Hank "The Hammer" Goldberg passes away at 82 on July 4th

[CF DolFan]

Historical South Florida fans know him as the beginnning of sports and sports radio. He called the 72 Dolphins games and broke the story of Shula's retirement. He was the mouth of South Florida sports for a very long time.

RIP Mr. Hammer!

[Dave Gray]

I used to listen to that guy every day.

He was all about gambling before you could openly discuss it, so he would talk in code.

[ArtieChokePhin]

I would listen to him on QAM as well.  Great guy, but if a caller said something stupid, Goldberg would rip him to shreds.   That's why they called him The Hammer.

[Dave Gray]

He was too old for me.  I preferred other guys on there.  Hank talked about horse racing and lines and stuff that I wasn't interested in when I was 17.  I still listened regularly during Dolphins season, but I felt like he was from a different era.

[CF DolFan]

He was too old for me.  I preferred other guys on there.  Hank talked about horse racing and lines and stuff that I wasn't interested in when I was 17.  I still listened regularly during Dolphins season, but I felt like he was from a different era.

He did a lot of odds stuff for ESPN too. Obvioulsy gambling on sports was big in his life long before it became what it is today.

[Dave Gray]

He did a lot of odds stuff for ESPN too. Obviously gambling on sports was big in his life long before it became what it is today.

They've loosened it up hugely and there are shows that outright talk about gambling, but the NFL used to crack down on that stuff really hard, I assume.   So, Hank would go on and say things like "I expect the Dolphins to win....and WIN BIG this week."  Or, "I expect the Dolphins to win but eek this one out in a tight game"  ...basically saying about covering spreads, but his annunciation was kinda cheeky.

But yeah, looking back, his show was for gambling derelicts...he would talk about the Preakness and all that crap.  I always hated that.

[masterfins]

They've loosened it up hugely and there are shows that outright talk about gambling, but the NFL used to crack down on that stuff really hard, I assume.   So, Hank would go on and say things like "I expect the Dolphins to win....and WIN BIG this week."  Or, "I expect the Dolphins to win but eek this one out in a tight game"  ...basically saying about covering spreads, but his annunciation was kinda cheeky.

But yeah, looking back, his show was for gambling derelicts...he would talk about the Preakness and all that crap.  I always hated that.

I ran into him in Baltimore one year on Preakness weekend, he was doing a radio broadcast from inside the ESPN Zone Restaurant.