley paused for a...

Ferdie Pacheco remembers Zaire all too well. So, when the former physician to Muhammad Ali (and current NBC boxing analyst) and NBC producer David Neal were sent to Kinshasa recently...

Covering the White Sox and Cubs made for a rough weekend at WGN-Ch.9. First, Ken Harrelson, because of a scheduling mixup, didn`t show for Saturday night`s Sox game against the...

Weather permitting, Jack Buck`s unnecessarily long wait for national recognition will end a little after noon on Saturday. Buck, 65, will team with ABC refugee Tim McCarver as CBS inaugurates...

Instead of a baseball game, Wrigley Field was treated Wednesday to a verbal jousting match. The opponents: WGN-Ch. 9 sportscaster Harry Caray and umpiring crew chief Harry Wendelstedt. Caray, at...