Hank Edward Goldberg was an American sports radio and television personality based in Miami, Florida. He was the radio color commentator for the Miami Dolphins from 1978 to 1992. He also worked at WIOD and WTVJ, before joining ESPN2 and ESPN Radio in 1993 shortly after they were established.
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Funeral:
Hank Goldberg, who spent nearly a decade as a sports anchor for WTVJ in the 1980s and early 1990s before spending decades as a reporter and analyst with ESPN, died Monday.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Goldberg died at his apartment in the city on his 82nd birthday. His sister told the paper his death was caused by complications from a battle with chronic kidney disease.
Who did picks Today:
Born in New York and raised in New Jersey, he started a career in advertising before moving into work on sports talk radio, first with WIOD-AM in 1978.
He moved to television in 1983 at WTVJ, where he spent nine years before moving back to radio at WQAM in 1993. He stayed at the station until 2009.
How old is:
Hank Goldberg is 82 years old.
1940–2022
In the late 1980s, Goldberg hosted the nightly three-hour show “Goldberg at Night” for WIOD. He took calls from know-it-alls and listened to their opinions. Occasionally, he even agreed with them. Most of the time he did not.
Daily Wager:
Goldberg promptly hit the daily double, which paid $450 (roughly $4,580 in 2022 dollars), brought the winnings home and showed it to his dad, who did not approve of gambling. “I want a car,” Hank told him.
What followed helped shape two generations of South Florida sports fans. In his resonant and instantly recognizable baritone voice and with a keen grasp of sports and current events, Goldberg ripped into those callers and explained why their opinions were, in fact, crap.
