“Don’t feel sorry for the Black baseball player. Feel sorry for the ones who didn’t get to see them play.” - Buck O’Neil… Thursday night MLB will be playing a tribute game at the oldest ballpark in the country, in honor of the great men of the Negro Leagues. @craigmelvinnbc got a preview, and spoke with the oldest living veteran of them, Reverend Bill Greason, in the ballpark he called home, about being mentor to Willie Mays, the persistent racism that lasted long past integration, and one of the nastiest curveballs Birmingham has ever seen. Coming up tomorrow on @todayshow
“ ‘You take the desert,’ he confided to me, ‘it’s a wonderful place to make a human being feel alive. I hear music in it all the time. A musical.’ “ - Norman Mailer… Congratulations to @huskerdana + @flynnb , wedding perfection in Palm Springs.
Today, a legend is calling it a career. Mike Gorman has been the voice of the Boston Celtics for 43 years. Born and raised in Dorcester, he grew up sneaking into the Old Garden to see Bill Cousy and Bill Russell play. I got the honor of producing a farewell profile of him for St Patrick’s Day, which was also my last shoot with Harry Smith. And since my Nets are eliminated, here’s hoping the C’s close his career out with a chip. ☘️
Unfortunately 8:35am was a hit time and not a tee time, but the Janiak/Dreyer @dylandreyernbc pairing covered Amen Corner, the Redbud Par 3 16th over water, and the rest of the stunning Augusta National Golf Club before the Masters takeover next weekend, all for #ANWA and @todayshow#parforthecourse
Good Morning and Good Luck, Harry 🫡… Harry Smith is stepping away from NBC and moving on to his next chapter. For the last 5 years, we’ve built a constellation of stories together, across 15 states… and to do that with someone I consider both a friend and a mentor has been the professional pleasure and honor of a lifetime.
“… and also a melancholy that comes from nowhere except here. From the end of the earth feeling you get when you look at maps and see how alone Buenos Aires is, how very out of the way.” - Tomás Eloy Martínez… Wrapping up our honeymoon in the Boca, the beach, and the only 2 Michelin Star restaurant in the country 🇦🇷 If paradise has to end, let’s make sure we end it strong.
“Lo que tú hagas a mí no me impresiona,
Es como meter un gol después de Messi y Maradona…” - Bad Bunny
From inside Diego Maradona’s 1970s family home, to a game at South America’s largest stadium: two fans of the beautiful game, in an incredibly special place for it. Viva D10S… 1960-♾🇦🇷.
GOT THE DUB. 4 days and 50 miles later, completed the W Trek in Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile. The most breathtaking scenery I’ve ever experienced, and with the perfect partner for it @alyssalyke
“Panama was now cut through. Punta Arenas was again on the way to nowhere…” - Bruce Chatwin
Dreaming of Magellan, and soaking in the sleepy paradise at the bottom of the world. 🇨🇱
“Buenos Aires was a city I only knew from literature… I could imagine the humidity, the Río de la Plata, the drizzle, Borges tottering along the southern streets with his white cane.” - Tomás Eloy Martínez 🇦🇷 Welcome to our honeymoon @alyssalyke
Tis the Damn Season 🏈 The clock just hit 00:00 on an incredible NFL journey these last several months. Went to the opening Kickoff game, and the Vegas/TSwift Super Bowl for my first ever, to close it out. And got to tell some incredible stories behind the scorelines along the way, thanks to the best teammates: @kayleehartung , Harry, Jacob, Savannah, Stephanie, and all the crews along the way. @todayshow
The TV producer equivalent of a no-huddle, 2-minute drive. In Vegas for its first-ever Super Bowl week, covering everything from phenom sports fashion designer Kristin Juszczyk’s first interview, to 4am live shots, to Opening Night athlete interviews, to the Air Force’s Thunderbirds pilots, to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s annual presser. I even hear there’s a football game at some point too…
