The 10 Worst Sportscasters On The Planet
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Corey Nachman | Jul. 22, 2011, 6:03 PM | 18,831 | 20
There's nothing like the sound of a sporting event.
And there's nothing worse than realizing that you have to mute that
sound because Joe Buck is calling the game.
There are several sportscasters that are a chore to listen to. Whether
it's misused words, getting facts dead wrong, or saying things that
offend on a massive scale, some commentators need to find another job.
Tim McCarver – Color Commentator for Baseball On Fox
Why he's bad: Tim McCarver is walking and talking proof that a former
baseball player isn't always the best choice to speak into a
microphone.
Timmy Mac uses grandiose vocabulary to delude heeders into determining
that he is more perspicacious than most homosapiens. People who do
that are the worst.
Yeah, he actually said this: "Mount Everest erupts again!" - said
after David Ortiz hit the game winning single in Game 5 of the 2004
ALCS.
Joe Buck – Lead play-by-play commentator for the NFL and MLB on Fox
Why he's bad: Joe Buck doesn't show any enthusiasm for his job even
while simultaneously exhibiting clear biases against certain athletes
and teams. Buck also seems to feel as though that everyone watching
the games that he talks over wants to hear what his opinion on issues
that affect him personally such as times when athletes have snubbed
him or when someone pretending to moon a crowd of Packers fans offends
him.
Yeah, he actually said this: "Sarah Wood will be celebrating with her
husband tonight!" - Buck after the Cubs won the 2003 NLDS against the
Atlanta Braves.
Sarah Wood is former Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood's wife whom the Fox
cameramen were obsessed with.
The 10 Worst Sportscasters On The Planet
Brent Musburger – Play-by-play commentator for ESPN and ABC
Why he's bad: On September 16th, 2008, Musburger called the USC-
Nebraska college football game and he revealed what a signal used by
USC quarterback John David Booty meant live on air. Musburger learned
the signal in a pre-game conversation that USC claims was meant for
"background purposes only." They were none-to-happy about that one.
Yeah, he actually said this: In a 1968 column for the now non-existent
paper The Chicago American, Brent Musburger called Tommie Smith and
John Carlos "black-skinned storm troopers" for their famous Black
Power salute at the 1968 Summer Olympics. This was before Star Wars,
so Musberger was alluding to the Sturmabteilung which was the
precursor to the infamous SS in Hitler's Third Reich. Musburger later
recanted his statement a bit and called the quote "a bit harsh."
Chris Berman – Host of various ESPN programs
Why he's bad: Berman is straight up annoying. The shtick that Berman
developed when he first joined up with ESPN in 1979 worked well for a
long time, but "BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK!" has gotta
go.
Yes, he actually said this: Here's Berman talking about how to best
smuggle codeine into America.
Magic Johnson – Analyst on ABC and TNT for the NBA
Why he's bad: Magic is so likable, but all the smiles in the world
cannot hide the face that he can't analyze a basketball game. While he
may be the only sportscaster on the planet that is socially allowed to
have a clear bias when giving his take on his sport of expertise,
Magic hasn't said anything that provided real insight to a game.
Yes, he actually said this "They're going to make the playoffs. I
think that they're going to be a tough eight or seven seed, too." -
Magic Johnson talking about the Knicks in January of 2008. The team
ended up going 23-59 that year and didn't make the playoffs at all.
Chip Caray – Broadcaster for Fox Sports
Why he's bad: Chip is a third generation sportscaster. His father was
the great Skip Caray of the Atlanta Braves, and his grandfather was
the immortal baseball announcer/personality Harry Caray. While Chip's
voice is very good, he makes constant mistakes.
Yes, he actually said that: "A quality at-bat for Orlando Cabrera."-
Caray, without sarcasm, making the call after Minnesota shortstop
Orlando Cabrera struck out with two men on in the top of the seventh
inning of Game 1 of the 2009 ALDS.
Dick Vitale – Color commentator for ESPN
Why he's bad: Vitale is certainly passionate about college basketball,
but passion doesn't necessarily equate to insight. Rather than explain
why a certain player should attack a defender's weakside, or
illustrate why someone's shot isn't going in, Dickie V would rather
yell out an adjective and put "baby" after it.
Yes, he actually said this: "Forty-five seconds left, one point up.
You have the ball, you wanna spread the court, score here, and play
good defense." – Dickie V applying his impressive analytical abilities
during the closing seconds of regulation of a Memphis vs. USC
basketball game on December 4, 2007.
Pam Ward – Play-by-play commentator for ESPN
Why she's bad: A player clearly squirming in pain doesn't matter to
Pam, she'd rather get right back to the action so she can keep
spouting her verbal diarrhea to a public that only wanted to watch
college football. Instead, they got saddled with watching the person
Awful Announcing named their "award' for poor sports broadcasting
after.
Yes, she actually said this: "A hundred yard touchdown return for the
touchdown!" -Pam Ward calling a Michigan State kick off return again
Minnesota.
Colin Cowherd – Host of various radio and television programs on ESPN
Why he's bad: Colin Cowherd is the loudest guy in the room, and he's
routinely the most uninformed person there too. He has more than once
spouted off half-baked takes on sports stories that involve tragedy
that turned out to be woefully wrong and disrespectful.
