haha, it's funny b/c I never really noticed or paid to much attention to announcers/talking heads in the past, but after lurking this forum for a while I've really noticed how terrible they are.

The first one that comes to mind for me would be Reggie Miller. I mean I listened to this guy on a few NCAA first(second) round games and it was beyond terrible. He would start a thought then go nowhere then just wait for the other guy to bail him out lol.

Chris Berman has always been terrible not to mention Stuart Scott, probably everyone on that network, haven't watched it for some time. I did like that tall guy who did golf, forget his name.

Anyway I had a thought about giving shot outs to our favorite local announcers. IMO local broadcasters are insanely better and way more knowledgable. Yeah they cover one team and are allowed to be biased but who cares. Dunno if theres already a thread or what but I bet there are some great ones that I've never heard of.

ur thinking of harry caray

Keith hernandez ,if u ever watch sny ,Met games ,holy **** everything is about 1986 or how he coulda made that play ,or hit that pitch

Agree w/ many listed. Some unnamed ones-- Troy Aikman, Dick Stockton, Bob Papa or w/e his name is, the guy who did pbp on nfl network/NYG games

its really a battle for 2nd after reilly

Hockey:

Jack Edwards
Errey & Steigy
Joe Micheletti
Chico Resch
Pierre McGuire
Mike Milbury

I'm on the fence wrt Don Cherry

gtfo

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and obv joe buck

Jack Edwards
Paul Steigerwald
Chris Mullin
Dan Dierdorf

Daron Sutton is pretty goddamned good, no idea what you're smoking. At the very least he doesn't belong anywhere near a "worst" list.

Rick Reily's self-righteous spiel wins this easy

Chris Mullin is AWFUL

Anyone mention Shaq yet? Dude has put a damper on the GOAT sports show.

This is true, most of these guys are terrible on their own, when Shaq is on the air he's bringing Chuck down with him

im giving Shaq a little more time, dude is still really green

jim rome's radio show is actually pretty good thanks to a few really funny listeners/emailers/callers/etc. his tv show was pure aids tho.

and then he asked me to drive him to the airport and help him move. that pretty much ended my dealings with Keith Hernandez

As you probably can tell by his mannerisms and speech cadences and ****, Jim Rome is a robot. So he's considered the property of whatever company he works for, and he's as much a "member" of the media as any microphone, camera, or company sign is.

I love complaining about NBA booths, so I'll do it here. My new worst-at-his job commentator is Mike Smith for the Clippers. I don't dislike the guy, he seems affable enough, but he's so often completely lost when calling games it makes me wonder how he keeps his job. Him prattling on and on about how the Clippers needed to foul after going up 1 with 20 seconds left the other day was just unbelievable.

whitlock can be a hilarious troll but when he writes seriously its cringeworthy

rick bucher is unbearable these days. skip is just funny cuz he is just trolling. trent dilfer is also another expert who knows nothing about football.

Need more baseball guys. I think John Kruk is pretty bad. I also despise Matthew Berry, but not sure if anyone else cares about him much.

oh lord i forgot about bucher in my rankings, updated:

1. Rick Reilly
2. Joe Buck
3. Rick Bucher
4. Skip Bayless
5. Jim Nantz
6. Colin Cowherd

Hawk Harrelson and Buck Martinez are my picks for baseball. Also, any of the feminazi tennis commentators that hang off the Williams sisters balls (Mary Carillo, Pam Shriver, Chris Evert and Mary Jo Fernandez to name a few)

great call on the women's tennis announcers...they really might be the worst

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