Bob Wolff's Complete Guide to Sportscasting: How to Make It in Sportscasting (With or Without Talent)

How many sportscasters working today can say that they've interviewed both Babe Ruth and Derek Jeter? The answer is one, and his name is Bob Wolff. The only sportscaster to call play-by-play of the four major pro championships plus numerous amateur ones, Wolff is uniquely qualified to write a comprehensive guide to the art of sportscasting. And in Bob Wolff's Complete Guide to Sportscasting, he pours forth 70-plus years of experience and wisdom behind the microphone to create the definitive volume on the subject, a book that is sure to be devoured by aspiring sportscasters for generations.

Part how-to, part memoir, Bob Wolff's Complete Guide to Sportscasting employs anecdotes to help break down the art of sportscasting and present a step-by-step playbook for success. Written in the same upbeat, conversational style that has made Wolff a beloved voice on America's airwaves, the legendary sportscaster explains how to get the job, do it well once hired, and how to advance in this exciting, fast-paced, and extremely competitive business.

As Wolff writes in his introduction, one can succeed in sportscasting with or without talent. After all, it's the athletes who provide the stories. The sportscaster's job is to add information and identification, sometimes entertainment, and aim at enhancing the viewing or listening pleasure for his or her electronic friends at the other end. It's nice work if you can get it, and nobody has ever enjoyed this work more than Bob Wolff. Read this book to find out why, and how you, too, can do the same.

Bob Wolff is the longest-running sportscaster in television and radio history, now in his ninth decade behind the microphone. The only broadcaster in history to call the play-by-play championships of all four major pro sports, his historic calls include Don Larsen's legendary perfect game in the 1956 World Series and the 1958 NFL Championship Game between the New York Giants and Baltimore Colts (known as "The Greatest Game Ever Played"). As the voice of Madison Square Garden, Wolff called the New York Knicks for 27 years, the New York Rangers for 20 years, the Holiday Festival for 29 years, and the National Invitational Basketball Tournament (NIT) for 25 years. He's enshrined in both the baseball and basketball Halls of Fame, has been honored with induction into Madison Square Garden's Walk of Fame, the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame, and numerous others. In 2009, the broadcast booth at Nationals Park in Washington was named in his honor. Still sportscasting TV and radio at the age of 90, he lives with his wife, Jane, in South Nyack, New York.