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Ian Darke making GBS threads all over England once it became clear that they won't come back might be the most I ever laughed at a sports broadcast. They were saying poo poo like "Roy Hodgson is looking for a new job right now" like 40 minutes before Hodgson actually resigned, it was amazing.
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Yeah, the entire second half was just him and McManaman dropping burn after burn on England. Darke was doing his damndest to try to sound unbiased until about the 60th minute, and you could hear him hit a tipping point. Steve had given up long before and was varying degrees of incredulous ever since about the 30th. It was amazing stuff. E: In other news, Barry Melrose will call the lead World Cup of Hockey games with Steve Levy. Thank gently caress. The terrible, horrible, no good, very bad John Buccigross will drive Kevin Weekes nuts on the other games. Do yourself a favor and mute those. DJExile fucked around with this message at 11:59 on Jun 28, 2016 |
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"It appears as though every player on England has decided to play the worst game of their lives today"
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MourningView posted:Dunks are objectively the best thing in sports so that seems about right The puny dunk pales in comparison to the mighty home run slam
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Speaking of Iceland beating England: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/iceland-commentator-england_us_57727532e4b0f168323adaec What a call.
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Mind_Taker posted:Speaking of Iceland beating England: Someone translated him dropping fantastic bombs on England when it ended: 
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DJExile posted:The terrible, horrible, no good, very bad John Buccigross will drive Kevin Weekes nuts on the other games. Do yourself a favor and mute those. Oh my god when they had Buccigross doing the Frozen Four games it was the worst thing ever. He sucks at PBP and he has a weird boner for college hockey like Pierre McGuire does for juniors.
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ElwoodCuse posted:Oh my god when they had Buccigross doing the Frozen Four games it was the worst thing ever. He sucks at PBP and he has a weird boner for college hockey like Pierre McGuire does for juniors.  I hope Gary Thorne didn't die.
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Robnoxious posted:Did Gary Thorne die or something? naw. calling orioles games. NBC needs to hire him though.
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I don't know if ESPN is trying to get Trey Wingo to replace Mike Tirico on their tennis coverage, but he called a highlights package yesterday with 2 analysts and twice mispronounced the easy name of a former #1, twice used the completely wrong name of the American who just finished the match that was their lead-in, and twice referred to it as "the Wimbledon Championships" when you absolutely should call it "the Championships, Wimbledon" or just "Wimbledon". I'm not sure who should be more embarassed: ESPN for putting someone on who clearly doesn't even follow the sport, his producer for not making sure he was prepared, or he himself for being so unprepared. Also lol that he referred to it as the Super Bowl of tennis, as if people watching were unfamiliar with Wimbledon or even care about an entirely American event. Josh Lyman fucked around with this message at 11:23 on Jun 29, 2016 |
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Gary Thorne is pushing 70. I love his voice as much as anyone but odds are he wants to stick to baseball at this point. ElwoodCuse posted:Oh my god when they had Buccigross doing the Frozen Four games it was the worst thing ever. He sucks at PBP and he has a weird boner for college hockey like Pierre McGuire does for juniors. I felt bad for him the first time he showed up in the Frozen Four coverage since he was clearly green as hell and hadn't done much PBP before, if at all, and ESPN just kinda chucked him out there and Melrose did all he could to cover for him. It's years later though and he hasn't improved one bit.
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Robnoxious posted:Did Gary Thorne die or something? I'm one of those weird people who can't stand Gary Thorne. He's just so smarmy. Dave Strader was the superior ESPN hockey pbp guy, but that could also be my PASS Sports bias showing.
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Nah that's fair. Dave Strader is fantastic. E: This also made me think of that amazing time Gary Thorne put his golf announcer voice on for that Orioles game with the empty stadium
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No, Gary Thorne is god.
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Josh Lyman posted:I don't know if ESPN is trying to get Trey Wingo to replace Mike Tirico on their tennis coverage, but he called a highlights package yesterday with 2 analysts and twice mispronounced the easy name of a former #1, twice used the completely wrong name of the American who just finished the match that was their lead-in, and twice referred to it as "the Wimbledon Championships" when you absolutely should call it "the Championships, Wimbledon" or just "Wimbledon". I know you want to feel euro outraged or whatever, but the "SB of tennis" is an ok analogy for a football announcer talking to an American audience on an American network that is heavily football centered. Outside of the Williamses and maybe Federer, tennis is a pretty marginal sport in the US. I honestly think ESPN would get better ratings showing NFL OTAs than tennis.
