Eagles radio play-by-play announcer Merrill Reese finally received an NFC Championship ring from the 1980 season last week.

Why now?

"I saw [former Eagles general manager] Jim Murray in the press dining room before the Eagles-Falcons playoff game in January," Reese said. "He told me he has felt badly for the last 23 years that I never received a championship ring because I was an employee of the radio station [WIP 610-AM at the time] and not an employee of the Philadelphia Eagles.

"He said that I was as much a part of the team as any player, coach, or office personnel. He asked me my ring size and then last week I received a message on my answering machine from Murray that said, 'The Eagle has landed. Meet me in the broadcast booth at Veterans Stadium.' "

Murray presented Reese with the official Eagles NFC Championship ring of 1980 that was engraved "Reese - Radio."

Stealing the spotlight

Did it bug any other regular HBO boxing fan that Bob Costas horned his way into the big Lennox Lewis fight last week?

I don't think it was fair that the regular team of Jim Lampley, Larry Merchant and George Foreman had to share time with Costas.

What's next: Costas as a love interest on "Sex and the City?"

Strange voices

There are a couple of new voices on WIP 610-AM.

KYW-3's meteorologist Kathy Orr will be calling in with shore forecasts on "The Angelo Cataldi Show" Friday mornings about 8:30 this summer. And veteran Philadelphia radio guy Steve Trevalise is doing news updates.

Happy campers

Future sportscasters had a blast at the second annual Sports Broadcasting Camp last week at Bryn Mawr College.

Camp director Jeremy Treatman, who is known for his high school basketball tournaments, including the sold-out Palestra and Sovereign Bank Arena games featuring No. 1 overall draft pick LeBron James, reported that 124 kids between the ages of 10-18 enjoyed a week of learning the tricks of the trade from Sixers announcer Mark Zumoff, Flyers announcer Jim Jackson, Phillies announcer Scott Graham and Eagles commentator Vaughn Hebron.

Some of the others who spent time with the kids were KYW's Steve Bucci, WTXF's Bill Vargus, Comcast SportsNet's Dick Jerardi, WIP 610-AM's Paul Jolovitz, and St. Joseph's head basketball coach Phil Martelli.

To register for next summer, go to http://www.scholasticpbpnetwork.com/.

Mohr viewers

Jay Mohr, who bombed out with last summer's "Mohr Sports" on ESPN is enjoying success this year as the host and creator of the NBC show "Last Comic Standing."

Laura Nachman covers television and radio sports for the Courier Times. She can be reached at bradyresident@aol.com.