Haney spent twenty-five years as a sportscaster, including eight years as Sports Director of WINA radio in Charlottesville and twelve years as Sports Anchor/Director of WTVR-TV in Richmond. He also wrote a syndicated sports column in Virginia and, for eighteen years, did football and basketball play-by-play on the radio networks owned by the University of Richmond, the University of Virginia and/or Virginia Tech University. He also produced and hosted the television sports shows for such coaches as Dick Tarrant at the University of Richmond and Bill Dooley at Virginia Tech.