My favorite sports analyst

[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."