It's The End Of Movember, So The Stache Goes On Air...

((HT: Sportenet/Awful Announcing))

Sportsnet West's Gene Principe knew the calendar had turned to December 1st, so the recognition associated with the causes was at a head. Which meant that Gene had to get rid of the evidence...

David Amber has the toss... Gene has the razor...

That's the way to use the razor...

Live on camera...

They Found Most Of The Eisen Truck

((HT: WSVN-TV))

Okay, the crime is 80-percent solved...

The production end of the production truck has been found- now, all Miami-Dade police have to do is figure out the who, the why, and the where of the cab...

Nicole Linsalata has reaction from NEP and Rich Eisen from Dolphins Stadium
WSVN-TV - 7NEWS Miami Ft. Lauderdale News, Weather, Deco

The HQ has never seen a Crime Stoppers segment around a TV production truck before, but there's always a first...

Try And Sell One Of Those On The Black Market

((HT:WSVN-TV))

It's not very day the HQ does a story like this one...

For those of us who work in live event television, we need to function with one of those 40 to 50 feet long that has a lot of cameras, bells and other associated whistles, and the folks that go with it.

The NFL Network is in Miami getting ready to do the Dolphins-Bills game and all the other ancillary programs that go with Thursday Night Football.

But, the folks at NEP are responsible for the television production truck. The only problem is that the truck that was doing all the lion's share of the work was lifted from a gated hotel.

Nicole Linsalata is outside the hotel with the story of something you can't hide or hock.
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25 Years Ago: The World Series Got Really Unimportant

((HT: ABC Sports/News 10/KGO-TV/ESPN))

It was one of those moments where you remember where you were as a sports fan...

And we agree with Al Michaels when a simple pre-game took a big turn...


Then, sports guys turned news guys in a hurry...and did an amazing job


And they went for a while...


And kept going


And kept going...


Okay, faithful reader/watcher...

What do you remember about this day 25 years ago...???

Just want to have you share your thoughts here...

Your Daily Keith Olbermann Rant On AP And The Vikes

((HT: ESPN/Olbermann))

This opening rant was so incisive that the network cut it in two...
Both parts are electric...


And the HQ reminds everyone that KO hasn't been this fired up since he was on Bush 43's daily messes...


He's on a roll and we'll keep posting as long as he is on fire...

Your Daily Vin Scully Storytime

((HT: MLB.com))

This next few minutes should be a lesson for all broadcasters as to how to do your job properly

It was Vin Scully in a 4-run game filling time telling a tremendous story...


Full disclosure...

The HQ makes a point to listen to the first three innings of Dodger home games all the way from the other end of the country...

"We're Live? Oh, Snap!"

((HT: MyFoxChicago))

Tuesday is the traditional light day for NFL teams when it comes to practice and is, usually, the day they make public appearances tied to their various community service efforts.

Charles "Peanut" Tillman was doing the rounds at Fox Chicago when Tammie Souza helped him to do the weather forecast...

Except for that whole "live TV" thing...
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Football Reporter Has Unique Use For Vanishing Spray

((HT: SkySports))

It's the end of the transfer window in football overseas at 6PM Eastern.

Sky Sports News, the 24-hour sports channel overseas goes balls-to-the-wall covering the european implications of the transcations that involve every level of the sport.

That means that they pogo from one live shot to another getting updates and gossip from each Premier League ground and it is must watch television on a bunch of different levels...

Reporter Gary Cotterill was at Queens Park Rangers HQ waiting for the standard "roll down the window live shot interview" with manager Harry Redknapp. But, he still had to do live shots...

Fans can be fans, so Cotterill employed a genius move to keep fans back so he could get work done...


Cheers to the QPR fans who played along...

Greg Amsinger Is Dangerous

((HT: MLB.com))

It's that rare moment when you're doing live television, you hand off, and you look like a freaking genius...

Greg Amsinger did it again last night for the second time in two months or so...

Here's what happened last night for another round of perfect timing


Walk...Off...Wednesday...

Indeed...

Fan Loses Beer, Booth Replaces It

((HT: MLB.com))

The HQ has seen the beginning of the story before, but not the ending...

There's always the guy (or more than one) that chases after the foul ball like it is made of palladium or something. He might get the ball, but there will be collateral damage.

Could be a crying kid, could be a piece of food or clothing flying around or off an upperdeck perch, or it could be a spilt beverage.

Happened in Milwaukee...
But the broadcast crew for FS North gets a lot of props for the make good on the back end...

Matthew McConaughey Discusses Fanny Packs

((HT: MLB.com))

CSN Houston's Julia Morales got one of those assignments...

