2015 highlights - Classic TV Sports blog

The blog just completed its fourth year. For the benefit of newer readers, here is a summary of some posts that I've chosen to spotlight from 2015 (in chronological order):

1. a review of the Al Michaels book You Can't Make This Up 
2. details on the fascinating story of how Verne Lundquist made his CBS debut in 1982
3. setting the record straight regarding misleading media reports which suggested that 2015 would be the first time that Dick Vitale had not been assigned to a Duke-UNC telecast on his network
4. a chart of how many strokes CBS showed by player during the final round of the 2015 Masters (along with similar shot track summaries for the Players Championship, the US Open, the British Open, and the PGA Championship)
5. a retrospective on the innovative TV drama Hill Street Blues which also covers the sports connections from a few of the actors
6. a 17-minute CBS Radio clip from the broadcast of Super Bowl 1
7. some examples of an athlete/analyst from one sport who worked as TV analyst for a different sport
8. original ABC footage of the infamous TC Chen double hit chip shot from the 1985 US Open
9. an intriguing look back at a young Jim Nantz working as an NBA analyst (yes, analyst!) for the Utah Jazz in the 1980s
10. video of longtime NY Mets announcer Bob Murphy calling a 1982 regional college football game on ABC
11. an overview of the TV coverage during the early years of the MLB League Championship Series (1969-75)
12. the history of cases where a TV network demoted its #1 play-by-play announcer for a particular sport

For more, check out the top posts from 2014, the best of 2013, and highlights from the debut year of 2012.

Thank you for reading and following. Look for more sports broadcasting history posts in 2016.