Favourite Sportscaster?

[HEyHEY]

For me, it's Bob Cole. So many people slag him cause he's old and sometimes forgets players names and such. But NO ONE can call a hockey game like Bob Cole, When Team Canada is in the midst of a serious battle, or it's the Stanley Cup playoffs and the game is just insane... Bob starts humming and it is POETIC to hear him describe the game. Man, sends chills up my back thinking about it.

[evlbstrd]

1. I don't follow hockey, so I'm not familiar with Bob Cole.

But I can't think of a favorite. I listen to my baseball team on local radio. When my football team is playing, I turn down the teevee and listen to our HOF quarterback on the radio. I guess I'msayin' I prefer radio play-by-play to teevee sports audio.

[KitchenWitch]

2. National broadcast baseball - Bob Costas

Local baseball games - Dick Bremer and Bert Blyleven.

[HEyHEY]

10. Is he the guy that does it with Joe Morgan?

Those two are awesome

[KitchenWitch]

12. No, that is Jon Miller

Those two are good as well, they are my favorite ESPN baseball duo...I cannot bear to hear the 5 tool idiot Jeff Brantley do games on ESPN.

[HEyHEY]

13. The worst is that Tim McCarve assbag

Whenever he talks about Justin Morenau or Jason Bay he can't help himself from saying a STUPID ignorant comment about Canada.... and I don't mean little things that you can laugh off. The guy's a genuine idiot.
Morenau is from New Westminster (Where HEyHEY was born) an McCarver made some comment about "Plenty of moose where he's from"
Fucking twat, New West is a goddamn city of like 300,000 in the Lower mainland, which is about 2.2 million people. New West is totally urban except Queen Elizibeth park. Ain't a fucking moose for miles.

[KitchenWitch]

14. Tim McCarver is another 5 tool idiot

Good player, bad sportscaster...and they team him up with the sanctimonious, Derek Jeter worshipping, John Buck!

I also get mad at Tim McCarver's stupid comments about the Twins. He seems to have a resentment about the fact that the Twins beat the Cards in the 1987 WS.

[WhollyHeretic]

3. Jerry Remy

He really knows the game and can be silly sometimes which I like since a lot of sportscasters take themselves way to seriously.

[Wapsie B]

4. Gary Dolphin,

The Voice of the Iowa Hawkeyes. My favorite time last season was him shouting out my sig line.

[KitchenWitch]

6. At least you are not a Michigan fan

:hi:

[Wapsie B]

8. LOL!

:hi:

[sasquatch]

5. Marty Brenneman of the Reds baseball games

He's got a great voice and he's very enthusiastic about the event he's broadcasting about.

[enigmatic]

7. Mine

Herb Score- Cleveland Indians play by play guy for 32 years; retired in 97- I loved this guy; he probably saw more bad baseball than anybody had a right to for the majority of his time calling Indians games, but he's the voice of my sports youth.

Worst- Brian Hall, the guy who does the play by play of Edmonton Eskimos CFL games- Picture Grandpa Simpson doing play by play and you only have a glimpse at how horrible this guy is.

[HEyHEY]

9. I hate Brian Williams

Welcome to BBBLLLLue jays baseball, I'm BBBRRRIan Willllliams

[enigmatic]

11. Oh yeah!

I listen in when they play Clevo, and ugh. Too bad you can't listen to Tom Hamilton, the Indians play by play guy; he sounds like he's downed a gallon on java before he goes on and practically has a breakdown when they win..

[JimmyJazz]

15. Jim McCay - Wide World of Sports

I miss that show :cry:

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

21. Great minds think alike Jimmy Jazz, Jim McKay was an

outstanding broadcaster. I'll never forget his coverage of the Israeli hostage crisis during the Munich Olympics.

As for Wide World of Sports, I grew up on that show. It was must-see TV in our house every Saturday afternoon.

