RE: announcers in general

["Sampath, Venkatesh" <Venkatesh.Sampath@microcell.ca>]

I used to find the combination of Costas in the studios and Marv Albert
(the idiot - why couldn't he restrict his sexual proclivities?) pretty
good. Now Costas is getting to be a pain in the butt with his excessive
praise of Bryant and reasons why Jordan should remain in the game (I
agree with the opinion, but not with the hype). I agree with you that
Hubie Brown is one of the smartest and that Dick Stockton is one of
those eager-to-please types that make you sick. He does it in tennis as
well. Sucking up to Chris Evert or Martina Navratilova - I mean I admire
them as women and for what they did to women's tennis - but do you have
to have to sit there with that puppy-dog look on your face? 

venkat 

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>From: 	JOzersky@aol.com[SMTP:JOzersky@aol.com]
>Sent: 	27 February 1998 08:38
>To: 	celtics@igtc.com
>Subject: 	announcers in general
>
>I was looking back over this thread, and it reminded me how dissatisfied I am
>with basketball announcers not named heinsohn, gorman, or cousy.  Costas is
>terrible -- I guess he knows something about the game, but he is so precious
>and annoying, and thinks he is such a wit.  Typical corporate wetboy.  The
>smartest is Hubie Brown, but his voice makes Cousy sound like Mel Torme.  The
>worst in America is Dick Stockton, a true company man who doesn't know
>anything except how not to offend his bosses, and provides so much white
>noise on TV.  Isiah's disappointing.  For some reason, the three best people
>are all glued to halftime anchor desks.  Cheryl Miller, who we've talked
>about; Vescey, who knows five times more about what's going on in the league
>than everyone else combined; and John Salley, who is really good if you
>haven't seen him.
>
>josh
>