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Mel Allen (born Melvin Allen Israel; February 14, 1913 – June 16, 1996) was an American sportscaster, best known for his long tenure as the primary play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees. During the peak of his career in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, Allen was arguably the most prominent member of his profession, his voice familiar to ...
Martina Navratilova – HBO 1995–1999, BBC Sport 1999–present (not all years), Amazon Prime 2019-2023, Sky Sports 2023-present, Tennis Channel; John Newcombe – Channel Seven 1977, 2011-2019, [165] NBC 1977–1978, CBS 1978–1987, Channel Nine; Jana Novotná – BBC Sport 2000–2001, BBC Radio 2008–2017; Pat O'Brien – CBS 1981–1997 ...
In a 2009 vote by its members, the American Sportscasters Association ranked Schenkel 25th on its list of the Top 50 Sportscasters of All-Time. [9] In a 2010 podcast, comedian Chris Hardwick (son of former pro-bowler Billy Hardwick) claimed he was named after Schenkel. [10]
Before ESPN, Walton also covered NBA and college hoops for ABC and NBC. He was named one of the 50 greatest sportscasters of all time in 2009 by the American Sportscasters Assn.
Vin Scully, the longtime Dodgers play-by-play announcer considered by many to be the king of his profession, died Tuesday. He was 94. The Los Angeles Dodgers confirmed Scully’s death through its ...
Ernie Harwell grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, working in his youth as a paperboy for The Atlanta Georgian; one of his customers was writer Margaret Mitchell.An avid baseball fan from an early age, Harwell became a visiting batboy for the Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association at the age of five, and never had to buy a ticket to get into a baseball game again.
He was the 1992 Hall of Fame inductee of the American Sportscasters Association, which also named him Sportscaster of the Century (2000) and top sportscaster of all-time on its Top 50 list (2009). [76] The California Sports Hall of Fame inducted Scully in 2008. [77] Scully was inducted into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2009. On May 11 ...
The Bronx native started calling games for the club in Brooklyn in 1950, came west with the team and provided fans with a loving soundtrack for nearly seven decades.