SPECIAL FEATURE: The Voices Of NY Sports Uncategorized by Matthew Blittner - September 10, 2026September 10, 20260 Every generation of New York City sports fans has had voices it could call its own. Mel Allen, Red Barber, Vin Scully, Bob Murphy, Lindsey Nelson, John Sterling, Marty Glickman, Marv Albert, Sam Rosen and Jim Gordon were the play-by-play broadcasters who echoed throughout homes and bedrooms everywhere, as they helped
RED BARBER Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - September 15, 2017September 25, 20170 “Red was perhaps the most literate sports announcer I ever met."-Vin Scully In my early and middle years of writing sports book, I called on Red Barber to blurb them. He never failed. He along with Mel Allen those long ago summer nights spun the tales of New York City Baseball
REMEMBERING MEL ALLEN Baseballology by Harvey Frommer - July 26, 2017July 26, 20170 I had the very good fortune in 1990 to visit the legendary Mel Allen at his home in Greenwich, Connecticut. I was there to collect memorabilia for the “Stars of David: Jews in Sports” exhibit that I was the curator and executive producer for at the Klutznik Museum in Washington,
