In California, Mitch Chortkoff reported Dodgers play-by-play announcer Vin Scully "hasn't made a decision on how much longer he'll work" despite a recent L.A. Times report that he "will retire after 61 years" following the '10 season. Scully said, "In my conversation with Bill Plaschke the subject of one more year came up and I said 'that makes sense.' But I regret that I said that." He added, "And if I did make a decision I wouldn't reveal it. It would be proper for the Dodgers to make the announcement" ( SANTA MONICA MIRROR, 8/13 ). NEW SEASON'S ROSTER : CBS College Sports Network (CBSC) Friday announced that Randy Cross will work as an analyst for Navy home games on the net, as well as appear on studio shows. Jason Sehorn will serve as an analyst for Army games in addition to other assignments, while Akbar Gbaja-Biamila will be calling Mountain West games. Former Univ. of Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer will appear on pre- and postgame shows from the sites of CBS' weekly SEC games ( CBSC ). CBSC GM Steve Herbst said of Gbaja-Biamila, "He's going to be a star" ( USA TODAY, 8/14 ). DIVISIVE FIGURE : On Long Island, Neil Best writes Yankees radio play-by-play announcer John Sterling in his 21st season in the role "remains perhaps the most polarizing figure in New York sports media, a hot-button topic both loved and loathed -- sometimes by the same people." Sterling: "What am I going to do? ... You'd like everyone to like you, but I don't think it's possible." Best writes, "Whatever your opinion of him, Sterling clearly has helped promote and expand the Yankees brand with his widely replayed calls, and there is no evidence his employers -- CBS Radio, with the team's approval -- have tired of him" ( NEWSDAY, 8/14 ). NEW BEATS : Boston Globe NBA writer Marc Spears on Twitter noted that former SeattlePI.com Sonics beat writer Gary Washburn is replacing him at the Globe "to cover the NBA" ( BOSTONSPORTSMEDIA.com, 8/10 )....Newsday writer Katie Strang is the paper's new Islanders beat writer ( NEWSDAY.com, 8/13 ). PERSONALITIES : In L.A., Diane Pucin writes while it is a "shock to hear Ernie Johnson as your golf television host, Johnson's skills translated well on Thursday's TNT airing of the first round" of the PGA Championship ( L.A. TIMES, 8/14 )....Chicago-area sports radio personality Chet Coppock, who was working for the now-defunct chicagosportswebio.com, has signed on to become a regular contributor on CSN Chicago's "Monsters in the Morning" ( CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 8/13 )....HDNet has hired Michael Schiavello as the new voice of MMA events on the net. Schiavello currently serves as the voice of Mark Burnett's "The Contender Asia" ( HDNet )
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