She's at Fenway where the Astros are playing the Red Sox and guess who is watching his fellow Texans...


Right on, right on, right on...

But it is good to know about the position of the fanny pack since the HQ will NEVER WEAR ONE...

Mike Redmond Throws A Nutty, Play-By-Play Agrees

((HT: MLB.com))

The land of instant replay has been a bit of a minefield this season...

But when things go wrong and they're not corrected, managers have an opportunity to express themselves appropriately
Like Marlins manager Mike Redmond did last night.

Awful Announcing led us to the play-by-play call of Rich Walz and Tommy Hutton- the latter of whom went nuts


Redmond got the chance to talk about his undressing last night for a really fun presser after the game...

You! You Got What I Need!!!

((HT: MLB.com))

By way of a first pitch...

Get your head out of the gutter...
The MLB Network broadcast the Oakland A's game with Biz Markie throwing out the first pitch...

Which caused the appropriate response...

Chip Caray Joins Steve Levy With Bulging

((HT: SportsSouth/Blake Shoemaker's Vine))

Awful Announcing gets the credit for this one...

The Atlanta Braves Evan Gattis missed 17 games because of a problem with his back- something bulged...

But Chip Caray, calling the game, presented it a little differently...


That injury, and succeeding malaprop, always has us think of football
((HT: ESPN))

D-Backs Booth Goes All Star Wars

((HT: MLB.com))

It was "Star Wars" day in Phoenix as the Diamondbacks took on the Cubs...

And the HQ has always known the guys in the booth for Fox Sports Arizona to be good sports about, well, sports...

So there's always the introduction for the game to get the action started

Here's the intro with Berthiaume and Brenly playing their parts in the building...


Well done...

Jerry Remy Loses A Tooth On Air

((HT: MLB.com/NESN))

The HQ can't make this stuff up...

In the middle of a broadcast, Red Sox color broadcaster Jerry Remy actually lost a tooth on-air...
And what may be the funnier part is that play-by-play man Don Orsillo actually tried to encourage Remy to put it back in- while they were on the air...


The HQ has yet to lose a tooth on air and hopes never to do so...

When Live Shots Explode...Sometimes, It's Funny...

((HT: KGW-TV))

Drew Carney is KGW-TV's man about town in Portland...

He was promoting a beer garden constructed just for the events in Brazil for the next month or so. His timing was squared with the USA-Ghana match to being with and his live shot was going on during the latter stages of the match.

You can make a pretty good guess as to exactly WHEN his live shot happened...

Sometimes, you just need to be lucky. And the HQ thinks that Carney will have to be live during the Portugal match this weekend...

Jus' saying...

Johnny Weir's Hat Won The Derby

((HT: NBC Sports via Brian Floyd's Vine))

While Tara Lipinski chose wisely and went with California Chrome for the 140th Kentucky Derby, Johnny Weir and his hat actually won the race and the broadcast long before anyone broke the gate...


His rationale was strong and Danza did finish third...

He wasn't all that wrong...

The Sterling Decision: Impact On Televison

((HT: Awful Announcing/TSN2/NBA))

Admittedly, it is a lot easier for sideline talent to interject themselves into the situations they're reporting on...

Last night, the HQ will admit that is took David Aldridge a lot of guts to talk about how the impact of the Donald Sterling banishment hit his family right in the gut...

Here's his introduction from last night's Clippers-Warriors game...


That's how deep it got for some folks last night, and the NBA is, hopefully, better today than it was the day before...

Mark Jackson Wouldn't Have People Show Up For Game 5, Sponsors Starting To Leave

((HT: Dan Patrick Show/Youtube))

Golden State head coach Mark Jackson was a guest on the "Dan Patrick Show" this morning- fresh off his 21-point Game 4 win in the firestorm that is now the Clippers-Warriors series...

He played for the Clips for two seasons in the '90s and had an interesting thought on what the proper protest should be for the next home game in Los Angeles...


And now, the corporate sponsors of the Clippers are starting to go:

"CarMax finds the statements attributed to the Clippers' owner completely unacceptable," the company said in a statement through public relations manager Catherine Gryp. "These views directly conflict with CarMax's culture of respect for all individuals. While we have been a proud Clippers sponsor for nine years and support the team, fans and community, these statements necessitate that CarMax end its sponsorship."

State Farm is thinking about it as is Kia and Virgin America and Amtrak are out now as well...

THAT'S where the NBA will take notice from this moment forward. Commissioner Adam Silver is set to have a press conference tomorrow to discuss where the league may go from here...

2PM eastern time...