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Longtime Oregon State radio voice Darrell Aune dies at 83

He was best known for his catchphrase “Holy jumping up and down, Martha!”

By Manny Soloway OnAug 29, 2026 0
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Dave Sims trying to recover from laryngitis.

Dave Sims on missing Sunday’s game: ‘First time laryngitis has sent me to the IL’

"No amount of gargling, inhaling steam, hot tea with honey, or chicken soup has made the difference."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMay 18, 2025 0
Danny Parkins (L) and Dan Bernstein.

Ex-670 The Score figure Danny Parkins praises fired host Dan Bernstein: ‘Smartest, funniest, and most talented’

"No single figure was more responsible for making the Chicago sports fan smarter. At his best, he's the best."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 22, 2025 0
Ike Reese, Spike Eskin, and Jack Fritz on 94.1 WIP Philadelphia.

Ike Reese, Spike Eskin have awkward ‘Stop yelling at me’ Philly radio exchange over Jalen Hurts

"I don't want to say it no more, all right? I'm being dead serious with you now."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnFeb 10, 2025 0
Nolan Hauser (81) celebrates after an ACC Championship-winning field goal on Dec. 7, 2024.

Clemson radio announcers go wild for ACC-winning walk-off 56-yard FG: ‘HE HIT IT! HE HIT IT!’

A 56-yard, career-long FG from true freshman Nolan Hauser got quite the radio call.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnDec 8, 2024 0
Auburn radio voice Andy Burcham calling their Nov. 23, 2024 win over Texas A&M.

Auburn radio voice Andy Burcham’s reaction to wild 4OT victory shown in great video

"IT'S DROPPED! IT'S DROPPED! AUBURN WINS! AUBURN WINS! AUBURN WINS! 43-41! FOUR OVERTIMES! AUBURN WINS!"

By Andrew Bucholtz OnNov 24, 2024 0
An AM 570 LA Sports graphic.

Dodgers’ flagship radio station hit technical difficulties around World Series G5

AM 570 LA Sports, the Dodgers' flagship radio station, hit technical issues Wednesday around World Series G5.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnOct 30, 2024 0
Milwaukee Brewers' broadcaster Bob Uecker on Sept. 18, 2024 after the team clinched their division.

Bob Uecker hasn’t yet decided if he’s done calling baseball

"If I think of no more baseball for me, I don’t know what that would be like, you know?"

By Jessica Kleinschmidt OnOct 30, 2024 0
John Sterling in 2021

John Sterling blasts Yankees with ‘That’s what they do, run the bases like drunks!’

"Boy, if that wasn't the Yankees. That's what they do, run the bases like drunks."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnOct 15, 2024 0
Mike Greenberg on ESPN Radio

Mike Greenberg: ‘Sports radio is going to be around for a long time’

"Podcasts are wonderful. I listen to them all the time. But there's one thing a podcast has a very hard time being, and that's urgent."

By Brendon Kleen OnOct 4, 2024 1
Radio board

Jeff Passan’s call for classic MLB radio calls drew overwhelming response

"Howie Rose’s call last night got me thinking about how cool it would be to have a thread with all the great baseball radio calls."

By Arthur Weinstein OnOct 4, 2024 0
A triptych of broadcasts Jesse Bell’s “NOOOOO!!!” call has been set to: 2023 Western-Queen’s (where it originated, R), an older Pittsburgh Steelers-Baltimore Ravens game (C), and a Sept. 21, 2024 Baylor-Colorado game (L.) (X/Twitter and TikTok.)

International

2023 Canadian university football call goes viral on other football highlights on TikTok

Deuce McAllister in 2017.

Deuce McAllister predicted Saints’ 70-yard Rashid Shaheed TD on radio broadcast

"Give me something up top against the rookie."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnSep 16, 2024 0
Steelers’ voice Rob King (L) with analyst Craig Wolfley. (Rob King.)

NFL

Rob King on his ‘unbelievable’ gig as the Steelers’ new radio voice

Yankees' legendary broadcaster John Sterling.

John Sterling returning to Yankees radio broadcast booth for guest appearance

Sterling will call the fourth and fifth innings of Tuesday's Yankees-Guardians game.

By Reice Shipley OnAug 20, 2024 1
An image of Howard Eskin from a 2011 NBC10 Philadelphia feature on him.

Howard Eskin again not on air amidst kiss controversy

Sources told The Philadelphia Inquirer Eskin wasn't on air "out of deference to Glen Macnow."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJul 13, 2024 0
A logo for Audacy Sports.

Audacy launches Audacy Sports sub-brand covering stations, streaming, and podcasts

The move combines everything from live games to radio shows to podcasts, allowing ad buys across wide ranges of Audacy Sports content.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnApr 23, 2024 1
A WEEI Red Sox banner and job posting.