Yes, he actually said this: "Well, yeah, just because you clean the
rug doesn't mean you got everything out. Sometimes you've got stains,
stuff so deep it never ever leaves."- Cowherd on the murder of
Redskins' safety Sean Taylor. Herd blamed Taylor's checkered past for
his murder. In realty, Taylor was the victim of a botched robbery and
the two intruders had no idea he was home.
Jim Gray – Sports reporter for ESPN
Why he's bad: There's little sense to be made of Jim Gray's two Sports
Reporter of the Year awards from the ASA; he just may give the most
abrasive interview in any journalistic avenue.
Gray's most infamous moments came during his interview with Pete Rose
during Game 2 of the 1999 World Series. Rose was voted on to the Major
League Baseball All-Century Team by the fans of Major League Baseball.
It was his first appearance at a MLB event since accepting his
lifetime for betting on baseball. Gray didn't ask about the event at
all, but relentlessly prodded him to admit what he had done. Most
observers felt it took a lot away from the event.
Yes, he actually said this: The full Pete Rose interview.
Bonus: Former Yankee Chad Curtis refusing an interview with Gray after
hitting a walk-off home run in Game 3 of the 1999 World Series.
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>
> Corey Nachman | Jul. 22, 2011, 6:03 PM | 18,831 | 20
>
> There's nothing like the sound of a sporting event.
>
> And there's nothing worse than realizing that you have to mute that
> sound because Joe Buck is calling the game.
>
> There are several sportscasters that are a chore to listen to. Whether
> it's misused words, getting facts dead wrong, or saying things that
> offend on a massive scale, some commentators need to find another job.
>
> Tim McCarver – Color Commentator for Baseball On Fox
>
> Why he's bad: Tim McCarver is walking and talking proof that a former
> baseball player isn't always the best choice to speak into a
> microphone.
>
> Timmy Mac uses grandiose vocabulary to delude heeders into determining
> that he is more perspicacious than most homosapiens. People who do
> that are the worst.
>
> Yeah, he actually said this: "Mount Everest erupts again!" - said
> after David Ortiz hit the game winning single in Game 5 of the 2004
> ALCS.
>
>
> Joe Buck – Lead play-by-play commentator for the NFL and MLB on Fox
>
> Why he's bad: Joe Buck doesn't show any enthusiasm for his job even
> while simultaneously exhibiting clear biases against certain athletes
> and teams. Buck also seems to feel as though that everyone watching
> the games that he talks over wants to hear what his opinion on issues
> that affect him personally such as times when athletes have snubbed
> him or when someone pretending to moon a crowd of Packers fans offends
> him.
>
> Yeah, he actually said this: "Sarah Wood will be celebrating with her
> husband tonight!" - Buck after the Cubs won the 2003 NLDS against the
> Atlanta Braves.
>
> Sarah Wood is former Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood's wife whom the Fox
> cameramen were obsessed with.
>
>
> The 10 Worst Sportscasters On The Planet
>
> Brent Musburger – Play-by-play commentator for ESPN and ABC
>
> Why he's bad: On September 16th, 2008, Musburger called the USC-
> Nebraska college football game and he revealed what a signal used by
> USC quarterback John David Booty meant live on air. Musburger learned
> the signal in a pre-game conversation that USC claims was meant for
> "background purposes only." They were none-to-happy about that one.
>
> Yeah, he actually said this: In a 1968 column for the now non-existent
> paper The Chicago American, Brent Musburger called Tommie Smith and
> John Carlos "black-skinned storm troopers" for their famous Black
> Power salute at the 1968 Summer Olympics. This was before Star Wars,
> so Musberger was alluding to the Sturmabteilung which was the
> precursor to the infamous SS in Hitler's Third Reich. Musburger later
> recanted his statement a bit and called the quote "a bit harsh."
>
>
> Chris Berman – Host of various ESPN programs
>
> Why he's bad: Berman is straight up annoying. The shtick that Berman
> developed when he first joined up with ESPN in 1979 worked well for a
> long time, but "BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK!" has gotta
> go.
>
> Yes, he actually said this: Here's Berman talking about how to best
> smuggle codeine into America.
>
>
> Magic Johnson – Analyst on ABC and TNT for the NBA
>
> Why he's bad: Magic is so likable, but all the smiles in the world
> cannot hide the face that he can't analyze a basketball game. While he
> may be the only sportscaster on the planet that is socially allowed to
> have a clear bias when giving his take on his sport of expertise,
> Magic hasn't said anything that provided real insight to a game.
>
> Yes, he actually said this "They're going to make the playoffs. I
> think that they're going to be a tough eight or seven seed, too." -
> Magic Johnson talking about the Knicks in January of 2008. The team
> ended up going 23-59 that year and didn't make the playoffs at all.
>
>
> Chip Caray – Broadcaster for Fox Sports
>
> Why he's bad: Chip is a third generation sportscaster. His father was
> the great Skip Caray of the Atlanta Braves, and his grandfather was
> the immortal baseball announcer/personality Harry Caray. While Chip's
> voice is very good, he makes constant mistakes.