Another one of my faves is Dick Button. I know a lot of people cannot stand Uncle Dick, but he will always be to me the voice of American figure skating. I just love his Buttonisms. Sometimes he is just too funny....

[deadparrot]

16. Jack Buck.

:(

RIP.

[KitchenWitch]

17. Yes - I miss Jack Buck

and I despise Joe Buck.

Not fair.

[deadparrot]

18. Joe's absolutely no comparison to his dad.

:(

[Robeson]

23. Joe Buck is puke.....

...hope I wasn't to opaque in my reply.

[bumblebee1]

19. Vin Scully

I know he's getting up there in age, but it was one of the reasons I would watch Dodger games. I enjoyed his story telling way of broadcasting. Here are a few others: Bob Costas (especially at Olympics time), Jon Miller and Joe Morgan. I know what you mean about Joe Buck kneeling at the altar of Derek Jeter. He probably worships at the Yankees altar. I have a comment about that, but it is of a sexual nature.

[Blue_Tires]

20. Voice of the Georgia Bulldogs ---Larry Munson n/t

[txradioguy369]

22. I love watching Dan Patrick

on Sports Center. When Olbermann was on there with him they were the best on the air.

I also used to love listening to the guy who did play-by-play for Tennessee football.

"Give him six!!!...TOUCHDOWN Tennessee!!!"

Classic.

[Wetzelbill]

30. Olbermann was awesome, I haven't watched Sportscenter since he left

not regularly anyway.

[Robeson]

24. Troy Aikman.

[Allenberg]

25. Mike Lange

Pittsburgh Penguins play-by-play guy.

[Cathyclysmic]

33. "Buy Sam a drink and get his dog one, too!"

:D

On a related note, I'm really going to miss Myron Cope.

[Kickin_Donkey]

26. Keith Jackson doing college football is the first that ...

comes to mind. He IS college football. I especially liked him when he was paired up with Ara Parseghian in the mid-'70s.

As for NFL, I love John Madden. He's a NorCal boy and, I think, a Democrat.

For national baseball telecasts, Morgan and Miller. But I actually like Tim McCarver; hate the sanctimonious young Joe Buck.

For local baseball (retired), Lon Simmons, Hall of Famer. I grew up listening to his broadcasts of the Giants. Urbane, wry sense of humor.

No one comes to mind for present-day basketball either college or NBA (maybe because it's not in season). The Billy Packer-Al McGuire pairing in the mid- to late '70s was great.

Old-time greats on my list: Curt Gowdy, Joe Garagiola-Tony Kubek, Jim McKay.

Can someone please tell me what's the big deal about the late Harry Caray? I think it's a Chicago thing.

[Wetzelbill]

28. Keith Jackson is great, he and Dan Fouts are good

[khashka]

27. Bob Costas

I hate baseball but he speaks so passionately about it I know I must be wrong....

And he's cute :)

Khash.

[Wetzelbill]

31. good choice

[Wetzelbill]

29. Tazz and Michael Cole, Gil Clancy and Tim Ryan, Duke Snider and Dave ...

Van Horn. (the former Expos announcers)

Clancy and Ryan are a great boxing team.

[tjwmason]

32. Henry Blofeld - Test Match Special on the B.B.C.

You have to get into the whole idea of cricket commentary - the match goes on for 5 days, and there can be periods without much happening, so the commentators really just have to talk about random nonsense to fill the time. Bloers is such an expert at this - he can talk for a good half-hour about a flock of pigeons sitting in the out-field, or a cake he was sent by a lady in Tunbridge Wells - and it never gets boring or tedious.

The sport becomes almost incidental to the passing of an idyllic day in the sun - but when he talks about the cricket, it's a subject he's been immersed in for so many years that he's relating first-hand accounts of famous matches played 40 years ago, as though they were just in last summers series.

[Beware the Beast Man]

34. Myron Cope- retired color commentator for the Steelers.

He was a journalist with no voice for radio that pretty much happened upon broadcasting by accident.
I'll miss you, Myron- yoi!!!