Who is your favorite sports broadcaster of all time?
Who was most unlikely to make you turn of the sound and turn on some music?
No one beats Marv Albert. He was the voice of both the Knicks and the Rangers for years. He was brilliant with Walt Frazier and John Andriese on Knick broadcasts. Nationally, Al Michaels is the gold standard.
Having grown up in NYC, I have some biases, but for Yankee telecasts I really liked Bill White and Frank Messer. Not much on Rizzuto though, but he was fun. Nationally, I loved Vin Scully and before that Garagiola/Kubek. For the NFL, it's Summerall. But before that I always loved the late Charlie Jones with Len Dawson.
The only play by play guy who I would turn off is Bob Costas. Maybe he's an easy target. Not sure why. Even on Olympics telecasts, he drives me a little nuts. But I remember him on Game of the Week (NBC), and I did not like him.
John Ward. The voice of the Tennessee Vols for so many years. I used to do exactly as you have said. Turn down the TV and turn up the radio. Nothing like that phrase "give him six."
You have to go way back to the early days of television, when Dizzy Dean and PeeWee Reese would cover the game of the week. They both were star players and could talk about the game without boring the viewer with excessive statistics about how well a left-handed pitcher does against a switch hitter on AstroTurf as opposed to dirt in an out-of-town name game as opposed to a day game at home.
Give me a break. Watch the pitch, tell me if what kind it was, fast, curve, slider, etc and where he stands in the inning, two out, one man on second, down 1 run in the bottom of the ninth.
Harry Kalas. Not only did his voice ring across Philadelphia every year since the 70's, but his work with NFL films took the audience in the living room and tuned them into the viewing material with his way of words and that profound tone of voice. I recall listening to his call of the Phillies 2008 World Series win along with Mike Schmidt's 500th career home run. "That ball is outa here." Harry Kalas was the voice of the Phillies, and since his death a Phillies game has never been the same.
Mine is a push between Johnny "Red" Kerr and Neil Funk. Both did Chicago Bulls games during the Jordan Era and were equally engaged in the team, knowledgable of the game mixed with that slight tinge of frantic excitement whenever the games picked up. It was a great time to be a Bulls fan. I still get goosebumps every time I hear Johnny scream and shout whenever Jordan hits another buzzer beater.
I can't pick just one! Vin Scully is definitely a standout. Being a Los Angeles Lakers fan from way back, the late Chick Hearn comes to mind. For football, it's the late Pat Summerhill,
by Faith Reaper 8 years ago
Sports enthusiasts - what is your favorite sport of all time and why?I remember growing up watching every sport known to man because my Dad loved sports so much, especially baseball. However, since being married to a man quite opposite of my Dad, who is not such a sports enthusiast, except...
by StayPos 5 years ago
What is your favorite sports team and why are you such a big fan?
by Drew Breezzy 15 years ago
Who is your favorite sports team? and why
by wacknuts 13 years ago
Should texting be universally outlawed nationally while driving a vehicle on public roads?If so, what kind of punishment should be meted out against offenders of texting (non wreck), texting (wreck), wreck with injury(s), wreck with fatality(s)
by rcrm89 13 years ago
FIFA 11 for mine.
by beverlyannblock 14 years ago
What is your favorite sport and why?
Copyright © 2025 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. HubPages® is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.
Copyright © 2025 Maven Media Brands, LLC and respective owners.
As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.
For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy
Show DetailsNecessary | |
---|---|
HubPages Device ID | This is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons. |
Login | This is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service. |
Google Recaptcha | This is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy) |
Akismet | This is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Google Analytics | This is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Traffic Pixel | This is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized. |
Amazon Web Services | This is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy) |
Cloudflare | This is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Hosted Libraries | Javascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy) |
Features | |
---|---|
Google Custom Search | This is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Maps | Some articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Charts | This is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy) |
Google AdSense Host API | This service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Google YouTube | Some articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Vimeo | Some articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Paypal | This is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Login | You can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Maven | This supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy) |
Marketing | |
---|---|
Google AdSense | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Google DoubleClick | Google provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Index Exchange | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Sovrn | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Ads | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Unified Ad Marketplace | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
AppNexus | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Openx | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Rubicon Project | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
TripleLift | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Say Media | We partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy) |
Remarketing Pixels | We may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites. |
Conversion Tracking Pixels | We may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service. |
Statistics | |
---|---|
Author Google Analytics | This is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy) |
Comscore | ComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Tracking Pixel | Some articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy) |
Clicksco | This is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy) |