NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michele Steele of ESPN about the NFL playoffs, the college football national championship, and remembers Milwaukee Baseball legend Bob Uecker.

I was saddened to learn of the passing of Bob Uecker (“‘Light of the Brewers,’” Jan. 17). Saying goodbye to Bob shakes us all. He was so much more than a Milwaukee Brewers icon.

Johnny Carson had no idea. When the late host of “The Tonight Show” first dubbed Bob Uecker — who died Thursday at the age of 90 — “Mr. Baseball,” Carson did not know whether Uecker ...

For those trained in the art of self-deprecation, death must be no great surprise. Bob Uecker died today at the age of 90. A veteran of two heart surgeries, he had been battling lung cancer for ...

Sounds like a jam-packed sports segment today, Scott. SIMON: Well, it is thanks to you ... What a scholarly approach, by the way. And finally, Bob Uecker, journeyman ballplayer with four teams ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michele Steele of ESPN about the NFL playoffs, the college football national championship, and remembers Milwaukee Baseball legend Bob Uecker.