>
> Yes, he actually said that: "A quality at-bat for Orlando Cabrera."-
> Caray, without sarcasm, making the call after Minnesota shortstop
> Orlando Cabrera struck out with two men on in the top of the seventh
> inning of Game 1 of the 2009 ALDS.
>
>
> Dick Vitale – Color commentator for ESPN
>
> Why he's bad: Vitale is certainly passionate about college basketball,
> but passion doesn't necessarily equate to insight. Rather than explain
> why a certain player should attack a defender's weakside, or
> illustrate why someone's shot isn't going in, Dickie V would rather
> yell out an adjective and put "baby" after it.
>
> Yes, he actually said this: "Forty-five seconds left, one point up.
> You have the ball, you wanna spread the court, score here, and play
> good defense." – Dickie V applying his impressive analytical abilities
> during the closing seconds of regulation of a Memphis vs. USC
> basketball game on December 4, 2007.
>
>
> Pam Ward – Play-by-play commentator for ESPN
>
> Why she's bad: A player clearly squirming in pain doesn't matter to
> Pam, she'd rather get right back to the action so she can keep
> spouting her verbal diarrhea to a public that only wanted to watch
> college football. Instead, they got saddled with watching the person
> Awful Announcing named their "award' for poor sports broadcasting
> after.
>
> Yes, she actually said this: "A hundred yard touchdown return for the
> touchdown!" -Pam Ward calling a Michigan State kick off return again
> Minnesota.
>
>
> Colin Cowherd – Host of various radio and television programs on ESPN
>
> Why he's bad: Colin Cowherd is the loudest guy in the room, and he's
> routinely the most uninformed person there too. He has more than once
> spouted off half-baked takes on sports stories that involve tragedy
> that turned out to be woefully wrong and disrespectful.
>
> Yes, he actually said this: "Well, yeah, just because you clean the
> rug doesn't mean you got everything out. Sometimes you've got stains,
> stuff so deep it never ever leaves."- Cowherd on the murder of
> Redskins' safety Sean Taylor. Herd blamed Taylor's checkered past for
> his murder. In realty, Taylor was the victim of a botched robbery and
> the two intruders had no idea he was home.
>
>
> Jim Gray – Sports reporter for ESPN
>
> Why he's bad: There's little sense to be made of Jim Gray's two Sports
> Reporter of the Year awards from the ASA; he just may give the most
> abrasive interview in any journalistic avenue.
>
> Gray's most infamous moments came during his interview with Pete Rose
> during Game 2 of the 1999 World Series. Rose was voted on to the Major
> League Baseball All-Century Team by the fans of Major League Baseball.
> It was his first appearance at a MLB event since accepting his
> lifetime for betting on baseball. Gray didn't ask about the event at
> all, but relentlessly prodded him to admit what he had done. Most
> observers felt it took a lot away from the event.
>
> Yes, he actually said this: The full Pete Rose interview.
>
> Bonus: Former Yankee Chad Curtis refusing an interview with Gray after
> hitting a walk-off home run in Game 3 of the 1999 World Series.
>
Wow, all 10 of the worst on the PLANET are American? Somehow, I'm
betting every country has their Mussberger.....
syvyn11
BUTTKISS!
Dennis J
crying out loud. Who knows what's happened to his brain? Maybe it's
scrambled his molecules...
>Where is Skip Bayliss? Or as Jim Rome fans call him... SUCK
>BUTTKISS!
why isn't that tool Rome on this list???
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Dennis J <drju...@frontier.SCRAPE.COM> wrote:
> hey, syvyn11 <syv...@gmail.com>'s been through solid matter, for
> crying out loud. Who knows what's happened to his brain? Maybe it's
> scrambled his molecules...
>
> >Where is Skip Bayliss? Or as Jim Rome fans call him... SUCK
> >BUTTKISS!
>
> why isn't that tool Rome on this list???
He isn't a sportscaster. He's a sports talk show host (I'm using the
term very loosely since he's actually a sports rant show host).
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Seapig
>
> - Show quoted text -
Not only are they all American, they all have jobs with national
networks. I'm guessing there are guys that are even worse doing high
school games in Montana or somewhere.
The guy who wrote this got to cherry-pick entire careers to find
moronic statements by everybody on the list, but we don't even have to
read past the title to find something equally moronic from him.
shiite
> http://www.businessinsider.com/10-worst-announcers-in-sports-2011-7?u...
>
>
> There's nothing like the sound of a sporting event.
>
> And there's nothing worse than realizing that you have to mute that
> sound because Joe Buck is calling the game.
>
> There are several sportscasters that are a chore to listen to. Whether
> it's misused words, getting facts dead wrong, or saying things that
> offend on a massive scale, some commentators need to find another job.
>
> Tim McCarver – Color Commentator for Baseball On Fox
>
> Why he's bad: Tim McCarver is walking and talking proof that a former
> baseball player isn't always the best choice to speak into a
> microphone.
>
> Timmy Mac uses grandiose vocabulary to delude heeders into determining
> that he is more perspicacious than most homosapiens. People who do
> that are the worst.
>
> Yeah, he actually said this: "Mount Everest erupts again!" - said
> after David Ortiz hit the game winning single in Game 5 of the 2004
> ALCS.
