My favorite sports analyst

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by deltagulf

how about pro baseball dave soup campbell.

pro football hank straim but he is gone now.

I like campbell,too

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by Cardus

Mike Emrick is the play-by-play announcer for the New Jersey Devils and for some of the national telecasts on NBC. He is as good as any play-by-play announcer today, and is an exceptional person.

No offense,Cardus! I wouldn't know but a few of the hockey personalities anyway...but mostly I'm glad that Mike Emrick is an exceptional person. I do like hockey way better than soccer though!

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by Cardus

A) No offense taken.

B) Hockey beats soccer for you? What an endorsement!

It is what it is,my friend!

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by Cardus

True. Hockey has such a small niche. Some fans -- like me -- understand this, while others haven't a clue.

It's a great sport, but with limited appeal.

It's playoffs are routinely as good as, or at worst, second best to, baseball's.

Hey...I get misty when I watch MOI! It is a good sport,but it has been mismanged from the top for so long! It's a sport that has 92% of arena tix sold but the Teams are suffering because the Marketing strategy is bad!

[MaTH716]

I could listen to Gary Thorne do ping pong and think it's entertaining. He is great. He usually does baseball and hockey. I am a big Yanks fan and the two schmucks they have are the worst. Kay on the tv side and Sterling on the radio side are two of the absolute worst. Michael Kay also does a radio show in NY, it is unlistenable (if that is a word). I like Jim Nance for football, him and Simms are good together. As far as Basketball I like Bill Raftery. Honorable mention goes to Howie Rose, a local NY guy who used to do Rangers hockey and Mets games. Famous for his Matteau Matteau Matteau call in the 94 playoffs when the Rangers beat the Devils.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Cardus

True. Hockey has such a small niche. Some fans -- like me -- understand this, while others haven't a clue.

It's a great sport, but with limited appeal.

It's playoffs are routinely as good as, or at worst, second best to, baseball's.

i LOVE hockey! altho i think football is better viewed from the comfort of your living room (gotta have instant replay, and thank goodness for dvr rewind feature!) i think hockey is better watching from the stands. one of the two things i still miss after moving down here. went to see the capitals play quite often, and really miss the game. a lot of people say they don't understand it, and it's one of the easiest sports to figure out. almost no rules, and very fast paced-lots of action...unlike(zzzzzzzzzzzzz...)baseball for instance.

[golfer]

Originally Posted by Cardus

Mike Emrick is the play-by-play announcer for the New Jersey Devils and for some of the national telecasts on NBC. He is as good as any play-by-play announcer today, and is an exceptional person.

Cardus, you are absolutely CORRECT!! Mike Emrick is as good as any play by player in any sport, maybe the best. He and John Davidson were a great pairing. And no offense Math, but Gary Thorne is HORRIBLE! at least doing hockey. Every play to him is like the 7th game of the Stanley Cup Finals, double OT! Which gets quite tiresome in the 2nd period of a pre-season game. And no one mis-calls players like this guy. He knows who wears #18, he just doesn't particularly care which team he plays for!

[SentToStud]

Pro football: Van PAtrick, Charlie Jones
College Football: Keith Jackson/Bud Wilkinson
Baseball: Curt Gowdy/Tony Kubek
Pro Basketball: Marv Albert, Bill Russell
Hockey: Dick Irvin, Foster Hewitt

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

Pro football: Van PAtrick, Charlie Jones
College Football: Keith Jackson/Bud Wilkinson
Baseball: Curt Gowdy/Tony Kubek
Pro Basketball: Marv Albert, Bill Russell
Hockey: Dick Irvin, Foster Hewitt

Speaking of the late Curt Gowdy, his Palm Beach spread just sold for a bit under $20,000,000. He did well.

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by Cardus

You've reached way back for some of these. A little bio on Van Patrick and Foster Hewitt please. Dick Irvin was a former player, wasn't he?

Curt Gowdy did everything from football to fly fishing.

A few years back, yes.

Van PAtrick did Lions games in 60's and 70's and also did early radio of MNF games.

Dick Irvin SR was a great player. Dick Irvin Jr was the voice of Hockey Night in Canada for Montreal games.

Forster Hewitt was HNiC's announcer for games from Maple Leaf Gardens. He broadcast for over 60 years. He coined the phrase, "He shoots, he scores." Also known for starting broadcasts with, "Hello, Canada, and hockey fans in the United States and Newfoundland."

[Seattleallstar]

Golf - Peter Alliss
Baseball - -Bob Costas
College Basketball--DICKIE V
Pro Basketball----tie between Dr Jack, and Hubie Brown
College Football--Lee Corso
Pro Football----Jimmy Johnson
Boxing---Larry merchant
Bowling---Marshall Holman
Tennis---JOHNNY MAC!!!!!!!!, Bud Collins also has to be thrown in
Horse Racing---Big Money Bailey

[declansharbor]

I'm surprised that noone has mentioned either of these: Brent Musberger and Harry Kalas. I know the latter is locally based (Phillies) ,but he also does Kansas City Chief games as well. Two of the best IMO..

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

Boxing---Larry merchant

He's the man.

[Samarta]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

He's the man.

Howard Cosell was the man.....

"Down goes Frazier, Down goes Frazier, Down goes Frazier!"

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Samarta

Howard Cosell was the man.....

"Down goes Frazier, Down goes Frazier, Down goes Frazier!"

"...and Foreman is standing in the nuetral corner...poised as can be..."

[The Indomitable DrugS]

He is.

There are some tremendous analysts in boxing.

I was shocked at how well Lennox Lewis comes across as an analyst.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Pretty good....though I expected he would be.