Worst Sportscasters on TV...Toronto Sun

[iluvbtca]

Funny but I was wanting to put a thread about this very subject before the article. Here's a list of broadcasters that I just cannot stand:

Jamie Campbell/Pat Tabler - These are two of the most boring human beings covering the most boring sport. Neither adds anything to the broadcast.

Nick Kypreos - Shouldn't you be able to speak without the stutter of someone who has taken too many shots to the head to actually be an effective talking head?

Bill Watters - It's amazing how many crappy Leafs personnel are in media and have no business being in it.

Sam Cosentino - I'm not sure if this is the guy but the one who does the play-by-play for Sportsnet CHL games has the most annoying voice in the history of broadcasting. Can't even watch.

Chuck Swirsky - Somebody buy this guy a dictionary and underline the word "unbiased". Yes, he's doing the home broadcast but he puts the "ho" in "homer".

Bill Walton - Drugs are bad.

Bryan Gumbel/Chris Collingsworth - I'd like to live in the States and not get the NFL Network.

Brian Baldinger - He's a colour commentator for Fox regional NFL broadcasts. This guy never gets anything right. I hate to listen to him screw up every single video challenge that comes up during his games.

Kenny Albert - Annoying voice. Living off his last name?

And the man that I'm surprised has not been mentioned and deserves to be ...

John Madden - This guy is ten years past his prime. He's now a charicature of himself. If you listen to him and then go back to the context of the game, he adds absolutely nothing to a telecast. His picture is beside the definition of "obvious". Plus his man love for Favre and Romo just makes him even more irritating in my eyes.

Broadcasts that I do enjoy ...

Nessler/Griese/Maguirre - Good chemistry. Almost as good as the old ESPN Sunday night NFL team of Patrick/Thiesmann/Maguirre. I though Patrick and Maguirre helped keep Thiesmann's ego partially in check.

Hubie Brown and Doug Collins - Both of these guys are terrific at breakdowning basketball plays. Plus, each isn't that far removed from the game not add relevant personal experiences with players.

Jim Hughson - Good voice and sharp play-by-play.

Mike Tirico - Same as Hughson but with versatility.

 

[antaeus]

Jerry Galnville. Couldn't understand his southern drawl; poster perfect stereotype that southern drawl = inbred.

Shannon Sharpe. Don't understand a word he says; fantastic receiver, worst commentator.

 

[blueline]

Im a big listener of the Fan as I spend most of my day driving around the city. Unfortunatley as soon as the clock strikes 1pm I change the dial...unless Doug Faraway (the Deacon) is filling in for Chuck. There is just something about being loud and obnoxious on the AM dial....that plus the fact that I do not like or follow basketball and his show usually gravitates towards that sport.

Pretty much the same reasons I stopped listening to the Fan in the afternoons. In fact, any of those basketball guys just turn my stomach, especially Eric Smith. IMO the best is the Jim Rome show from 12-3. I know a lot don't like Romey but his show can be very entertaining. He has great guests (athletes, coaches, media types), covers the topics of the day, makes you laugh and some of the jungle callers can also crack you up.

I also have started to listen to WGR55 football Monday's from 10-12 with the Coach Chuck Dickerson. Although I think he is a loud mouth bafoon, he can also be very entertaining, particularly after a Bills loss.

I used to listen to the Fan590 most of the day when I am around a radio, but the only show I catch daily is the Bobcat.

 

[blueline]

Jim Rome ??? Where do you listen to him ..

WGR55 out of Buffalo from noon til 3 pm

 

[GlavaMan]

I can pick up The Fan 660 AM (New York) while in my car. You may be able to get it as well in the GTA.

What happened to Toth on SN? He was on Friday night...eating on the air!

 

[rajiv1973]

Bryant Gumble is thee woist! He's like a robot out there, absolutely NO emotion. Anytime I see a game on the NFL Network, it makes me cringe!

You would think the NFL network would be able to find anyone better then gumble and Collinsworth to do their games.

 

[Neverenuff$]

Bob Cole... lemme tell ya harry neal ...

SHUDDDDDDUP !!

Oh and Honourable short term mention to Tie Domi..

 

[HaywoodJabloemy]

...Okay,anyone missing??????

Yes. How could they have Armitage on the list, yet not Chris Walby?
Likewise with Theismann and the even more obnoxious Tony Kornheiser. I can't watch MNF for more than about five minutes without pressing mute on the remote. Those three guys never shut the f*ck up.

Best TV sports viewing experience in the last few years was an Argo game on CBC during a strike. No announcers, except for stadium PA guy you could hear as part of the ambient sound, which was great to hear for once, particularly if you had your TV sound hooked up to your stereo. Next best thing to actually being there. Yet apparently the CFL was angry at the CBC for doing it, even though the ratings were higher than average.

