Covered all sports, but stood out on his golf commentary as reported by Richard Goldstein in The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/18/obituaries/jack-whitaker-dies.html
Posts in the EMF 403 category:
Sunday Night Football announcers have the right chemistry
Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth have built the necessary team chemistry between PBP and Color commentator over 10 years. By Erik Brady from USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2018/09/03/sunday-night-football-al-michaels-cris-collinsworth-big-game/1177400002/
Getting the chance to call a MLB game
Donny Baarns achieves his goal of doing play-by-play of a Major League Baseball game. Kurt Streeter reports in The New York Times: https://nyti.ms/2wDZLlo
Mets’ new voice in the press box is a woman
Marysol Castro is the second woman and first Latina to be a Major League Baseball PA announcer as reported by James Barron in The New York Times: https://nyti.ms/2MDPeQn
Sports radio big for reaching men
Jason Notte reports in The New York Times: https://nyti.ms/2N08cO8
Sportscasters have to be good when their team is bad
Scott Cacciola reports in The New York Times about how the Golden State Warriors’ broadcasters persevered in the losing years of the franchise. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/sports/basketball/golden-state-warriors-nba.html
Women sportscasters still facing criticism from men
Julie DeCardo in The New York Times writes about the latest response to a woman sportscaster. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/sports/nfl-beth-mowins-julie-dicaro.html?_r=0
Bob Wolff Called Don Larsen’s Perfect World Series Game
Richard Sandomir looks back on the highlights of Bob Wolff’s sportscasting career. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/sports/bob-wolff-described-perfection-and-often-hit-the-right-notes.html
Bob Wolff, Hall of Fame Sportscaster dies at 98
Former Washington Senators’ announcer Bob Wolff had a sportscasting career that spanned 8 decades. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/16/sports/bob-wolff-dead-sports-broadcaster.html
NBA play-by-play voice Mike Breen always thinking of ways to improve
From The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/06/sports/basketball/mike-breen-becomes-nba-finals-play-by-play-fixture.html