Word: play-by-play
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...team's poorest fans. Miriam Hernandez, the mother Livan left behind in Cuba, can't afford a radio strong enough to pick up the broadcasts of her son's games, so she relies on a man who lives four floors below her to shout up the play-by-play. After Game 5, in which her son struck out 15 Braves to outduel Greg Maddux and win 2-1, she told the Herald, "God has touched his hands. How much I would give to be able...
...more innocent time, Marvin Aufrichtig would stage what he called "the Hamster Olympics" at the family home in Brooklyn. Marv, an aspiring sportscaster, would do the play-by-play as his hamsters competed against one another in a series of events. Their names were Ambrose and Zachary...
...Just to state the credentials upon which I could make this analysis: I began covering the hockey team in February of '93, starting with The Crimson as a reporter and columnist and then branching out to do play-by-play and color commentary for WHRB. I think I've seen Harvard play between 90 and 100 times in person--nearly 6,000 minutes of competitive hockey...
...York, Albert said, "I would like to reassert my innocence and reiterate that all the charges against me are false." He then vowed to continue working the N.B.A. play-offs for NBC. In attendance were his four children, one of whom is also a sportscaster (New York Rangers play-by-play man Kenny Albert), as well as Marv's new fiance, independent television producer Heather Faulkner. As for Gifford, an ABC spokesman said, "We're not going to discuss Frank's private life." ABC may, however, want to discuss the 66-year-old former football star...
...handcrafted. Computers may trigger the bursts and create complex "choreography," but the basic recipe for many fireworks has remained unchanged for a hundred years: potassium nitrate or perchlorate; sulfur, charcoal or aluminum; plus assorted chemicals to produce varied hues. "With all the space-age advances," says Dave Oppermann, a "play-by-play" commentator, "they're still making fireworks much the way they have for hundreds of years." John Adams would be content--give or take...