Best Sports Announcer of All Time

The Hogster · Post by **The Hogster** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 11:48 pm

Curious who you all think is the best overall Sports Announcer/ Analyst.

If your choice is not here, feel free to add him or her in.

If I had to pick 'Overall' I would go with Costas simply because he has done the Olympics, Tennis, NBA, NFL so for verstaility I go with him.

Al Michaels has the best play by play for the NFL.

Marv Albert is the best NBA sports caster by far.

Chris Luva Luva · Post by **Chris Luva Luva** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 11:55 pm

"Whhhaaaaaatttt!!!?"

I love him! +1 Berman

Jake · Post by **Jake** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:11 am

I guess out of all of them, Costas.

But come on... Kelli Johnson. No competition. =P~

JPFair · Post by **JPFair** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:35 am

Don Drysdale in baseball!!!

Justice Hog · Post by **Justice Hog** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:57 am

I'm a Berman fan. Stumblin' Bumblin' Crumblin'......

REDEEMEDSKIN · Post by **REDEEMEDSKIN** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:43 am

Andrés Cantor

JPFair · Post by **JPFair** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 10:14 am

Whoever that South American guy guy is that broadcasts Soccer games in South America and goes:

"GOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!"

air_hog · Post by **air_hog** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:30 am

JPFair wrote:Whoever that South American guy guy is that broadcasts Soccer games in South America and goes:

"GOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!"

So, you mean all of them :lol:

Punu · Post by **Punu** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:01 pm

Harry Carey.

Sir_Monk · Post by **Sir_Monk** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:14 pm

Bob Murphy...he was the long time voice of the New York Mets

SkinsFanInHawai'i · Post by **SkinsFanInHawai'i** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 3:01 pm

Punu wrote:Harry Carey.

I agree.
Even If you don't like baseball, it was worth watching just to here him talk.

Redskin in Canada · Post by **Redskin in Canada** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:16 pm

Pat Summerall among the guys above. But the list is FAR from complete if you ask me. You left A LOT of great radio guys out. Maybe you are too young to know that. :wink:

tcwest10 · Post by **tcwest10** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:41 pm

Cosell, to me, was the most recognizable...by voice or otherwise. My vote went there.
"Jockacracy" be damned. He never meant to demean "that little monkey". ROTFALMAO

welch · Post by **welch** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 12:11 am

1. Arch McDonald

Baseball Hall of Fame, 1999

http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v ... &pid=18878

First radio broadcaster for the Senators and probably for the Redskins. He called Nats away games from a studio downtown where he read a ticker and created the whole imaginary scene for listeners. My Dad says he would hit a bell when some got a hit.

Died of a heart attack on the train back from New York after broadcasting a Redskins - Giants game. They had tied the Giants, in the first game I remember (being 11 or 12) when the Giants didn't slaughter the Redskins.

"Post columnist Bob Addie wrote, "He was a man full of laughter whose echoes will never end as long as his friends survive."

Two days later Addie reported, "One of the most impressive sights I ever saw was the entire Redskins squad lined up as honorary pallbearers when the body of Arch McDonald was carried to the hearse for its last long journey."

Yes, we had one of those radio magicians, like Red Barber, here in Washington.

2. Bob Wolff

Baseball Hall of Fame 1995

http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofer ... ff_bob.htm

Broadcast Nats games with McDonald. Still active, incredibly, as a sports broadcaster on Long Island.

"Vernon in the batter's box, Nats down by a run with two out in the ninth, and Roy Sievers hopin' to get up".

UK Skins Fan · Post by **UK Skins Fan** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 7:41 am

I assume you mean the best American sports announcer of all time?
You seem to have missed Dan Maskell (tennis), Richie Benaud (cricket), Bill McLaren (rugby union) and Peter Allis (golf) off of the list. :wink:

Putting my transatlantic head back on, I will never get the sound of Frank Herzog saying "Touchdown, Washington Redskins" out of my head. Pure poetry.

redskingush · Post by **redskingush** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:21 am

Joe Bowen, the voice of Toronto Maple Leafs Hockey. "Holy Mackinaw"

redskingush · Post by **redskingush** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:22 am

What no Joe Thiessman!

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