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Posted: **January 30th, 2009, 8:00 pm**

now that we know everyone's least favorite, who are your favorite announcers in sports?

My favorite that I can think of:
Verne Lundquist
Bill Raftery
Al Michaels
Jay Bilas
Bryant Gumbel hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaah SIKE!

Posted: **January 30th, 2009, 8:26 pm**

i dont really pay attention to the announcers in anything other than basketball, so here goes:

Jimmy Dykes, Jay Bilas, Bob Knight, Steve Lavin, Greg Anthony (he's with CBS and does college games now), Mark Jackson, Jeff Van Gundy.

Posted: **January 30th, 2009, 8:32 pm**

As much as I hate the Cowboys....I think that Troy Aikman does a good job for Fox FB.

Posted: **January 30th, 2009, 10:00 pm**

close to THIS thread http://flamefans.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9497 but its still true that if you don't vote for Harry Kalas you're WRONG

Posted: **January 30th, 2009, 10:33 pm**

Charlie Steiner...great on baseball and LA Dodgers
Don Sutton...now back with the Braves...but on radio only

Posted: **January 30th, 2009, 10:33 pm**

PAmedic wrote:close to THIS thread http://flamefans.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9497 but its still true that if you don't vote for Harry Kalas you're WRONG

How the heck did I forget him, he's on the top of my list being a Phillie Phan.

Posted: **January 31st, 2009, 2:52 am**

glad I could help

Posted: **January 31st, 2009, 8:25 am**

Dan Shulman (sp?)

Posted: **January 31st, 2009, 11:40 am**

why BJ Williams of course...how has he not made the list?? you guys are slipping!!

Posted: **January 31st, 2009, 12:51 pm**

Bill Raftery
Jay Bilas

These 2 are in another world of sports announcing. Everybody else doesn't have a clue.

I also like Phil Sims. There's also a guy who does both football and college basketball who screams the play by play for anything average and above. I can't think of his name though and I've spent the last 10 minutes trying to look him up. He works for CBS and seems to do a lot of Bills games. He's entertaining because everything seems so excting. ROSCOE PARISH DOWN THE SIDELINE! ROSCOE PARISH ON THE 2 YARD RECEPTION!

edit: I found a youtube of him

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It's like he just won the lottery.

Posted: **January 31st, 2009, 2:00 pm**

Gus Johnson! Forgot about him too. He's great.

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Posted: **January 31st, 2009, 6:11 pm**

thepostman wrote:why BJ Williams of course...how has he not made the list?? you guys are slipping!!

Hahaha...thanks man...I talked to 90.9 and Im hoping to do baseball and/or softball this semester.

Posted: **January 31st, 2009, 6:44 pm**

Can I getta "NO FLAGS! NO FLAGS!!!!"

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i loveeee Schikman, a homer just like he's supposed to be

Posted: **February 9th, 2009, 12:05 pm**

Anybody listen to Dan Patrick's radio program? ...very entertaining for sports talk

Posted: **February 9th, 2009, 12:19 pm**

Chris Colinsworth

Posted: **February 9th, 2009, 1:11 pm**

Ron Wolfley (Voice of the Arizona Cardinals)

You've GOT to be KIDDING me!!!!

Posted: **February 9th, 2009, 3:49 pm**

71FLAME wrote:Anybody listen to Dan Patrick's radio program? ...very entertaining for sports talk

yeah he had Mickey Matthews on during the season...he said he got rejected when he applied to JMU

Posted: **February 9th, 2009, 4:09 pm**

I can't stand Harry Kalas on football games.

Best announcers: Vin Scully, Gus Johnson (when appropriate), Keith Hernandez, Marv Albert, Kenny Albert is okay, Joe Buck (but not for football), Troy Aikman does a fine job, Gary Thorne for hockey, Ian Eagle, James Brown as a studio host, Bob Costas when he doesn't have to appeal to the dumb viewer ("did you ever wonder why they call it a foul pole when it's in fair territory?"), Cris Collinsworth (but not on the NFL Network, he talks too much there), Al Michaels, and Jim Nantz.

Posted: **February 9th, 2009, 4:55 pm**

Ed Dantes wrote:I can't stand Harry Kalas on football games.

Best announcers: Vin Scully, Gus Johnson (when appropriate), Keith Hernandez, Marv Albert, Kenny Albert is okay, Joe Buck (but not for football), Troy Aikman does a fine job, Gary Thorne for hockey, Ian Eagle, James Brown as a studio host, Bob Costas when he doesn't have to appeal to the dumb viewer ("did you ever wonder why they call it a foul pole when it's in fair territory?"), Cris Collinsworth (but not on the NFL Network, he talks too much there), Al Michaels, and Jim Nantz.

Kalas doesn't announce football games, he's just the voice of NFL films.

Posted: **February 9th, 2009, 5:14 pm**

Marv Albert is a testament to just how much it takes to destroy a career.

Posted: **February 9th, 2009, 6:28 pm**

sweetnahmah1 wrote:
Ed Dantes wrote:I can't stand Harry Kalas on football games.

Best announcers: Vin Scully, Gus Johnson (when appropriate), Keith Hernandez, Marv Albert, Kenny Albert is okay, Joe Buck (but not for football), Troy Aikman does a fine job, Gary Thorne for hockey, Ian Eagle, James Brown as a studio host, Bob Costas when he doesn't have to appeal to the dumb viewer ("did you ever wonder why they call it a foul pole when it's in fair territory?"), Cris Collinsworth (but not on the NFL Network, he talks too much there), Al Michaels, and Jim Nantz.

Kalas doesn't announce football games, he's just the voice of NFL films.

Kalas does national broadcasts for Westwood One. When I ran the board for a local sports radio affiliate, I had to suffer through him every Sunday.

Posted: **February 9th, 2009, 7:34 pm**

HenryGale wrote:As much as I hate the Cowboys....I think that Troy Aikman does a good job for Fox FB.

You're exactly right about that Henry, Troy Aikman does a good job. He's the only guy who can weave a triple negative into a sentence: "I'm not so sure that if you don't get it here that you don't call timeout."

Posted: **February 9th, 2009, 10:41 pm**

Anybody seem to think Aikman is pro Philly in his announcing?

Posted: **February 9th, 2009, 11:56 pm**

SCAR!!!

Posted: **February 11th, 2009, 11:22 am**

I really enjoy Vern Lundquist, Bill Rafferty, Jay Bilas, Joe Buck (when not doing football), Ron Franklin (does a great job covering college basketball and football for ESPN), Tim Brando is great on FOX Sports ACC Sunday Night Hoops and I think Mike Tirico does a good job on ESPN as well.

Can't stand
Phil Simms
Jim Nantz
Billy Packer (thank God he retired)
Tom Hammond and Pat Hayden on NBC (I love Notre Dame football but I've never been able to figure out why the network that broadcasts EVERY home game would hire two guys that sound like they would give up their firstborn child and one of their legs to see the Irish never win another game)
Mark May on ESPN makes me want to punch a hole in my TV

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