Tag Archives: announcers
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Watch NESN Announcer Jack Edwards’ Reaction to the Bruins’ Epic Comeback Victory Over the Leafs (Video)
Earlier this season we got a glimpse of how Boston Bruins TV announcer and notable homer Jack Edwards would respond if the Bruins erased a late three-goal deficit. The Bruins did just that on February 12 against the Rangers, and Edwards went absolutely nuts up in the booth. However, that game would ultimately end in [...]
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Celtics Announcer Tommy Heinsohn Mocks the Referees and “The Great LeBron” (Video)
There is nothing wrong with regional sports announcers being homers. If the broadcast is going to the fans of one team, why shouldn’t the announcer cater to that market? That’s the whole point of cable television. That being said, we should expect broadcasters to be a little classier and more rational than the average fan. [...]
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Confused Wizards Announcers Mistake Airball for Game-Winning Buzzer-Beater (Video)
All sports announcers know that, while they must pay close attention to details—things like knowing the rosters and how to pronounce all the names correctly—it’s how they call the big plays that defines them. Nobody really remembers if Al Michaels could pronounce the names of all those Soviet hockey players back in 1980, or if [...]
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D.C. Rapper Wale Confronted Toronto Raptors Announcers After They Insulted Him On-Air (Video)
We learned two things about the Toronto Raptors television announcers last night. One, they are serious homers who are very defensive of the team’s players. Two, they don’t know much about hip hop. The Raptors, you see, were in D.C. taking on the Wizards, and Matt Delvin and Leo Rautins, the Raps’ broadcast team, observed [...]
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NESN Announcer Jack Edwards Jumps For Joy After Bruins Tie the Game (Video)
When something really big happens in a game, we expect the announcer to get excited. We expect a shift in both the tone and volume of his voice, and we expect some kind of superlative expression. It doesn’t have to be an Al Michaels moment or anything (“Do you believe in Miracles?“), but is should [...]
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Bulls Announcer Stacey King “Likes His Meatballs Spicy” (Video)
Chicago Bulls color analyst Stacey King won three straight NBA Championships with the Bulls from 1991 to 1993. So it’s likely that Bulls fans would always have remembered him fondly. However, in recent years he’s endeared himself even more with his extremely enthusiastic work behind the mic. You see, the guy comes up with a [...]
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TNT Should Hire Irish Basketball Announcer Timmy McCarthy (Video)
It sure would be nice to be at the 2012 Summer Olympics in person, but let’s face it. Not many people have the time or money to fly halfway around the world to watch sports for two weeks. For this reason, the announcers are especially important when you watch the Olympics on television. They need [...]
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Hockey Goals + Soccer Announcers = Awesome (Video)
Did you ever stop and consider how much of an effect sports announcers have on your perception of a game? I mean, unless you grew up with season tickets, the majority of your experiences with your favorite sport have been on television (or the radio, if you’re an old-timer). And when you’re watching on telelvision, [...]
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Hockey Night In Canada a Retirement Home?
Now I understand that the maple leafs are the highlight team of CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada, but does that mean that they have to run their broadcasting crew in the same way as the inept leafs have been running their team for so long? And in case you are wondering what i mean by [...]