 

[the_big_E]

I love Kornheiser on PTI...but he stinks on MNF.

 

[gladheateher]

Mike Toth from Sportsnet .. what an annoying idiot , keeps calling Sean Mccormick "big dude". I like Martine Gaillard,

 

[iluvbtca]

Shannon Sharpe. Don't understand a word he says; fantastic receiver, worst commentator.

Does anyone else remember Sterling Sharpe during the 1996 NFL Draft??? He was dressed in a suit with thin collars and like three big buttons with a big knot in his wide tie and Don Cherry like shirt collar. He kept screaming into the TV and was pimpin' and all over the fact that Marvin Harrison was being passed on. Ultimately he was right but it was absolutely one of the funniest things I'd ever seen.

Shannon has the same bad taste in clothes and equally screams into the camera. I wonder if they know that there's something called a microphone which can amplify a voice???

The chemistry between Chris Berman and Tom Jackson is excellent. I miss Primetime greatly. Best Sunday NFL wrap show ever. "From?!?!"

Also on ESPN NFL coverage, I think Steve Young is solid. It would be nice to see him do colour commentary on games. He's articulate and gives an opinion. Can't ask much more than that.

 

[yaya17]

what do you do??????

KNOCK IT DOWN

 

[twobigo]

Chris Berman and his silly play on words with people.s last names

 

[new2game]

C'mon....

Chris Berman and his silly play on words with people's last names

Berman's play on words for kick returner Eddie Drummond of the Lions..


.............Janitor in a Drummond???.........


....fucking classic.....and to think that other TV celebs have lost their gig for saying things less offensive.....



N2G

 

[bobistheowl]

Broadcasts that I do enjoy ...

Hubie Brown and Doug Collins - Both of these guys are terrific at breakdowning basketball plays. Plus, each isn't that far removed from the game not add relevant personal experiences with players.

I remember a game when a player was attempting a three point shot from the corner. The ball had just left his hand, and Hubie Brown said "It's short". Two seconds later, it was.

No one matches the passion of Dick Vitale. His love for college hoops makes any game he's involved with entertaining.

 

[K Douglas]

Berman's play on words for kick returner Eddie Drummond of the Lions..


.............Janitor in a Drummond???.........


....fucking classic.....and to think that other TV celebs have lost their gig for saying things less offensive.....



N2G

I thought his best one was Eric "Sleeping With" Bienemy.

 

[K Douglas]

Worst
I have the ticket so I get all the NHL games. When you listen to some of these clowns it truly makes you appreciate what we do have. That said locally:
I cannot stand Greg Millen. He is the most annoying broadcaster and it kills me he's doing HNIC and Leafs TV.

Bryant Gumbel is horrible too. Between listening to him and his partner Collinsworth I want to strangle somebody.

Best
Jim Hughson - unbelievable play by play voice and knows his stuff inside out.
Darryl "Moose" Johnston - colour commentator on Fox Sports Network. This guy is such a great analyst of football, MNF should bring him aboard. Their ratings would skyrocket.
Pierre Maguire. He gets too exciteable sometimes but man this guy is a hockey encylopedia. Great feel for the game and is entertaining when he doesn't overdo it.

 

[yaya17]

I forgot to add one more: Paul Hendrick. Just ask the question already. Ive had enough of his cheesy monologues at the beginning and the questions he asks between periods are like mini-essays. The guy is a complete cheese dick with ZERO personality on the air. What makes him look even worse is that he has to follow one of the best in Joe Bowan in the booth.

BTW - how about the night WADE BELAK had. Sorry but I just had to throw that in.

 

[moneytalks]

I remember a game when a player was attempting a three point shot from the corner. The ball had just left his hand, and Hubie Brown said "It's short". Two seconds later, it was.

No one matches the passion of Dick Vitale. His love for college hoops makes any game he's involved with entertaining.

Yahhh baby,yah!! It wiiiild baaaaybeeeyy!!!!

 

[jimmyt]

I LOVE Andi Petrillo on Leafs TV.....always did like a woman who knew hockey....hot as hell too.

Pierre McGuire; Cannot stand the guy, but as someone else said, he really knows the game.....he just gets under my skin.

Chuck Swirsky; Good for basketball in TO, bad for alomost every other sport.....you can tell he has very little hockey knowledge. In a hockey town it makes him look like a goof.

Daru Dhillon, SNO; Dont know where she came from, but she is better suited for the Weather Network imho.....her voice is like fingernails on a blackboard.

My personal favorite s J-Bo (Joe Bowen); Gotta love his enthusiasm and the fact he is a Leaf homer....got quite drunk with him a few years ago (pre-lockout) at the bar in the Westin Calgary....really cool guy....he to this day recognizes me when we cross paths at the ACC or some social event.