>
>
> Joe Buck – Lead play-by-play commentator for the NFL and MLB on Fox
>
> Why he's bad: Joe Buck doesn't show any enthusiasm for his job even
> while simultaneously exhibiting clear biases against certain athletes
> and teams. Buck also seems to feel as though that everyone watching
> the games that he talks over wants to hear what his opinion on issues
> that affect him personally such as times when athletes have snubbed
> him or when someone pretending to moon a crowd of Packers fans offends
> him.
>
> Yeah, he actually said this: "Sarah Wood will be celebrating with her
> husband tonight!" - Buck after the Cubs won the 2003 NLDS against the
> Atlanta Braves.
>
> Sarah Wood is former Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood's wife whom the Fox
> cameramen were obsessed with.
>
>
> The 10 Worst Sportscasters On The Planet
>
> Brent Musburger – Play-by-play commentator for ESPN and ABC
>
> Why he's bad: On September 16th, 2008, Musburger called the USC-
> Nebraska college football game and he revealed what a signal used by
> USC quarterback John David Booty meant live on air. Musburger learned
> the signal in a pre-game conversation that USC claims was meant for
> "background purposes only." They were none-to-happy about that one.
>
> Yeah, he actually said this: In a 1968 column for the now non-existent
> paper The Chicago American, Brent Musburger called Tommie Smith and
> John Carlos "black-skinned storm troopers" for their famous Black
> Power salute at the 1968 Summer Olympics. This was before Star Wars,
> so Musberger was alluding to the Sturmabteilung which was the
> precursor to the infamous SS in Hitler's Third Reich. Musburger later
> recanted his statement a bit and called the quote "a bit harsh."
>
>
> Chris Berman – Host of various ESPN programs
>
> Why he's bad: Berman is straight up annoying. The shtick that Berman
> developed when he first joined up with ESPN in 1979 worked well for a
> long time, but "BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK!" has gotta
> go.
>
> Yes, he actually said this: Here's Berman talking about how to best
> smuggle codeine into America.
>
>
> Magic Johnson – Analyst on ABC and TNT for the NBA
>
> Why he's bad: Magic is so likable, but all the smiles in the world
> cannot hide the face that he can't analyze a basketball game. While he
> may be the only sportscaster on the planet that is socially allowed to
> have a clear bias when giving his take on his sport of expertise,
> Magic hasn't said anything that provided real insight to a game.
>
> Yes, he actually said this "They're going to make the playoffs. I
> think that they're going to be a tough eight or seven seed, too." -
> Magic Johnson talking about the Knicks in January of 2008. The team
> ended up going 23-59 that year and didn't make the playoffs at all.
>
>
> Chip Caray – Broadcaster for Fox Sports
>
> Why he's bad: Chip is a third generation sportscaster. His father was
> the great Skip Caray of the Atlanta Braves, and his grandfather was
> the immortal baseball announcer/personality Harry Caray. While Chip's
> voice is very good, he makes constant mistakes.
>
> Yes, he actually said that: "A quality at-bat for Orlando Cabrera."-
> Caray, without sarcasm, making the call after Minnesota shortstop
> Orlando Cabrera struck out with two men on in the top of the seventh
> inning of Game 1 of the 2009 ALDS.
>
>
> Dick Vitale – Color commentator for ESPN
>
> Why he's bad: Vitale is certainly passionate about college basketball,
> but passion doesn't necessarily equate to insight. Rather than explain
> why a certain player should attack a defender's weakside, or
> illustrate why someone's shot isn't going in, Dickie V would rather
> yell out an adjective and put "baby" after it.
>
> Yes, he actually said this: "Forty-five seconds left, one point up.
> You have the ball, you wanna spread the court, score here, and play
> good defense." – Dickie V applying his impressive analytical abilities
> during the closing seconds of regulation of a Memphis vs. USC
> basketball game on December 4, 2007.
>
>
> Pam Ward – Play-by-play commentator for ESPN
>
> Why she's bad: A player clearly squirming in pain doesn't matter to
> Pam, she'd rather get right back to the action so she can keep
> spouting her verbal diarrhea to a public that only wanted to watch
> college football. Instead, they got saddled with watching the person
> Awful Announcing named their "award' for poor sports broadcasting
> after.
>
> Yes, she actually said this: "A hundred yard touchdown return for the
> touchdown!" -Pam Ward calling a Michigan State kick off return again
> Minnesota.
>
>
> Colin Cowherd – Host of various radio and television programs on ESPN
>
> Why he's bad: Colin Cowherd is the loudest guy in the room, and he's
> routinely the most uninformed person there too. He has more than once
> spouted off half-baked takes on sports stories that involve tragedy
> that turned out to be woefully wrong and disrespectful.
>
> Yes, he actually said this: "Well, yeah, just because you clean the
> rug doesn't mean you got everything out. Sometimes you've got stains,
> stuff so deep it never ever leaves."- Cowherd on the murder of
> Redskins' safety Sean Taylor. Herd blamed Taylor's checkered past for
> his murder. In realty, Taylor was the victim of a botched robbery and
> the two intruders had no idea he was home.
>
>
> Jim Gray – Sports reporter for ESPN
>
> Why he's bad: There's little sense to be made of Jim Gray's two Sports
> Reporter of the Year awards from the ASA; he just may give the most
> abrasive interview in any journalistic avenue.
