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UMass play-by-play voice Jay Burnham talks broadcasting in a pandemic UMass play-by-play voice Jay Burnham, shown here in a previous season, has been plenty busy calling games for the athletic department this winter. THOM KENDALL/UMASS ATHLETICS Modified: 2/17/2021 8:14:09 PM Playing sports during a pandemic has required varying degrees of planning and practicality, though perhaps above all, folks involved have had to be adaptable. You want adaptability? Jay Burnham has already called a UMass men’s basketball game from a basement. Such things may have seemed unfathomable a year ago, but...

Keeping Score: Duende or not Published: 12/18/2020 5:55:38 PM Modified: 12/18/2020 5:55:24 PM Good morning! Back in the day when kids stood on street corners hawking newspapers, Boston sports fans regularly turned to an erudite columnist named George Frazier. Educated at Boston Latin and Harvard, Frazier wrote for the Herald Traveler and the Boston Globe, and later for Esquire and Life magazine. In Boston he coined the term “duende” for a level of class attained by few people or places. Ted Williams had it, but Stan Musial did not. Celtics center Bill Russell had it, Wilt Chamberlain did...

Keeping Score: Duende or not Published: 12/18/2020 5:55:28 PM Modified: 12/18/2020 5:55:15 PM Good morning! Back in the day when kids stood on street corners hawking newspapers, Boston sports fans regularly turned to an erudite columnist named George Frazier. Educated at Boston Latin and Harvard, Frazier wrote for the Herald Traveler and the Boston Globe, and later for Esquire and Life magazine. In Boston he coined the term “duende” for a level of class attained by few people or places. Ted Williams had it, but Stan Musial did not. Celtics center Bill Russell had it, Wilt Chamberlain did...

Keeping Score: Where’s Brock? Published: 12/11/2020 6:29:56 PM Modified: 12/11/2020 6:29:43 PM Good morning! Hockey scheduling like everything else has been a challenge in the COVID-19 era. Broadcasters want to work and fans want to listen but most schools won’t allow visiting media into their rinks and UMass hockey analyst Brock Hines and play-by-play partner Donnie Moorhouse have adjusted accordingly. “Every week, the deck of cards gets thrown on the floor and we see where we’ll be going,” said Hines. The season was slated to begin at Maine three weeks ago, but visiting media wou...

Keeping Score: Where’s Brock? Published: 12/11/2020 6:28:50 PM Modified: 12/11/2020 6:28:37 PM Good morning! Hockey scheduling like everything else has been a challenge in the COVID-19 era. Broadcasters want to work and fans want to listen but most schools won’t allow visiting media into their rinks and UMass hockey analyst Brock Hines and play-by-play partner Donnie Moorhouse have adjusted accordingly. “Every week, the deck of cards gets thrown on the floor and we see where we’ll be going,” said Hines. The season was slated to begin at Maine three weeks ago, but visiting media wou...