Unless you're blind you've by no doubt seen ESPN's Greatest Highlight segment running during SportsCenter. Now I think this is a great idea and the fans get to choose their favorite highlights rather than some panel of ESPN talking heads--very democratic. But if you ask me there's one BIG problem with the segment: Chris Berman. Sure, his little quips were great when he first started and the nicknames were cool to start. But now it's just annoying. How this dude landed the role of announcing the first two rounds of the US Open is crazy. So there are tons of great highlights and since Chris Berman brought a lot of that crazy energy to his work on the big SC he was a logical guy to host. I can understand all that. But why the hell is this dope doing the play-by-play of these highlights instead of just airing the original calls? It's like if you or I turning down the volume and pretending like we were calling the play. It was god awful to listen to him try and call the Hank Aaron homer, Kirk Gibson homer, and Immaculate Reception. Very weak and I wish they'd gone in a different direction because Berman is annoying as hell. I'm just thankful we have one final play to go!
27 February 2008
ESPN's Greatest Highlight
Unless you're blind you've by no doubt seen ESPN's Greatest Highlight segment running during SportsCenter. Now I think this is a great idea and the fans get to choose their favorite highlights rather than some panel of ESPN talking heads--very democratic. But if you ask me there's one BIG problem with the segment: Chris Berman. Sure, his little quips were great when he first started and the nicknames were cool to start. But now it's just annoying. How this dude landed the role of announcing the first two rounds of the US Open is crazy. So there are tons of great highlights and since Chris Berman brought a lot of that crazy energy to his work on the big SC he was a logical guy to host. I can understand all that. But why the hell is this dope doing the play-by-play of these highlights instead of just airing the original calls? It's like if you or I turning down the volume and pretending like we were calling the play. It was god awful to listen to him try and call the Hank Aaron homer, Kirk Gibson homer, and Immaculate Reception. Very weak and I wish they'd gone in a different direction because Berman is annoying as hell. I'm just thankful we have one final play to go!
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