>
> Gray's most infamous moments came during his interview with Pete Rose
> during Game 2 of the 1999 World Series. Rose was voted on to the Major
> League Baseball All-Century Team by the fans of Major League Baseball.
> It was his first appearance at a MLB event since accepting his
> lifetime for betting on baseball. Gray didn't ask about the event at
> all, but relentlessly prodded him to admit what he had done. Most
> observers felt it took a lot away from the event.
>
> Yes, he actually said this: The full Pete Rose interview.
>
> Bonus: Former Yankee Chad Curtis refusing an interview with Gray after
> hitting a walk-off home run in Game 3 of the 1999 World Series.
>
Be grateful that we don't have to endure Theismann and McGuire
anymore. In terms of grating obnoxiousness, no one on your list comes
close to them.
Hugh Jardon
wrote:
> In article <f58n27d14jrcn07iig9bbqvutj91ljn...@4ax.com>,
> Dennis J <drjud...@frontier.SCRAPE.COM> wrote:
>
> > hey, syvyn11 <syvy...@gmail.com>'s been through solid matter, for
> > crying out loud. Who knows what's happened to his brain? Maybe it's
> > scrambled his molecules...
>
> > >Where is Skip Bayliss? Or as Jim Rome fans call him... SUCK
> > >BUTTKISS!
>
> > why isn't that tool Rome on this list???
>
> He isn't a sportscaster. He's a sports talk show host (I'm using the
> term very loosely since he's actually a sports rant show host).
> --
> Remove blown from email address to reply.
He isn't a sportscaster. He's a sports talk show host (I'm using the
term very loosely since he's actually a sports rant show host).
He isn't a sportscaster. He's a sports talk show host (I'm using the
term very loosely since he's actually a sports rant show host).
It made it even funnier that I repeated it twice, just like Rome.
Percy
> http://www.businessinsider.com/10-worst-announcers-in-sports-2011-7?u...
>
>
> There's nothing like the sound of a sporting event.
>
> And there's nothing worse than realizing that you have to mute that
> sound because Joe Buck is calling the game.
>
> There are several sportscasters that are a chore to listen to. Whether
> it's misused words, getting facts dead wrong, or saying things that
> offend on a massive scale, some commentators need to find another job.
>
> Tim McCarver – Color Commentator for Baseball On Fox
>
> Why he's bad: Tim McCarver is walking and talking proof that a former
> baseball player isn't always the best choice to speak into a
> microphone.
>
> Timmy Mac uses grandiose vocabulary to delude heeders into determining
> that he is more perspicacious than most homosapiens. People who do
> that are the worst.
>
> Yeah, he actually said this: "Mount Everest erupts again!" - said
> after David Ortiz hit the game winning single in Game 5 of the 2004
> ALCS.
>
>
> Joe Buck – Lead play-by-play commentator for the NFL and MLB on Fox
>
> Why he's bad: Joe Buck doesn't show any enthusiasm for his job even
> while simultaneously exhibiting clear biases against certain athletes
> and teams. Buck also seems to feel as though that everyone watching
> the games that he talks over wants to hear what his opinion on issues
> that affect him personally such as times when athletes have snubbed
> him or when someone pretending to moon a crowd of Packers fans offends
> him.
>
> Yeah, he actually said this: "Sarah Wood will be celebrating with her
> husband tonight!" - Buck after the Cubs won the 2003 NLDS against the
> Atlanta Braves.
>
> Sarah Wood is former Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood's wife whom the Fox
> cameramen were obsessed with.
>
>
> The 10 Worst Sportscasters On The Planet
>
> Brent Musburger – Play-by-play commentator for ESPN and ABC
>
> Why he's bad: On September 16th, 2008, Musburger called the USC-
> Nebraska college football game and he revealed what a signal used by
> USC quarterback John David Booty meant live on air. Musburger learned
> the signal in a pre-game conversation that USC claims was meant for
> "background purposes only." They were none-to-happy about that one.
>
> Yeah, he actually said this: In a 1968 column for the now non-existent
> paper The Chicago American, Brent Musburger called Tommie Smith and
> John Carlos "black-skinned storm troopers" for their famous Black
> Power salute at the 1968 Summer Olympics. This was before Star Wars,
> so Musberger was alluding to the Sturmabteilung which was the
> precursor to the infamous SS in Hitler's Third Reich. Musburger later
> recanted his statement a bit and called the quote "a bit harsh."
>
>
> Chris Berman – Host of various ESPN programs
>
> Why he's bad: Berman is straight up annoying. The shtick that Berman
> developed when he first joined up with ESPN in 1979 worked well for a
> long time, but "BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK!" has gotta
> go.
>
> Yes, he actually said this: Here's Berman talking about how to best
> smuggle codeine into America.
>
>
> Magic Johnson – Analyst on ABC and TNT for the NBA
>
> Why he's bad: Magic is so likable, but all the smiles in the world
> cannot hide the face that he can't analyze a basketball game. While he
> may be the only sportscaster on the planet that is socially allowed to
> have a clear bias when giving his take on his sport of expertise,
> Magic hasn't said anything that provided real insight to a game.
