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United States track and field star Noah Lyles became the new fastest man in the world on Sunday, and the race was so close that even the announcer botched the call as the sprinters crossed the finish line. Lyles beat Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson …
Superstitious Pittsburgh Pirates fans may be inclined to thank announcers Greg Brown and Kevin Young for at least one run during their team’s 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pa. Pirates star Andrew McCutchen …
Fans who believe in the dreaded announcer’s jinx likely felt vindicated during Tuesday’s Memphis Grizzlies-New Orleans Pelicans game. Memphis trailed 103-102 with just a second to play at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, La. Grizzlies …
The Philadelphia Phillies are fourth in their division right now, and things aren’t going much better for them in the broadcast booth either. While on the call for the team’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday, Phillies …
Things got a bit weird during the broadcast of Friday night’s preseason game between the Arizona Cardinals and Cincinnati Bengals. After the Bengals had to settle for a field goal early in the second quarter, one of the announcers from Local 12 …
New England Patriots wide receiver Jakobi Meyers appeared in his 38th career NFL game on Sunday. The former undrafted free agent has been a regular contributor over the past three seasons, but he has yet to catch a touchdown pass. One CBS announcer …
New York Yankees fans who plan to listen to the radio broadcast of the four games leading up to the All-Star Game might be incredibly confused — if not distraught — when the voice they hear is not that of John Sterling. Sterling, who has …
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Cincinnati Bengals brought us one of the most exciting games in Week 8, but no one was more charged up about it than FOX broadcaster Darryl “Moose” Johnston. Johnston, who was calling the game alongside Chris …
Mike Goldberg called his first NFL game for Fox on Sunday, and he may never get an opportunity to do it again. Goldberg, who has done mostly UFC broadcast work, was scheduled to work Sunday’s game between the Minnesota Vikings and Buffalo Bills …
The Minnesota Timberwolves lost to the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night in controversial fashion. With the T-Wolves trailing by two and three seconds remaining, Kevin Love received the inbound pass and tried to get a shot off. It appeared that he was …
Saint Louis University radio announcer Bob Ramsey was upset with a call during the second half of Saint Louis’s win over VCU on Tuesday night. Like many announcers and color commentators before him, Ramsey was not shy about expressing his …
Things are not going well at all for the Lake County Fielders. Last week, their manager and several players quit right before a game because they insisted they weren’t being paid enough. Since they were forced to deal with a very short roster, …
If Florida Atlantic’s football team had the passion of team announcer Dave Lamont, they’d be 6-0 instead of 1-5. Spencer Hall of SB Nation posted the insane video of Lamont flipping out after the Owls’ quarterback got hit in the …
I love when an announcer shows a little emotion while calling a game. When the situation calls for it, a play-by-play broadcaster can make a moment that much more memorable and say some things that will stay with you for the rest of your life. This …
As if it wasn’t bad enough that Bob Huggins had to address the West Virginia fans in attendance for throwing crap on the court, things got worse later in the game. A brief altercation amongst the players was broken up pretty quickly by the refs …
Gus Johnson is known for some of his outstanding calls on CBS broadcasts, particularly his enthusiastic work during March Madness. In fact, it was only back in week one that he absolutely nailed the call of the Broncos last second miracle play by …
