I started the Classic Sports TV and Media blog on 12/30/2011, so yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of this site. For the benefit of...
I started the Classic Sports TV and Media blog on 12/30/2011, so yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of this site. For the benefit of...
38 years ago tomorrow, Dick Enberg and Billy Packer called their first game together, a matchup of UCLA at Maryland. At the time, college ...
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the NCAA tournament, CBS has an interesting array of special programming planned . The celebration k...
The next episode of the ESPN Films series SEC Storied chronicles Kentucky basketball player Sam Bowie and his injury plagued career . Bowi...
With the 40th anniversary of The Immaculate Reception approaching, here is a look at the original NBC call of that controversial Franco Ha...
The final edition of the NFL Network series A Football Life focuses on the controversial Franco Harris touchdown near the end of the 1972 ...
One Night in March , a documentary which chronicles the 1963 Mississippi State basketball team and its participation in the NCAA tournament ...
The latest installment of the NFLN series A Football Life profiles Hall of Fame running back Marcus Allen. The one-hour documentary premi...
The next edition of the fabulous ESPN 30 for 30 series chronicles the legendary Bo Jackson who achieved success in both MLB and the NFL. ...
This week marks the 33rd anniversary of the first college basketball game televised by ESPN . On 12/5/1979, the 3-month old cable network ai...
The next edition of the must-see NFL Network documentary series A Football Life profiles the career and life of Hall of Fame running back B...
The NBC Sports Network is presenting a documentary which profiles Hall of Fame running back Earl Campbell . After an outstanding career at ...
33 years ago yesterday, the legendary duo of Pat Summerall and John Madden called an NFL game on CBS for the first time. This was in 1979...
Despite what many media reports would have you believe, a significant first in sports TV history took place on Saturday 11/16/1968. That eve...
The next installment of the fantastic series A Football Life on NFL Network profiles the colorful Hall of Fame running back John Riggins ....
If you have access to Fox Sports Southwest (DirecTV 676), check out the special programming lineup planned for Thurs 11/22 which focuses ...
One of the staples of the original ABC Monday Night Football production was the halftime highlights segment narrated by Howard Cosell . Thi...
While my primary focus in this blog is historical sports broadcasting, I also appreciate research efforts covering any aspect of sports hist...
The next installment of the ESPN 30 for 30 series chronicles an interesting quest to return the original rules of basketball document to...
Keith Jackson became the #1 college football announcer on ABC in 1974. Starting in 1976, ABC also held a share of the baseball TV package a...
The great NFL Network series A Football Life continues with Fearsome Foursome which profiles the 1960s defensive line of the Los Angele...
The next episode of the tremendous ESPN Films 30 for 30 documentary series focuses on the 100 meter track finals at the 1988 Olympics in ...
The most fascinating historical broadcast aspect of the excellent Golf Channel documentary War by the Shore on the 1991 Ryder Cup was the...
While the Ryder Cup currently receives extensive TV coverage, this event was largely ignored by American TV networks for many years. Here is...
On Tuesday 9/25 at 9pm ET, Golf Channel will premiere a documentary on the 1991 Ryder Cup matches from the Kiawah Island Ocean Course. The ...
I was saddened to learn of the passing of NFL Films president Steve Sabol today. Steve (along with his father Ed) contributed so much to th...
My first memories of following baseball come from the 1969 season and the New York Mets tremendous broadcast team of Lindsey Nelson , Bob M...
Here is an ABC regional college football telecast from 11/12/1977 between Division 3 rivals Wabash and DePauw with a young Jim Lampley cal...
33 years ago today at 7 pm ET, ESPN launched and its first program was SportsCenter. Lee Leonard was the first voice on the air on the Tota...
Tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of the September 5th terrorist act against Israeli athletes and coaches at the 1972 Summer Olympics in M...
Here is my review of the episode in the ESPN Classic series on the 1972 Munich games which focused on the Olympic marathon. Jim McKay calle...
The USA Track Controversy episode in the great ESPN Classic series on the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics focused on the following events: spr...
The next three Tuesdays, Golf Channel will be re-airing original NBC telecast footage from previous classic Ryder Cup matches . Here is th...
One of the episodes in the ESPN Classic series on the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics focused on USA basketball. This 2-hour special (which ...
Over the next two weeks, ESPN Classic is running a series to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1972 Summer Olympics. These episodes titled ...
Recently the Dodgers announced that the legendary Vin Scully will return in 2013 for a 64th season of broadcasting games for the franchise...
One of the best episodes from the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary series was Pony Exce$$ which chronicled the 1980s SMU football program. An NC...
Golf Channel is premiering a film on Mon 8/13 at 9 pm ET which chronicles the impact of Sam Snead , Byron Nelson , and Ben Hogan on the g...
Want to hear Curt Gowdy announcing a swimming race? Here is a video of the women's 4x100m freestyle relay from the 1976 Olympics in Mon...
I stumbled onto an interesting feature on a blog which contains images of the broadcaster logos for the United States networks which telev...
Here is perhaps the most famous gymnastics performance of all time. D uring the team competition of the 1972 Olympics in Munich. 17-year ol...
While the 1972 Summer Olympics are unfortunately best known for the terrorist attack on Sept 5, the Munich games featured many memorable eve...
Recently, I posted about the MSG Vault episode which included footage from the CBS telecast of the 1967 NIT championship game featuring Wal...
Sports Radio 66 WFAN in New York celebrates its 25th anniversary this weekend . On 7/1/1987 radio station WHN 1050 AM transformed from a co...
The MSG Vault series on MSG Network will feature color video from the original CBS telecast of the 1967 NIT championship game . In that co...
On Saturday 6/23 at 9 pm ET, ESPN Classic is re-airing the Battle of the Sexes tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs durin...
ESPN Classic is replaying many past Wimbledon championship matches over the next week. The broadcast team of Dick Enberg and Bud Collins ...
NBC will air a documentary titled The 1962 US Open: Jack's First Major on Sunday 6/17 at 2 pm ET. This USGA special co-produced by Ross ...
NBA TV is premiering a documentary on the 1992 USA Olympic basketball team on Wed 6/13 at 9 pm ET titled The Dream Team . This special con...
Tomorrow marks the 36th anniversary of the most memorable NBA game I have ever viewed. The Boston Celtics defeated the Phoenix Suns in tripl...
ESPN Classic is replaying the original ABC telecasts of several Indy 500s . ABC provided live coverage of the 500 starting in 1986. Prior to...
Today marks the 31st anniversary of the controversial "watermelon grin" remark made by CBS analyst Rick Barry . It took place earl...
ESPN Classic will replay game 6 of the 1975 World Series (Reds-Red Sox) on Mon 4/30 at 3 pm ET. The game ended on a Carlton Fisk 12th innin...
I recorded the recent CBS special Jim Nantz Remembers Augusta: The 1987 Masters which included footage from the final round of the original...
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the infamous 4/6/1987 Al Campanis interview on the ABC Nightline program which was the focus of a recen...
The latest edition of Jim Nantz Remembers Augusta will focus on the 1987 Masters tournament. CBS will air this one-hour special on Sunday ...