WEEI posts job ad for Red Sox radio announcer role, says they’re ‘just building a bench’ behind Will Flemming

The wording of the start of WEEI's ad here had many thinking they were seeking a replacement for Will Flemming.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJan 3, 2024 1
Blue Jackets' radio voice Bob McElligott.

Blue Jackets’ radio announcer Bob McElligott reveals horrible health scare

McElligott was hospitalized and on a ventilator after an allergy scare.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnDec 27, 2023 0
Colin Cowherd (L) and Tyreek Hill.

Tyreek Hill calls Colin Cowherd a ‘thug,’ asks what sport he played

"What sport has this thug played again"

By Andrew Bucholtz OnDec 27, 2023 11
AllCity Network

AllCity Network wants to partner with sports teams to be ‘exclusive digital broadcast partner’ for radio game calls

"We should be making content together [and] we should be doing simulcasts and having our sales teams work together."

By Brendon Kleen OnNov 7, 2023 0
Monica McNutt.

Monica McNutt becomes Knicks’ main radio analyst, will stay with MSG and ESPN

McNutt takes over the primary analyst role vacated after Brendan Brown was let go in January.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnOct 24, 2023 0
Dave Portnoy gives an "emergency press conference" on buying back Barstool Sports from Penn Entertainment.

Dave Portnoy turned down SiriusXM deal: ‘I want to be doing it on Barstool stuff.’

"It really felt like would have hindered everything else I do."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnOct 16, 2023 1
Lance Lynn reacts to giving up a fourth HR in an inning.

Tom Candiotti’s ‘He’s just befuddled right now’ radio line after Lance Lynn’s fourth surrendered HR was perfect

"And Lance Lynn is just kind of staring out at center field. Have you ever seen that, Candy?" "I have never."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnOct 12, 2023 0
Ben Wagner (L) on the Sportsnet radio broadcasts for the Toronto Blue Jays.

Sportsnet will send Blue Jays’ radio crew on road for playoffs

Ben Wagner and analyst Chris Leroux will reportedly return to the road for the playoffs if the Jays make them.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnSep 28, 2023 2
Jim Donovan (R) and Nathan Segura on a Browns Radio Network broadcast.

Long-time Browns’ radio voice Jim Donovan takes medical leave

Donovan, the radio voice of the Browns since 1999, was first diagnosed with leukemia in 2000.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnSep 11, 2023 1
An ESPN Radio logo from 2023.

Advertising

Good Karma Brands to run operations, sales for ESPN Radio, podcasts: ‘We’re going to treasure their brand the same way they do.’

Mar 16, 2023; Birmingham, AL, USA; West Virginia Mountaineers head coach Bob Huggins reacts against the Maryland Terrapins during the first half in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament at Legacy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Vasha Hunt-USA TODAY Sports

Radio

Bob Huggins’ homophobic barbs expose the insidious nature of talk radio

Leafs' broadcasters Joe Bowen (L) and Jim Ralph.

After remote broadcast shaming, Leafs’ radio announcers will be allowed to go on road for second round

Once again, public shaming leads to a remote broadcast reversal.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMay 1, 2023 0
Alabama radio announcer Eli Gold. (WNSP.com.)

After losing 148 pounds amidst cancer battle, Eli Gold hopes to return to call Alabama football this fall

"The doctors told Claudette, my wife -- they told her a couple of times that I might not make it through the night."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnApr 14, 2023 1
A WDAE tribute to Dave Wills.

Rays’ radio broadcaster Dave Wills passes away at 58, tributes pour in

Wills had just called a Rays' spring training game Saturday.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 5, 2023 0
Blue Jays' radio broadcaster Ben Wagner in 2018.

The Blue Jays again won’t send their radio announcer on the road

"When you’re going to describe to someone who’s not there what’s going on, you need background and stories … you’ll never get that if you’re sitting in (front of a) monitor."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnFeb 17, 2023 4

NFL

Westwood One’s Kevin Harlan and Howard Deneroff remember the night the lights went out at the Super Bowl

Packers' announcer Wayne Larrivee tweeted this photo of a broadcast "table" he improvised at Hard Rock Stadium.

Packers’ announcer improvised a broadcast table from a trash can and luggage

When asked how Hard Rock Stadium stacks up in terms of the worst NFL broadcast locations, Wayne Larrivee tweeted "Washington still #1 but this is close."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnDec 25, 2022 5
Cubs' radio announcer Pat Hughes at their 2016 World Series parade.

Long-time Cubs’ radio voice Pat Hughes receives Baseball Hall of Fame’s Ford C. Frick Award

The latest Baseball Hall of Fame honoree on the broadcasting side is Cubs' radio voice Pat Hughes.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnDec 7, 2022 0
Kentucky broadcaster Tom Leach (center).

After pulling broadcasting double duty on Kentucky football and basketball, Tom Leach is grateful for the experience

The Voice of the Wildcats called two games in two days, 2,160 miles apart.

By Michael Grant OnNov 22, 2022 0

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