Steve Nidetz

Merlin Olsen isn`t expecting any pick-me-up bouquets. Olsen, the soft-spoken FTD pitchman, was the odd man out earlier this week when NBC hired former San Francisco 49ers coach Bill Walsh...

NBC Sports made Bill Walsh an offer he couldn`t refuse. Walsh, who coached the San Francisco 49ers to three Super Bowl championships, resigned Monday as the team`s executive vice president...

NBC Sports made Bill Walsh an offer he couldn`t refuse. Walsh, who coached the San Francisco 49ers to three Super Bowl championships, resigned Monday as the team`s executive vice president...

NBC`s Wimbledon coverage, hampered by rain delays and technical snafus, was spotty at best. Dick Enberg was his usual competent play-by-play self. But analyst Bud Collins, with the exception of...

When a Soviet jet fighter crashed into a Belgian house Tuesday, the first camera crew on the scene was from, of all places, ABC Sports. The crew happened to be...

Two of the most prestigious golf tournaments were held last weekend-the U.S. Senior Open and the Western Open. And, with few exceptions, you couldn`t find more boring television anywhere else...

Frank Wright admits he`s ''not a song-and-dance man'' when it comes to horse-racing coverage. Wright, who spent 15 years working with CBS Sports in its heyday of Triple Crown coverage...

The National Basketball Association takes its draft of college players to prime time Tuesday. Which will present more than the usual share of problems for TBS and producer Craig Silver...

Ara Parseghian is retiring-again. The former Notre Dame and Northwestern football coach told CBS Thursday he no longer would be an in-studio analyst. A CBS official said Parseghian, 66, ''was...

Arthur Ashe returns next week to the scene of one of his greatest triumphs. In 1975, just five days short of his 32d birthday, Ashe upset 22-year-old defending champion Jimmy...