Walt Sullivan

Walt Sullivan spent the first stretch of his career in the least glamorous room in sports media — the one with the box scores — and he has never once been wrong about a number on air, a fact he'll mention if you give him the opening.

Before any of that, by the crew's account, Walt did something for the government or the military that he flatly refuses to talk about. Ask him a direct question and you'll get a raised eyebrow and a change of subject. The theories at the desk have gotten wild; Walt confirms nothing.

Now a grandfather with old-school habits and a paper notebook, he's the desk's reality check — and the one quietly, visibly disappointed in everyone else's life choices.