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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
While I'm at it, what I find most annoying is when the announcers tell you what the player is thinking or saying. Like for example, in hockey, if someone delivers a big hit, one of the hitee's teammates might skate over to the hitter and they'll exchange words.
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I dunno -- I kinda like Bill Clement's "why, I oughta...." line in such situations.
In general, I have to say that ESPN's hockey announcers are quite good. Gary Thorne calls the game very well, and Clement's comments are usually insightful. Steve Levy and Darren Pang are also good. However, I love Chris Berman, and it hurts me to say this, but ABC shouldn't have let him anywhere near the Cup games. Talking with a fake Canadian accent is only funny when I do it, and he didn't add anything. He just made me wonder where John Buccigross was.
Local hockey announcers are a bit more iffy -- the guys who do the roller hockey games on TV here in Podunkville aren't horrible, and the color guy's use of the telestrator to explain the replays is really quite good -- almost good enough to make up for his malapropisms and his near constant leering at the chick who does player interviews during the between-period intermissions.
