Pete Axthelm

Pete Axthelm (August 27, 1943 – February 2, 1991) was a sportswriter and columnist for the ''New York Herald Tribune'', ''Sports Illustrated'', ''Newsweek'' and its ''Inside Sports''. During the 1980s, his knowledge of sports and journalistic skill aided him in becoming a sports commentator for ''The NFL on NBC'' and ''NFL Primetime'' and horse racing on ESPN. While on the pregame telecasts for the NFL in the early 1980s, Axthelm was NBC's answer to CBS' Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder on ''The NFL Today'', providing betting angles to the games. Later in the decade, he would be hired in a similar role by ESPN at the urging of John Walsh, who had been the editor of ''Inside Sports''. Provided by Wikipedia