OFFICIAL SPORTS ANNOUNCERS THREAD

I wasn't too thrilled with the NBA Game 7 lineup either, Mark Jackson was it? Not too good,
he talked like an idiot at times, DUMB comments, not funny at all.

 

I have not watched sports on TV in years, but I can imagine that it is pretty poor state of affairs. I get radio feed through my phone, and that is largely limited to NFL and the Mets.

In part, this was motivated by dissatisfaction with TV announcers, who spend too much time yakking and not enough time describing what is going on down on the field. Of course, being a life long Mets fan, I was spoiled growing up getting to listen to three HofF-ers, one for his work on the field (Kiner), and two for their work in the booth (Nelson, Murphy).

I find modern radio announcers to be better than TV announcers, in general, when it comes to describing the action on the field, and keeping the yak-fest to a minimum. Baseball, my favorite, has a pace that is ideal for radio. I can supplement the radio feed with on-demand video for great plays that pop up on my phone a few mins after I hear them on-line, and being able to look at enhanced stats (if I want to, not if some talking head thinks I should).

Football on the radio is OK, not as good as baseball, but I find that supplementing with streaming video and looking at stats helps; I think next year I will break down and pay for the NFL app, assuming that can be done w/o a Verizon phone...T

 

Agreed. Kalas was definitely one of the greats.

Am sure you remember this call.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYeOOxlbBbs

T

 

Fox doing golf was awful.

 

Curt Gowdy, Vin Scully, Skip Caray, Mel Allen, Jack Buck, Ernie Harwell, Harray Kalas, Red Barber, all great - plus some i did not mention, how can you pick one over the other? You can't.

 

Brett Musburger. What's not to love about a guy who's so honest?

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hg7CxBdJHk[/ame]

 

I think this is the best
http://www.philhendrieshow.com/its-dodger-time-2/


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A great list, to which I'd add John Facenda and Jim McKay. The key about all these guys is that they had distinctive voices that you'd recognize at a heartbeat. Today many of the announcers sound the same or almost the same. Chip Caray has taken over the Braves job from his late dad, but his voice lacks the distinctiveness of either his father or his grandfather.

If you want to include color commentators, one guy I liked was Phil Rizzuto, but you'd probably have to be a Yankees fan to agree with me!

 

Nope! 😀 Lifelong Mets fan and avowed Yankee hater. But, growing up, have to admit Scooter, Frank Messer and Bill White were great. Not as good as Mets announcers, of course, but when Mets were not on, liked to listen to those guys on PIX while rooting for other team...T

 

Vin Scully is the best baseball announcer on TV. He actually tells what is going on in the game and works alone. He has announced his retirement after this year.

He only does Dodger home games. Treat yourself. Check it out. BTW l ama Cardinals fan.

 

Brush with greatness:

My hearing aids, etc. were kept next to Chick Hearn's earpieces. Sometimes, they even touched.


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There are a lot of good 'color' folks, but there are a lot of bad ones, too, most
don't last long.
Without being sexist, there are a lot of really bad female sideline/side court 'reporters', but again,
there are also a couple of good ones.

 

I'm struggling to think of a sideline reporter, male or female, on TV who's ever piped in with something I wanted to know.

On the radio side, Kristi Scales, who does Cowboys sideline reporting is quite good and usually has timely info, either injury updates or whether Dez is having a fit on the sideline. 😉 Listened to several Seahawks games last year and their reporter, Jen Mueller, also seemed to be quite good...T

 

Jim Lampley, actually.

And what a start it was.
http://www.bruinsnation.com/2009/7/28/966622/ucla-tennessee-football-trivia

Still have respect for his '90's marriage to Bree Walker. He saw more than a pretty face, as her strengths are greater than her fingers and toes which are fused. Only celeb couple I ever kind of bummed about breaking up.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideline_reporter
The notion of sideline reporting actually grew out of the "Quicksilver" (wireless) coverage of the Olympic Massacre in 1972. What else could it be used for?





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^ Interesting post. Thanks...T