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Who's Worst Sideline Reporter?

Posted: 2007-11-08 13:03:34

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

JIM GRAY (1) vs. SAL MASEKELA (8)
AwfulAnnouncing.com says: "ESPN/ABC's 'premier' sideliners are up against each other in the first round, and this one is going to come down to who is more maddening. Is it the ever-persistent and ever-smug Gray, or is it the over-the-top Masekela, who still thinks the X-Games are equal to the Olympics?"

ESPN

Jim Gray vs. Sal Masekela

TONY SIRAGUSA (2) vs. SHELLEY SMITH (7)
AwfulAnnouncing.com says: "The Round Mound of Sound (Siragusa) takes on ESPN's go-to courtroom/sideline reporter (Smith) in this contest, and this could be the closest battle of the opening round. Both have been giving us pointless sideline reports on player's shoes, favorite sandwiches, and most recently seen movies for years."

FOX / ESPN

Tony Siragusa vs. Shelley Smith

ARMEN KETEYIAN (3) vs. KEN ROSENTHAL (6)
AwfulAnnouncing.com says: "Who is more intrusive to your sports viewing experience? Is it the elder statesmen of sideline reporting, or the young upstart that FOX puts everywhere? CBS has gone without sideline reporters during football games for the last year and a half so you've had to look hard to find Keteyian. Will his time off hurt or help him in this matchup?"

WireImage.com / FOX

Armen Keteyian vs. Ken Rosenthal

HOLLY ROWE (4) vs. CHRIS MYERS (5)
AwfulAnnouncing.com says: "There hasn't been a sideliner that's been ignored by more coaches than Holly Rowe. Can NASCAR/MLB sideliner Chris Myers fly by her like all of those subjects Rowe is trying to interview? This should be another close one."

ESPN / FOX

Holly Rowe vs. Chris Myers

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.)

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tjflyer27 01:19:49 AM Dec 06 2007

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pam oliver please? lisa salters is much better looking

ascotcrew 12:23:26 PM Nov 11 2007

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The 2 absolute worst are Bob Costas and Brent Musberger. Why are they not the list?

sumhick 08:45:50 AM Nov 11 2007

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Siragusa andSmith must be doing something right, since they've been doing it for years. Give Tony a break. Size matters and Tony is big on personality.

bamster216 04:10:41 AM Nov 11 2007

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WHO TOLD STEPHEN A. SMITH HE WAS AN ANALYIST? HE NEEDS TO COME OUT OF THE GHETTO AND RECOGNIZE THAT HE'S ON NATIONAL TV AND ACT ACCORDINGLY...LEAVE HOMEBOY AT HOME!

bamster216 04:06:47 AM Nov 11 2007

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even though he was rookie of the year and an excellent pitcher, rick sutcliffe is bad at color analyist...he runs all of his sentences together...BREATHE RICK, BREATHE

bamster216 04:02:24 AM Nov 11 2007

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the worst sports reporting team i've ever heard is the present reporting team on monday night football [what ever happened to gifford, cosell and dandy don?] they're AWFUL, if you don't believe, take a listen

carmanhere 10:05:29 PM Nov 10 2007

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Tim McCarver should retire to the south pole. He is the worlds worst. Everytime he talks it's about something that happened 10,15,20,25 years ago. Give it up. Quit. Retire. Go away. Just shut up

carmanhere 10:05:20 PM Nov 10 2007

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Tim McCarver should retire to the south pole. He is the worlds worst. Everytime he talks it's about something that happened 10,15,20,25 years ago. Give it up. Quit. Retire. Go away. Just shut up

otis0014 07:20:42 PM Nov 10 2007

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Brent Musberger is absolutely the worst play by play announcer. I cringe when a game I really want to see has him as the announcer.

dgenuardi 07:20:41 PM Nov 10 2007

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Let's face it; there is no such thing as good sideline reporting. After all, who'd expect any 'talking head' to get meaningful information out of a player or coach during a time out or intermission?

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