What would we do without the NFL? That question won’t have to be answered since the league and its players worked out an agreement to save the season. Not only did DirecTV breathe a huge sigh of relief, so did ESPN and its gaggle of analysts who would otherwise have little to gab about. It…

With 100° temperatures burning up most of the country it may seem like an odd time to talk about the NHL. But I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to praise Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, the outstanding broadcaster elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame the other day. While Emrick does great work on nationally broadcast games,…

Mitch Williams performs similarly in his role as an analyst on the MLB Network as he did as a reliever in the big leagues. He just lets fly. The ex-MLB/Phillies closer is most famous for allowing Joe Carter’s bomb for the Blue Jays in the World Series. It should be remembered Williams was one of…

To say HBO’s Real Sports revived Bryant Gumbel’s career is like saying Rex Ryan likes cheeseburgers. Well done, not the cheeseburgers, the HBO program is as Gumbel deftly plays host to different sports-themed stories, some featurey and most thought-provoking. Without one piece, I wouldn’t know about Jack Harbaugh, dad of NFL football coaches Jim and…

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