Vin Scully

Last week, NBC announced its coverage plans for the Winter Olympics, now less than a month away in Turin, Italy. On the list of assignments for different sports, it's interesting to note (as Vin Scully would say - and as Jon Miller would say when imitating Vin Scully) the former athletes from other sports with very specific Olympic jobs. Some are long on the road to sportscasting careers that don't depend anymore on the expertise of their competitive careers, but let's take a look: Tim Daggett (gymnastics)

Jon Miller, who called the final out of the Orioles' last World Series title in 1983, has been named the 2010 winner of the Ford C. Frick Award for major contributions in baseball broadcasting. He will be honored in Cooperstown, N.Y., during this year's National Baseball Hall of Fame ceremony July 25 along with the 2010 Hall inductees: outfielder Andre Dawson, manager Whitey Herzog and umpire Doug Harvey. Bill Madden of the New York Daily News will receive the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for baseball writing.

FRIDAY BELVEDERE SQUARE SIDEWALK SALE: Shop for sweet deals and discounts from Belvedere Square shops through Sunday. Participating stores include Nouveau Contemporary Goods, The House Downtown, Cloud Nine, Simply Noted and Daedalus. Belvedere Square is at 529 E. Belvedere Ave. Go to Belvedere Square.com. BAR BACON IV: Jimmy Valentine Meyer hosts a night of stand-up comedy at Golden West Cafe, 1105 W. 36th St. The evening's lineup includes the North American debut of Dr. Vic Von D and musician/pie guy Rodney Henry showing off his humorous side at 11 p.m. Tickets are $7. Call 410-889-8891.

Jon Miller, who called the final out of the Orioles' last World Series title in 1983, has been named the 2010 winner of the Ford C. Frick Award for major contributions in baseball broadcasting. He will be honored in Cooperstown, N.Y., during this year's National Baseball Hall of Fame ceremony July 25 along with the 2010 Hall inductees: outfielder Andre Dawson, manager Whitey Herzog and umpire Doug Harvey. Bill Madden of the New York Daily News will receive the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for baseball writing.

WASHINGTON -- Larry King is taking off his suspenders.He unbuttons one side, the other, the back."Watch my pants fall down!" he says to the crowd.His pants do not fall down. It is the only disappointment of the day."You know what Kissinger told me?" King asks, tapping my arm. "He told me: 'All these world leaders are CNN freaks.' Kissinger told me: 'Larry, they would return your call faster than they would return Warren Christopher's!' "Warren Christopher is our secretary of state.Larry King needs no introduction.

With Angel gone, Perot's in; no, he's out; yes, he's backWBAL Radio again needs an Orioles announcer. With the departure of Joe Angel for the Florida Marlins, the station will be ,, making a new hire for the third consecutive off-season.There will be no shortage of candidates for the honor of reading from the Esskay scoreboard.Which reminds me: If the Baltimore Esskay plant had to close because it was in disrepair, has anyone done a safety check on the radio scoreboard? Just think of the paper cuts being risked by everyone in the booth.

In the true-to-life movie "Murder in the First," the first words uttered by Alcatraz inmate Henry Young, after battling to retain his sanity through more than three years in a medieval pit called solitary confinement, are, "What kind of a year is DiMaggio having?"It is the early 1940s, Joe D is the crown prince of the diamond and Young, speaking to an attorney who is to represent him on a murder charge, cannot understand why this man has no interest in baseball. He scolds the lawyer for passing up the chance to listen to all the games denied him through incarceration.

POTOMAC -- Simon Hobday, despite functioning on but an hour's sleep, proved as popular with his down-to-earth wit and wisdom at the site of this year's Senior Open Championship, which begins at Congressional Country Club June 29, as he was the day last July when he stepped off Pinehurst No. 2 with the senior title.The self-professed "hot dog player" said after carding back-to-back 77s at a tournament in Las Vegas last weekend he deserved no better than a "red-eye" flight east to fulfill an obligation to publicize this USGA event.

The Inquiring Reporter:Why don't we just cut to the chase and begin Cal Ripken's standing ovation on Labor Day?Also, are we correct in assuming Cal never missed a day of school, never missed church and Sunday school, a dentist's appointment or a homework assignment?Also, what's your best guess as to how many times Cal will see the movie "Silence of the Lambs" when he's already seen it 20 times and the thing was released in 1991? A thousand?* Tell me, is that excruciatingly tense battle for the wild-card spot in the American League playoffs dominating your every thought, word and deed these days?

Jon Miller, who called the final out of the Orioles' last World Series title in 1983, has been named the 2010 winner of the Ford C. Frick Award for major contributions in baseball broadcasting. He will be honored in Cooperstown, N.Y., during this year's National Baseball Hall of Fame ceremony July 25 along with the 2010 Hall inductees: outfielder Andre Dawson, manager Whitey Herzog and umpire Doug Harvey. Bill Madden of the New York Daily News will receive the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for baseball writing.