>
> Yes, he actually said this "They're going to make the playoffs. I
> think that they're going to be a tough eight or seven seed, too." -
> Magic Johnson talking about the Knicks in January of 2008. The team
> ended up going 23-59 that year and didn't make the playoffs at all.
>
>
> Chip Caray – Broadcaster for Fox Sports
>
> Why he's bad: Chip is a third generation sportscaster. His father was
> the great Skip Caray of the Atlanta Braves, and his grandfather was
> the immortal baseball announcer/personality Harry Caray. While Chip's
> voice is very good, he makes constant mistakes.
>
> Yes, he actually said that: "A quality at-bat for Orlando Cabrera."-
> Caray, without sarcasm, making the call after Minnesota shortstop
> Orlando Cabrera struck out with two men on in the top of the seventh
> inning of Game 1 of the 2009 ALDS.
>
>
> Dick Vitale – Color commentator for ESPN
>
> Why he's bad: Vitale is certainly passionate about college basketball,
> but passion doesn't necessarily equate to insight. Rather than explain
> why a certain player should attack a defender's weakside, or
> illustrate why someone's shot isn't going in, Dickie V would rather
> yell out an adjective and put "baby" after it.
>
> Yes, he actually said this: "Forty-five seconds left, one point up.
> You have the ball, you wanna spread the court, score here, and play
> good defense." – Dickie V applying his impressive analytical abilities
> during the closing seconds of regulation of a Memphis vs. USC
> basketball game on December 4, 2007.
>
>
> Pam Ward – Play-by-play commentator for ESPN
>
> Why she's bad: A player clearly squirming in pain doesn't matter to
> Pam, she'd rather get right back to the action so she can keep
> spouting her verbal diarrhea to a public that only wanted to watch
> college football. Instead, they got saddled with watching the person
> Awful Announcing named their "award' for poor sports broadcasting
> after.
>
> Yes, she actually said this: "A hundred yard touchdown return for the
> touchdown!" -Pam Ward calling a Michigan State kick off return again
> Minnesota.
>
>
> Colin Cowherd – Host of various radio and television programs on ESPN
>
> Why he's bad: Colin Cowherd is the loudest guy in the room, and he's
> routinely the most uninformed person there too. He has more than once
> spouted off half-baked takes on sports stories that involve tragedy
> that turned out to be woefully wrong and disrespectful.
>
> Yes, he actually said this: "Well, yeah, just because you clean the
> rug doesn't mean you got everything out. Sometimes you've got stains,
> stuff so deep it never ever leaves."- Cowherd on the murder of
> Redskins' safety Sean Taylor. Herd blamed Taylor's checkered past for
> his murder. In realty, Taylor was the victim of a botched robbery and
> the two intruders had no idea he was home.
>
>
> Jim Gray – Sports reporter for ESPN
>
> Why he's bad: There's little sense to be made of Jim Gray's two Sports
> Reporter of the Year awards from the ASA; he just may give the most
> abrasive interview in any journalistic avenue.
>
> Gray's most infamous moments came during his interview with Pete Rose
> during Game 2 of the 1999 World Series. Rose was voted on to the Major
> League Baseball All-Century Team by the fans of Major League Baseball.
> It was his first appearance at a MLB event since accepting his
> lifetime for betting on baseball. Gray didn't ask about the event at
> all, but relentlessly prodded him to admit what he had done. Most
> observers felt it took a lot away from the event.
>
> Yes, he actually said this: The full Pete Rose interview.
>
> Bonus: Former Yankee Chad Curtis refusing an interview with Gray after
> hitting a walk-off home run in Game 3 of the 1999 World Series.
>
Did I miss Charles Barkley?
Percy
> http://www.businessinsider.com/10-worst-announcers-in-sports-2011-7?u...
>
>
> There's nothing like the sound of a sporting event.
>
> And there's nothing worse than realizing that you have to mute that
> sound because Joe Buck is calling the game.
>
> There are several sportscasters that are a chore to listen to. Whether
> it's misused words, getting facts dead wrong, or saying things that
> offend on a massive scale, some commentators need to find another job.
>
> Tim McCarver – Color Commentator for Baseball On Fox
>
> Why he's bad: Tim McCarver is walking and talking proof that a former
> baseball player isn't always the best choice to speak into a
> microphone.
>
> Timmy Mac uses grandiose vocabulary to delude heeders into determining
> that he is more perspicacious than most homosapiens. People who do
> that are the worst.
>
> Yeah, he actually said this: "Mount Everest erupts again!" - said
> after David Ortiz hit the game winning single in Game 5 of the 2004
> ALCS.
>
>
> Joe Buck – Lead play-by-play commentator for the NFL and MLB on Fox
>
> Why he's bad: Joe Buck doesn't show any enthusiasm for his job even
> while simultaneously exhibiting clear biases against certain athletes
> and teams. Buck also seems to feel as though that everyone watching
> the games that he talks over wants to hear what his opinion on issues
> that affect him personally such as times when athletes have snubbed
> him or when someone pretending to moon a crowd of Packers fans offends
> him.
>
> Yeah, he actually said this: "Sarah Wood will be celebrating with her
> husband tonight!" - Buck after the Cubs won the 2003 NLDS against the
> Atlanta Braves.
