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    Who's Worst Play-By-Play Announcer?

    Posted: 2007-11-08 12:57:25
    Have you had it with bad sports announcing? Are you still miffed that the "expert" calling your team's game both mispronounced one of your reserve's names and botched the score, all while making a bad pun? We feel your pain. And we're here to help. Using a field selected by AwfulAnnouncing.com, we've put together a fan-voting tournament that will determine the worst sports announcer in the biz. Read AwfulAnnouncing's breakdown, then vote for the announcers you think should advance (i.e., "stink the most").
    Vote for Worst ... Play-By-Play | Analyst | Studio Host | Sideline Reporter

    PAM WARD (1) vs. THOM BRENNAMAN (8)
    AwfulAnnouncing.com says: "Two of the lesser known play-by-players go head to head, and this one might end quickly. Brennaman should ride nepotism to an early exit from the tournament while Pam is still trying to figure out the score of the Michigan-Appalachian State game."

    Ward and Brennaman
    ESPN / FOX

    Pam Ward vs. Thom Brennaman


    MIKE PATRICK (2) vs. KENNY ALBERT (7)
    AwfulAnnouncing.com says: "Britney Spears knows who she's voting for in this one. Patrick inquired about her during overtime of the Georgia-Alabama game in September, but can name-dropping alone get him past Marv's son?"

    Patrick and Albert
    ESPN / FOX

    Mike Patrick vs. Kenny Albert


    DICK STOCKTON (3) vs. BRAD NESSLER (6)
    AwfulAnnouncing.com says: "The oldest member of the tournament looks to take out Nessler, who snuck in at the last minute when Joe Buck was inexplicably added to the 'Best Announcers Tournament' (Billy Packer argued all week for the mid-major not to make it in, but to no avail). Don't let that fool you though. Nessler's booth partners (Paul Maguire and Bob Griese) have been training with him for this matchup so Stockton had better be prepared."

    Stockton and Nessler
    FOX / ESPN

    Dick Stockton vs. Brad Nessler


    CHIP CARAY (4) vs. BRYANT GUMBEL (5)
    AwfulAnnouncing.com says: "Caray just recently came into the national picture during this year's MLB playoffs on TBS, and might still be reciting 'Frank TV' promos in his sleep. He's up against the NFL Network's Bryant Gumbel, who's had more partners (Dick Vermeil, Chris Collinsworth, Deion Sanders, and Marshall Faulk) in one year than Al Michaels has had in his entire career. Can Gumbel's 'work' on HBO's Real Sports help him advance, or will he get bumped by our third nepotism-based entry?"

    Caray and Gumbel
    AP / Getty Images

    Chip Caray vs. Bryant Gumbel


    Vote for Worst ... Play-By-Play | Analyst | Studio Host | Sideline Reporter

    (First-round voting will conclude on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at which point the leader in each matchup will advance to the second round, with second-round voting concluding on Nov. 20, etc. The four bracket winners will then advance to a "Worst Announcer" semifinals to determine the overall winner. Also check out our "Best Sports Announcer" tournament, and vote for the best Play-By-Play Announcer, Analyst, Studio Host and Sideline Reporter.)

    2007-11-05 12:29:51


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    whatsleftsanity 02:18:40 AM Nov 24 2008

    what a blow hard

    whatsleftsanity 02:18:18 AM Nov 24 2008

    reallly funny hacking my sn

    skinsman61 10:26:12 PM Oct 20 2008

    These Monday Night Football guys are the worst they may as well cancel the show for all the good these morons doone says one thing and the other disagree's just to have something to say not one of them knows a thing about football nor the playersomg where is Al and Dan

    smoothdude17325 11:39:55 PM Sep 13 2008

    30 yrs of awful announcing = Chris Berman. He's the first announcer that believed he was the show rather than the athletes on the field. I prefer articulate, informed, accurate announcers to ones that have gimmicks to try to get by. How many years can you do that stupid Howard Cosell imitation? the name games with players was old right away. ESPN keeps trotting him out to every sporting event and he keeps muddling his way through. Ever hear him at a golf tournament? It's beyond brutal.

    whatsleftsanity 04:48:00 PM Dec 05 2007

    bryant gumbel ***** ****

    whatsleftsanity 04:48:00 PM Dec 05 2007

    pam ward is terrible

    sammy29001 01:16:00 PM Dec 05 2007

    You all have missed the boat here. The worst sports ...whatever he claims to be ..is Bob Ley from ESPN. He's the Phil Donahue of sports television.
    He...is a user. He's either pushing the gay issue or the race one.
    His forums are a disingenuine display of concern for the "down trodden". Even when his guests add a balanced perspective to the subjects at hand,he returns to an attempt to stir whatever pot he's brewing at the time
    ESPN is sickening this way. They have taken sports from what is suppose to be, into making it a constant framework for someone's soapbox.
    BoB LeY...is a fat pig.....that is over whelmed with his own self importance, and ESPN is his *****.

    kdowe 12:21:00 PM Dec 05 2007

    Poor Bryant Gumbel is totally out of his element. Perhaps he is the ass most people report, but he's decent in a TV studio. A bit grandiose and pompous, but I doubt that anyone either cares or even notices. However, you he can't escape a hot mike. Mistakes happen to the best sportscasters. But, when the entire game is riddled with cliches tossed out from high in his throat, and the game takes on the sound and feel of a high school football match from Small Town, America...surely someone on high notices. My backgound is Major Market broadcasting. Since the age of twenty. Certainly I can hear the amateur handling of an NFL broadcast, but even to the uninitiated Gumble is as transparent as a store front window. (cliche) I'll throw that one in for nothing. If Bryant is going to use them, at least he should provide some variety. I'm not sure he's the worst, but somebody has to be and I haven't heard a worse TV sportscaster. If I were the NFL, I'd get a "cease and desist" order a

    Ronmotorx3 10:27:39 AM Dec 05 2007

    Dave Lapham of the Cincinnati Bengals is by far the worst out there,,A Mikey boy Brown SUCK UP..Just like there losers of a team he fits right in..Go Steelers..Pats are going down this weekend.

    Ronmotorx3 10:20:52 AM Dec 05 2007

    Dave Lapham of the Cincinnati Bengals is by far the Worst out there// What a Mikey boy Suck up// Go STEELERS...The Pats are going down this weekend.

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