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Josh Lyman posted:twice referred to it as "the Wimbledon Championships" when you absolutely should call it "the Championships, Wimbledon" I'm genuinely glad that he didn't call it "the Championships, Wimbledon" because that would be unbelievably pretentious.
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Josh Lyman my dude nobody watches tennis in the USA so they're trying to pull in new viewers. And the Championships, Wimbeldon sounds so douchy
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Josh Lyman posted:I don't know if ESPN is trying to get Trey Wingo to replace Mike Tirico on their tennis coverage, but he called a highlights package yesterday with 2 analysts and twice mispronounced the easy name of a former #1, twice used the completely wrong name of the American who just finished the match that was their lead-in, and twice referred to it as "the Wimbledon Championships" when you absolutely should call it "the Championships, Wimbledon" or just "Wimbledon". Lol
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I thought the second episode of Simmons' show was significantly better than the first. Not sure if I'm in the minority though.
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Josh Lyman posted:I don't know if ESPN is trying to get Trey Wingo to replace Mike Tirico on their tennis coverage, but he called a highlights package yesterday with 2 analysts and twice mispronounced the easy name of a former #1, twice used the completely wrong name of the American who just finished the match that was their lead-in, and twice referred to it as "the Wimbledon Championships" when you absolutely should call it "the Championships, Wimbledon" or just "Wimbledon". I want to print this post out and frame it. "The Championships, Wimbledon" my god.
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tenspott posted:I honestly think ESPN would get better ratings showing NFL OTAs than tennis. Is there any doubt?
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i don't give a poo poo about tennis, but bill simmons has pronounced wimbledon as "wimbleton" forever and i should be allowed to reach through a computer and strangle him.
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Akileese posted:I thought the second episode of Simmons' show was significantly better than the first. Not sure if I'm in the minority though. Any guesses as to who the dead owner was that berated Cuban? For those who didn't watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdJ0DC8WI1E
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OctoberBlues posted:Is there any doubt?
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Do you pronounce the comma in "The Championships, Wimbledon"?
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Niwrad posted:Any guesses as to who the dead owner was that berated Cuban? Off the top of my head I think the Pistons owner is the only one that has died since he bought the Mavs.
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Mahoning posted:Do you pronounce the comma in "The Championships, Wimbledon"? The comma is pronounced as a short snort directed at your valet.
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the championships, wimbledon
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Christ Pseudoscientist posted:Off the top of my head I think the Pistons owner is the only one that has died since he bought the Mavs. Jerry Buss too. Maybe others, but I don't follow nba ownership all that closely.
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R.D. Mangles posted:the championships, wimbledon 
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howe_sam posted:Jerry Buss too. Maybe others, but I don't follow nba ownership all that closely. Abe Pollin
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this is some great discussion about The Championships, Wimbleton.
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I heard the Wimbleton is the Stanley Cup of the tennis world. Confirm? Deny?
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Metapod posted:I heard the Wimbleton is the Stanley Cup of the tennis world. Confirm? Deny? It is the Stanley Cup of the tennis world, because you can drink out of the trophies. I'm sorry, I meant The Trophies, Wimbledon.
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the championships, wimbledon is going to be the hottest sas meme of the summer
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The Championships, Wimbledon V's
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R.D. Mangles posted:the championships, wimbledon This may be the most Person, English ever depicted
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howe_sam posted:Jerry Buss too. Maybe others, but I don't follow nba ownership all that closely. He did say the owner sold the team though. One of the former owners of the Nets died in a plane crash a couple years ago. Can't think of anyone else who would fit in that description though. Also when I searched for "Atlanta Hawks ownership" the first result was a photo of Lebron James playing the violin.
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R.D. Mangles posted:the championships, wimbledon is going to be the hottest sas meme of the summer Is the burnt steak too specific to TFF?
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Niwrad posted:He did say the owner sold the team though. One of the former owners of the Nets died in a plane crash a couple years ago. Can't think of anyone else who would fit in that description though. Aubrey McClendon died in March in a car crash too (though he was minority owner). Man a fair amount of NBA owners have passed away in the last 5-10 years. More than I figured would have once I started listing people off.
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