>
> Sarah Wood is former Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood's wife whom the Fox
> cameramen were obsessed with.
>
>
> The 10 Worst Sportscasters On The Planet
>
> Brent Musburger – Play-by-play commentator for ESPN and ABC
>
> Why he's bad: On September 16th, 2008, Musburger called the USC-
> Nebraska college football game and he revealed what a signal used by
> USC quarterback John David Booty meant live on air. Musburger learned
> the signal in a pre-game conversation that USC claims was meant for
> "background purposes only." They were none-to-happy about that one.
>
> Yeah, he actually said this: In a 1968 column for the now non-existent
> paper The Chicago American, Brent Musburger called Tommie Smith and
> John Carlos "black-skinned storm troopers" for their famous Black
> Power salute at the 1968 Summer Olympics. This was before Star Wars,
> so Musberger was alluding to the Sturmabteilung which was the
> precursor to the infamous SS in Hitler's Third Reich. Musburger later
> recanted his statement a bit and called the quote "a bit harsh."
>
>
> Chris Berman – Host of various ESPN programs
>
> Why he's bad: Berman is straight up annoying. The shtick that Berman
> developed when he first joined up with ESPN in 1979 worked well for a
> long time, but "BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK!" has gotta
> go.
>
> Yes, he actually said this: Here's Berman talking about how to best
> smuggle codeine into America.
>
>
> Magic Johnson – Analyst on ABC and TNT for the NBA
>
> Why he's bad: Magic is so likable, but all the smiles in the world
> cannot hide the face that he can't analyze a basketball game. While he
> may be the only sportscaster on the planet that is socially allowed to
> have a clear bias when giving his take on his sport of expertise,
> Magic hasn't said anything that provided real insight to a game.
>
> Yes, he actually said this "They're going to make the playoffs. I
> think that they're going to be a tough eight or seven seed, too." -
> Magic Johnson talking about the Knicks in January of 2008. The team
> ended up going 23-59 that year and didn't make the playoffs at all.
>
>
> Chip Caray – Broadcaster for Fox Sports
>
> Why he's bad: Chip is a third generation sportscaster. His father was
> the great Skip Caray of the Atlanta Braves, and his grandfather was
> the immortal baseball announcer/personality Harry Caray. While Chip's
> voice is very good, he makes constant mistakes.
>
> Yes, he actually said that: "A quality at-bat for Orlando Cabrera."-
> Caray, without sarcasm, making the call after Minnesota shortstop
> Orlando Cabrera struck out with two men on in the top of the seventh
> inning of Game 1 of the 2009 ALDS.
>
>
> Dick Vitale – Color commentator for ESPN
>
> Why he's bad: Vitale is certainly passionate about college basketball,
> but passion doesn't necessarily equate to insight. Rather than explain
> why a certain player should attack a defender's weakside, or
> illustrate why someone's shot isn't going in, Dickie V would rather
> yell out an adjective and put "baby" after it.
>
> Yes, he actually said this: "Forty-five seconds left, one point up.
> You have the ball, you wanna spread the court, score here, and play
> good defense." – Dickie V applying his impressive analytical abilities
> during the closing seconds of regulation of a Memphis vs. USC
> basketball game on December 4, 2007.
>
>
> Pam Ward – Play-by-play commentator for ESPN
>
> Why she's bad: A player clearly squirming in pain doesn't matter to
> Pam, she'd rather get right back to the action so she can keep
> spouting her verbal diarrhea to a public that only wanted to watch
> college football. Instead, they got saddled with watching the person
> Awful Announcing named their "award' for poor sports broadcasting
> after.
>
> Yes, she actually said this: "A hundred yard touchdown return for the
> touchdown!" -Pam Ward calling a Michigan State kick off return again
> Minnesota.
>
>
> Colin Cowherd – Host of various radio and television programs on ESPN
>
> Why he's bad: Colin Cowherd is the loudest guy in the room, and he's
> routinely the most uninformed person there too. He has more than once
> spouted off half-baked takes on sports stories that involve tragedy
> that turned out to be woefully wrong and disrespectful.
>
> Yes, he actually said this: "Well, yeah, just because you clean the
> rug doesn't mean you got everything out. Sometimes you've got stains,
> stuff so deep it never ever leaves."- Cowherd on the murder of
> Redskins' safety Sean Taylor. Herd blamed Taylor's checkered past for
> his murder. In realty, Taylor was the victim of a botched robbery and
> the two intruders had no idea he was home.
>
>
> Jim Gray – Sports reporter for ESPN
>
> Why he's bad: There's little sense to be made of Jim Gray's two Sports
> Reporter of the Year awards from the ASA; he just may give the most
> abrasive interview in any journalistic avenue.
>
> Gray's most infamous moments came during his interview with Pete Rose
> during Game 2 of the 1999 World Series. Rose was voted on to the Major
> League Baseball All-Century Team by the fans of Major League Baseball.
> It was his first appearance at a MLB event since accepting his
> lifetime for betting on baseball. Gray didn't ask about the event at
> all, but relentlessly prodded him to admit what he had done. Most
> observers felt it took a lot away from the event.
>
> Yes, he actually said this: The full Pete Rose interview.
>
> Bonus: Former Yankee Chad Curtis refusing an interview with Gray after
> hitting a walk-off home run in Game 3 of the 1999 World Series.
