Ed Lucas, Blind Baseball Chronicler, Is Dead at 82

By BY RICHARD SANDOMIR from NYT Sports Sightless since 12, he became a baseball columnist and a radio reporter. He had a unique ability to know where a ball was hit by the sound of the crack of the bat.https://nyti.ms/3qLS5dI

Marv Albert, Hall of Fame N.B.A. Sportscaster, Is Retiring

By BY GILLIAN R. BRASSIL from NYT Sports Albert, who turns 80 in June, will call his last game in the Eastern Conference finals.https://nyti.ms/3byoSdW

Betty Bushman, an Early Female Baseball Voice, Dies at 89

By BY RICHARD SANDOMIR from NYT Sports Hired in 1964 to provide the women’s perspective on radio broadcasts of the Kansas City Athletics’ games, she made history. But her tenure was brief.https://nyti.ms/3mLcVp2

Ron Fairly, Dodger Star Turned Broadcaster, Dies at 81

By BY RICHARD GOLDSTEIN from NYT Sports In his 20-year playing career, he was on three World Series championship teams. After his playing days, he spent more than 20 years at the microphone.https://nyti.ms/3363tCm

After 5,060 Straight Yankees Games, a Day Off for John Sterling

By JAMES WAGNER from NYT Sports The 81-year-old radio voice of the Yankees finally relented to the pleas of friends and co-workers and took a series off to maintain his health.https://nyti.ms/2LyuQiN

Former Sports Radio Host Sentenced in Ticket Reselling Scheme

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports Craig Carton, from WFAN’s “Boomer and Carton” show, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison on Friday by a longtime listener — the judge.https://nyti.ms/2YR1Gzo