James L. Freedman wrote, produced, directed and narrated this loving biography of sports broadcaster Marty Glickman, who gave Freeman one of his first jobs. His reverence is understandable, though, as is HBO’s in scheduling this special: When HBO began its satellite network service in 1972, Glickman was the first voice heard. He not only covered sports for HBO in its early days, but long before that – before, in fact, network television – Glickman was providing colorful descriptions of recreated sports events on radio. Bob Costas and Marv Albert speak about him in reverent tones, as do sportswriters, coaches and athletes. And that’s partly because Glickman, in his youth, was such an amazing athlete himself – a runner so fast, he made the same Olympics U.S. track team as Jesse Owens. The story about those games, and the ones Glickman reported in later decades for the New York Giants, Jets and other teams, will have you agreeing with Costas’ final assessment of Glickman as “an admirable man.”