Best/Worst Sports Broadcasters

best: Vin Scully, Dick Enberg, Al Michaels and John Madden, Jim Nantz, Phil Simms, Troy Aikman, Bob Uecker, Johnny Miller, Bill Raftery

probably others I am forgetting right now. There are a lot of bad football broadcasters. Tony Kornheiser has no business being in the booth.

Worst: Brent Musberger and Bryant Gumbel set the bar for bad and many have followed.

Most of the cats at ESPN are truly annoying but I will make an exception for Tom Jackson...shame he doesn't  do live in the booth. Both of the Sharpes are way annoying, as is Keyshawn Johnson, Jimmy Johnson...etc.

I could listen to Mike Ditka talk football FOREVER.

My least favorite of all time:

1. Phil Rizzuto

2. Suzyn Waldman

3. Harry Caray

4. Ron Santo

5. Charley Steiner

6. John Madden

7. Steve Lyons

8. Bill King

9. Lon Simmons

My favorite of all time:

1. Vin Scully

2. Bob Uecker

3. Don Drysdale

4. Ernie Harwell

5. Chick Hearn

6. Ross Porter

7. Red Barber

8. Don Sutton

9. Steve Stone

The only reason Kornhieser is in the booth is because MNF is trying to re-live the 70's with Howard Cossel.  The only similarity is that they are both Jewish and they are both hated by some..... In Kornheiser's case, ALL.

Kornheiser reminds me of some washed up stand up who married into a family that owns a newspaper, and to make him seem respectable they give him a job as a sports writer.  

He is the Freddo of the Sports News Business!!!!

I don't watch every sport to offer an opinion on them, but for the NFL and NBA, my picks are:

Best

NBA: Bill Walton - Says what he feels and doesn't apologise, yet at the same time, doesn't blatantly insult anyone. His "over your head" sarcasm is the best.

NFL: Phil Simms - Not only is he entertaining in his dry kind of way, but you learn a lot about the game during his commentary.

Worst

NBA: Have you EVER heard Walt "Clyde'" Frasier during a Knicks game?!?!?! The guy sounds like he swallowed a Thesaurus. You remember the school plays when you wrere in grade school; how the kids sounded lke they were reading off of a teleprompter that was too far away? That's Frasier.

NFL: That Kornhole guy on MNF. Here are three more letters; WTF!?

Worst regardless of sport

Dick Vitale: You SUCK BABEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

Dicky V was at a Devil Ray game in the restaurant and was choking on some food, probably because he couldn't shut up long enough to chew his food. Somebody did the heimlich maneuver on him and saved him. Too bad, huh? BABEEEEEEE!

Ok, I don't really want the guy to die, but you get the idea.

This is a slam dunk for worst ever, it's gotta be Joe Morgan.  He has never said anything worth listening to.

Most biased could be Dick Stockton during the Celtics/Lakers rivalry in the 80's.  As far as he was concerned the Lakers could do no wrong.

But it's not Dick Stockton........it's Tommy Heinson.  Every Celtic fan that has ever watched a game knows that he's the biggest homer to ever speak into a microphone.

Some homer picks for the best.  Dave Niehaus, the hall of famer, is great.  in addition, he provides unintentional comedy with his tremendous home run calls for routine flyouts.  "And he slides into second base standing up!"

Mike Rice(of the Blazers broadcast team) provides great analysis along with humor(i just love him complaining about the refs).

As for the worst, there are a few candidates: Steven A. Smith, Dick Vitale, Bryant Gumbel.  but i believe the worst to be Joe Buck because he has called way too many important games(the Super Bowl, the World Series, and the marquee games in the nfc regular season) his call for any team winning a big game is "and the (fill in team) have done it" in a loud, annoying, monotonous voice. 

Bryant Gumble by far is the worst.  There is not even anyone close to him. 

I don't understand the hatred towards Joe Buck.  In my opinion his dryness makes him great.   I like him with Troy Aikman.  Maybe people are watching too many of his baseball games and hearing him w/ McCarver.  No one that I saw mentioned Dan Schulman on ESPN college basketball.  He needs to find a gig that doesn't include Vitale.  If anyone has ever listened to Indiana Univ. basketball you might agree that Don Fisher is pretty good.  The best ever is Marty Brenneman.

Brad Nessler isn't bad. Orsillo is good as well.

  Can't stand Billy ACC Packer

   Jon Miller - Joe Morgan suck - SAFEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !! Then Miller  asks Morgan about some game he played in and Little Joe's head swells ~~