Word: play-by-play
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...seven decades--made him the Cal Ripken of the beat; in Washington. Povich scored his first byline in 1924 and was soon a breakfast staple for Washington's sports addicts: President Nixon called his column "the only reason" to read the Post. But Povich's prose transcended the play-by-play; he championed such causes as integration, writing in 1946: "Four hundred and fifty-five years after Columbus eagerly discovered America, major league baseball reluctantly discovered the American Negro...
Besides the inherent embarrassment of providing entertainment for bored fellow students following the action play-by-play from the sidelines, this kind of behavior provides just too much gossip for the rumor mill that is Annenberg. Even though Ec 10 has been ranked as one of the best places to meet people on campus, this might be a little excessive...
...past two years, Garoon has been director of the sports department at WHRB, Harvard's student radio station. He does play-by-play broadcasts for Harvard football games, conducts interviews with Harvard hockey players, and oversees a staff of 10 to 15 WHRB sportscasters. Although he claims to have started commentating by chance, Garoon admits that he's quite pleased with...
...with it. She's already freelance writing sports for the Boston Globe, and is likely to continue reporting on sports in some capacity post-graduation. Other WHRB commentators have gone on to work for sports giants such as ESPN, including Darren M. Kilfara '96-'97. Kilfara, who remained the play-by-play voice for Harvard men's hockey on WHRB even after his graduation last spring, works as a freelance soccer commentator for ESPN International. Kilfara says he "wanted growing up to be a sportscaster, first and foremost," adding that he was fully satisfied by the sportscasting opportunities...
High above James F. Edwards Field, Keith Morehouse, the play-by-play man for the Thundering Herd Network, and color commentator Ulmo ("Sonny") Randle are calling third-quarter action for viewers of Marshall's game with visiting Eastern Michigan University. Actually, the broadcasters are gently chiding Marshall fans for being too quiet...