FRIDAY BELVEDERE SQUARE SIDEWALK SALE: Shop for sweet deals and discounts from Belvedere Square shops through Sunday. Participating stores include Nouveau Contemporary Goods, The House Downtown, Cloud Nine, Simply Noted and Daedalus. Belvedere Square is at 529 E. Belvedere Ave. Go to Belvedere Square.com. BAR BACON IV: Jimmy Valentine Meyer hosts a night of stand-up comedy at Golden West Cafe, 1105 W. 36th St. The evening's lineup includes the North American debut of Dr. Vic Von D and musician/pie guy Rodney Henry showing off his humorous side at 11 p.m. Tickets are $7. Call 410-889-8891.

Last week, NBC announced its coverage plans for the Winter Olympics, now less than a month away in Turin, Italy. On the list of assignments for different sports, it's interesting to note (as Vin Scully would say - and as Jon Miller would say when imitating Vin Scully) the former athletes from other sports with very specific Olympic jobs. Some are long on the road to sportscasting careers that don't depend anymore on the expertise of their competitive careers, but let's take a look: Tim Daggett (gymnastics)

Jon Miller tells a story that speaks volumes about the curious nature of celebrity -- or maybe it doesn't.This past winter, the Oriole and ESPN baseball broadcaster takes a cruise from England to San Francisco via the Panama Canal. This being a British ship, no one has the slightest idea who he is. Which is fine with Miller, because this way he's not encircled every five minutes by florid-faced men in loud Bermuda shorts swirling the ice in their Bacardi and Cokes and barking, "Let's hear ya do Vin Scully!"

The Inquiring Reporter:Why don't we just cut to the chase and begin Cal Ripken's standing ovation on Labor Day?Also, are we correct in assuming Cal never missed a day of school, never missed church and Sunday school, a dentist's appointment or a homework assignment?Also, what's your best guess as to how many times Cal will see the movie "Silence of the Lambs" when he's already seen it 20 times and the thing was released in 1991? A thousand?* Tell me, is that excruciatingly tense battle for the wild-card spot in the American League playoffs dominating your every thought, word and deed these days?

In the true-to-life movie "Murder in the First," the first words uttered by Alcatraz inmate Henry Young, after battling to retain his sanity through more than three years in a medieval pit called solitary confinement, are, "What kind of a year is DiMaggio having?"It is the early 1940s, Joe D is the crown prince of the diamond and Young, speaking to an attorney who is to represent him on a murder charge, cannot understand why this man has no interest in baseball. He scolds the lawyer for passing up the chance to listen to all the games denied him through incarceration.

POTOMAC -- Simon Hobday, despite functioning on but an hour's sleep, proved as popular with his down-to-earth wit and wisdom at the site of this year's Senior Open Championship, which begins at Congressional Country Club June 29, as he was the day last July when he stepped off Pinehurst No. 2 with the senior title.The self-professed "hot dog player" said after carding back-to-back 77s at a tournament in Las Vegas last weekend he deserved no better than a "red-eye" flight east to fulfill an obligation to publicize this USGA event.

Jon Miller tells a story that speaks volumes about the curious nature of celebrity -- or maybe it doesn't.This past winter, the Oriole and ESPN baseball broadcaster takes a cruise from England to San Francisco via the Panama Canal. This being a British ship, no one has the slightest idea who he is. Which is fine with Miller, because this way he's not encircled every five minutes by florid-faced men in loud Bermuda shorts swirling the ice in their Bacardi and Cokes and barking, "Let's hear ya do Vin Scully!"

Jon Miller, who called the final out of the Orioles' last World Series title in 1983, has been named the 2010 winner of the Ford C. Frick Award for major contributions in baseball broadcasting. He will be honored in Cooperstown, N.Y., during this year's National Baseball Hall of Fame ceremony July 25 along with the 2010 Hall inductees: outfielder Andre Dawson, manager Whitey Herzog and umpire Doug Harvey. Bill Madden of the New York Daily News will receive the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for baseball writing.

WASHINGTON -- Larry King is taking off his suspenders.He unbuttons one side, the other, the back."Watch my pants fall down!" he says to the crowd.His pants do not fall down. It is the only disappointment of the day."You know what Kissinger told me?" King asks, tapping my arm. "He told me: 'All these world leaders are CNN freaks.' Kissinger told me: 'Larry, they would return your call faster than they would return Warren Christopher's!' "Warren Christopher is our secretary of state.Larry King needs no introduction.

With Angel gone, Perot's in; no, he's out; yes, he's backWBAL Radio again needs an Orioles announcer. With the departure of Joe Angel for the Florida Marlins, the station will be ,, making a new hire for the third consecutive off-season.There will be no shortage of candidates for the honor of reading from the Esskay scoreboard.Which reminds me: If the Baltimore Esskay plant had to close because it was in disrepair, has anyone done a safety check on the radio scoreboard? Just think of the paper cuts being risked by everyone in the booth.