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Fifty-Year Sportscasting Veteran Spencer Ross Returns to Air at WINS - Posted April 3, 2012
[caption id="attachment_57210" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Spencer Ross (r) with longtime Racing from Roosevelt co-host Stan Bergstein (circa early 1980s)"][/caption] If you've listened to sports on radio in the last half-century, there's a good chance that the voice you heard was ... [FishbowlNY]

Like Father, Like Son: Kenny Albert Talks About Growing Up with Legendary Dad - Posted March 22, 2012
We've all grown up with Marv Albert in our living rooms. But for Kenny Albert, it takes on the literal meaning. The younger Albert was born just as the elder Albe... [FishbowlNY]

Sportscasting Veteran Don Gould Retires After Four Decades - Posted March 13, 2012
With the state of broadcasting linked to state of the economy, cost-cutting of talent is commonplace. So it's nice to see a good, old-fashioned retirement! Don Gould did that Sunday, in walking away from his weekend morning sportscasting r... [FishbowlNY]

Exploring Opening Night NCAA Tournament Numbers in New York - Posted March 16, 2011
The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament got started Tuesday night with the newly created First Four teams on truTV. The doubleheader averaged a .6 rating in New York. Breaking it down further, the opening game registered a .7, while the nightcap scored a .6 rating. Nationally, the games fared slightly better with an... [FishbowlLA]

MSG Network Tops the List for New York Emmy Award Nominations - Posted February 18, 2011
MSG Network received a whopping 60 nominations Thursday for the 54th Annual New York Emmy Awards. Among the other regional sports networks, the YES Network notched 46 nominations, while MSG Varsity picked up 32 nods. SNY was recognized 23 times. Breaking it down further, in the category Sports Coverage: Series, MSG was bookende... [FishbowlNY]

Marv Albert Joins Turner Sports Announcers for March Madness on CBS - Posted January 20, 2011
As part of CBS joining forces with Turner Sports to call the expanded NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament this year, fans will be treated to TNT NBA announcers calling some of the action. That means Marv Albert will team up with his TNT partner ... [FishbowlNY]

Will Charles Barkley's TV Game Work for March Madness? - Posted January 20, 2011
Big news this morning as TNT's NBA crew joins CBS's March Madness broadcasts. ... [SportsNewser]

Charles Barkley to work March Madness - Posted November 16, 2010
Oh man, this is awesome. Charles Barkley and the rest of TNT'... [SportsNewser]

Charles Barkley on LeBron James' 'The Decision:' 'That Was Torture. I Want That Hour Back in my Life' - Posted October 25, 2010
Earlier today Turner Sports held an NBA on TNT press lunch at its Time Warner Center headquarters. Turner Sports president David Levy was joined by Marv Albert... [SportsNewser]

NBA TV Pulling Out the Big Guns for Miami Heat Preseason - Posted September 30, 2010
The Miami Heat - you know, that little squad with Lebron James, Dwayne Wad... [SportsNewser]

NBA TV To Air Miami Heat Exhibition Opener - Posted September 28, 2010
Your first shot of checking out the revamped Miami Heat will come on Oct. 5. The Heat will host the Detroit Pistons next Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. on NBATV. Turner Sports are sending down the big boys to call the game with the trio of ... [SportsNewser]