Okay, there’s a pretty nifty web site, awfulannouncing.blogspot.com, which you should check out. As a sports fan, you’ll be amused. But I’m not talking about the site right now. (Though I am disappointed that those guys didn’t herald what awfulness transpired announcer-wise last night during the Fiesta Bowl.)
What I’m talking about is a couple of [...]
Category Archives: TV
Awful Announcing
January 6, 2009 – 9:37 am
The Real JZ is on Her Game
January 2, 2009 – 5:28 pm
Nobody in sports telecasting is quite as dispensible as the breathlessly inane Jeanne Zelasko. There are others we despise because of their verbosity or overexposure or the sound of their voice. Like Vitale. Or McCarver. Or that fric and frac and toupee trio they trot out for NBA games. But none matches Zelasko for universally [...]
What A Way To Start The Year
January 1, 2009 – 12:30 pm
Hey, Cardinal fans, bet you couldn’t wait to jump out of bed this a.m., pop a few aspirin, shake out the cobwebs from that midnight balloon drop and read about yesterday’s game against UNLV. Pretty nifty New Year’s gift, eh?
I’d say the place to start with a post mortem is at the top. C.L. Brown [...]
Hear Me Now, Believe Me Later
December 23, 2008 – 12:29 pm
I got to Dan Wetzel’s most excellent expose of the whole Bowl Game boondoggle through an article by King Kaufman at salon.com. Which I mention for attribution purposes only. But it is a topic on everybody’s mind this time of year, when football fans look at each other and wonder why there isn’t a college [...]
What If It’s A Tie??????
December 21, 2008 – 11:37 pm
Al Michaels and John Madden are generally regarded as the gold standard of NFL announcers.
Right now, I’m not so sure. I’m watching the Panthers and Giants. Carolina misses a field goal after the New York score and two point conversion. The game goes to overtime. First score wins and that team gets home field advantage [...]
As Good As It Gets
December 20, 2008 – 6:31 pm
Okay, against Tubby’s Golden Gophers, the Cards played like the travel weary, leadership bereft, saavyless squad they are proving to be. And, in my Joey the Vig Bowl Pool, Fresno State laid down at the end against Colorado State.
But, it’s overtime now in Seattle. UConn and Gonzaga are playing a tournament worthy game. And Gus [...]
In Case You Haven’t Heard . . .
December 19, 2008 – 9:33 am
. . . Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy was arrested early Thursday morning after an altercation with a cab driver in Cincy.
Okay, I’m being facetious. Of course, you’ve heard because you’re a sports fan and ESPN felt compelled to tell the story every five minutes throughout its basketball coverage Thursday night. I think Dan Shulman [...]
It’s Time for HIM to go Bye Bye
December 4, 2008 – 9:40 am
Dick Vitale is an easy target. He’s become a caracature of himself. And he was a caracature to begin with.
The guy loves the sport. He’s done a lot of good promoting college hoops and promoting the Jimmy V Foundation.
But his ranting and raving and screaming and lack of focus and shilling for the superteams and [...]
My Favorite Hoops Commentator
November 29, 2008 – 11:38 am
It’s none other than slick-haired Steve Lavin. The former UCLA coach knows the game. Plus he peppers his light but insightful commentary with sly pop culural references. In a game the other day, he talked about a player getting a “Jimmy Durante Special.” I’m not sure exactly what he was trying to say, but anybody [...]
The Series - Come & Gone In A Blink
October 30, 2008 – 5:13 pm
Is it any wonder that nobody paid any attention to the World Series? (Won by the Phillies, in case you hadn’t heard.)
The games were all on at night. They started late at night, even when not delayed by rain. One game started after 10:00 p.m.
Tim McCarver is and always was the color announcer from hell. [...]