>
I have come to enjoy Brent Mushmouth. I do not like Jim Gray, I dare
say
Tarkus
> Did I miss Charles Barkley?
The list is for *this* planet.
cloud dreamer
That would explain why Chris Collingsworth isn't on the list.
..
--
We must change the way we live
Or the climate will do it for us
Thomas R. Kettler
cloud dreamer <Sa...@Resources.now> wrote:
> On 25/07/2011 10:05 AM, Tarkus wrote:
> > On 7/24/2011 6:56 PM, Percy wrote:
> >> Did I miss Charles Barkley?
> >
> > The list is for *this* planet.
>
>
> That would explain why Chris Collingsworth isn't on the list.
If you're going to denigrate someone, it helps to at least learn how to
spell his name. Try Cris Collinsworth.
<http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CollCr00.htm>
cloud dreamer
> In article<y_idnU2hBPpD_rDT...@supernews.com>,
> cloud dreamer<Sa...@Resources.now> wrote:
>
>> On 25/07/2011 10:05 AM, Tarkus wrote:
>>> On 7/24/2011 6:56 PM, Percy wrote:
>>>> Did I miss Charles Barkley?
>>>
>>> The list is for *this* planet.
>>
>>
>> That would explain why Chris Collingsworth isn't on the list.
>
> If you're going to denigrate someone, it helps to at least learn how to
> spell his name. Try Cris Collinsworth.
Oh noes!!! Stop the presses!!! Stop all traffic!!! Everyone!! Stop and
listen!!! I added an extra "g" and Thomas R. Kettler is displeased!
Yeah. An extra "g."
So the fuck what? What are you, Mr. Thomas *R.* Kettler? 12?
The moron is still the worst commentator out there.
Tom Enright
wrote:
> In article <y_idnU2hBPpD_rDTnZ2dnUVZ_v-dn...@supernews.com>,
> cloud dreamer <S...@Resources.now> wrote:
>
> > On 25/07/2011 10:05 AM, Tarkus wrote:
> > > On 7/24/2011 6:56 PM, Percy wrote:
> > >> Did I miss Charles Barkley?
>
> > > The list is for *this* planet.
>
> > That would explain why Chris Collingsworth isn't on the list.
> If you're going to denigrate someone, it helps to at least learn how to
> spell his name. Try Cris Collinsworth.
>
> <http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CollCr00.htm>
No matter how you spell-it, it still means "SUCK"
-Tom Enright
Antonio Veranos
[Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:44:10 -0230]
: >> That would explain why Chris Collingsworth isn't on the list.
: >
: > If you're going to denigrate someone, it helps to at least learn how to
: > spell his name. Try Cris Collinsworth.
:
:
: Oh noes!!! Stop the presses!!! Stop all traffic!!! Everyone!! Stop and
: listen!!! I added an extra "g" and Thomas R. Kettler is displeased!
:
: Yeah. An extra "g."
:
: So the fuck what? What are you, Mr. Thomas *R.* Kettler? 12?
:
: The moron is still the worst commentator out there.
Over-react much? Sheesh... prissy little fella.
--
Antonio Veranos
<insert witty comment here>
The Undead Edward M. Kennedy
point out the obvious. "You're not going to have very much
success on offense if you can't put the ball in the basket."
Gee, I thought that was the whole point of the game...
--Tedward
Goro
How about the NBC Olympic coverage teams. Notably the gymnastics and
figure skating.
Also, Arizona State's local broadcasting team's color commentator is a
former lineman for the 'Devils (i forget his name) and he's amazingly
bad. He stumbles over his own words most of the time and makes the
most banal comments. At least he's not in-your-face obnoxious like
Chris Berman, but he's not actually that competent.
One thing I have found is that the radio broadcasts are far better
than the tv guys. This gets me to wondering if the main culprits for
the many poor nfl sportscasters are the sports producers.
-goro-
The Undead Edward M. Kennedy
<One thing I have found is that the radio broadcasts are far better
<than the tv guys. This gets me to wondering if the main culprits for
<the many poor nfl sportscasters are the sports producers.
Part of it is that they *have* to be better. The radio listener has
no idea what's going on unless the announcer tells them, so during
action they are pretty much just doing that.
--Tedward
Anim8rFSK
<e00dc565-7738-4409...@e20g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
Goro <eviln...@gmail.com> wrote:
> One thing I have found is that the radio broadcasts are far better
> than the tv guys.
It's always been that way. I can recall back in the Howard Cosell era,
people would watch the TV with the audio off and listen to the game on
the radio.
--
"Please, I can't die, I've never kissed an Asian woman!"
Shego on "Shat My Dad Says"
The Undead Edward M. Kennedy
>> One thing I have found is that the radio broadcasts are far better
>> than the tv guys.
>
> It's always been that way. I can recall back in the Howard Cosell era,
> people would watch the TV with the audio off and listen to the game on
> the radio.
And they make devices to slow down the radio broadcast to match
the satellite feed of your college baskeball game. Back in the
day, radio and often TV synched up well, but now that everything
is bouncing off satellites and going through cable routers etc.,
the time delay between radio and TV is usually significant enough
to ruin the experience.
--Tedward