List athletes who became really good commentators

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I'll start with a few:

Jerry Coleman (baseball)
Cheryl Miller (basketball)
Dwight Stones (track and field)
Dick Button (figure skating)

[Richardo]

1. Jim Palmer was one of the best baseball commentators I ever heard.

He really took you inside baseball. :thumbsup:

[begin_within]

4. I used to have a pair of underwear he autographed.

Back in about 1982 when he was doing those underwear ads he appeared at a department store autographing underwear for a couple of hours. I just bought a pair of them right there and he signed them. Don't have that any more though.

[madinmaryland]

31. TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!

:gag:

[Greyhound]

2. Tom Jackson, Chris Collinsworth. n/t

[sammythecat]

9. Tom Jackson's one of my favorites.

He's always interesting and insightful.

[fishwax]

13. a favorite of mine as a broadcaster and as a player

[sammythecat]

23. Well...

speaking as a life-long Cleveland Browns fan, as much as I love him as an analyst, and he may be the best, I most assuredly did NOT (:grr:) love him as a fucking linebacker for the fucking Denver Broncos. :banghead:

[fishwax]

34. I can understand that

:hi:

[marmar]

43. Joe Morgan, Tom Jackson, Howie Long.....

Chris Carter, Kenny Smith.

[PVnRT]

50. Howie Long is surprisingly articulate and insightful

Not something I'd expect from a former Raiders lineman.

Joe Morgan is fantastic as well.

[Forkboy]

24. The diminutive one!

They had a hell of a D back then. Gradishar was pretty damn good, too.

Some great old NFL Films stuff here. Go to "Find" and type in something like Denver Crush. They picked the Orange Crush D as the number 9 all time LB corp.

http://www.nfl.com/videos?categoryId=nflFilms

[fishwax]

35. yeah, Gradishar was great

he belongs in the Hall of Fame, like Larry Zimmer said in the video at that link. It's pretty silly that the Broncos, with the success they've had over the years, only had one player in the Hall of Fame until Gary Zimmerman got in this year. Gradishar should be there.

[underpants]

52. You must have missed Collinsworth at the olympics

he has asked some jawdroppingly bad questions and then asked them again

[jakefrep]

57. Collinsworth is awful

I can't stand him doing the NFL, let alone the Olympics.

[RB TexLa]

3. Pat Summerall became a play by play man and did pretty well

[Graybeard]

5. My Mets TV guys.

Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez are doing a great job.

[Captain Hilts]

45. They're both really smart guys. nt

[ClassWarrior]

6. Bob Uecker.

"I must be in the FRONT ROWWW!!!"

NGU.

[madeline_con]

8. Funniest ever!

When asked how the winning team did it, he said they got more points.

When the stadium was almost empty he remarked, "Look at all those fans disguised as seats!" :rofl:

[ticapnews]

30. His method for catching a knuckleball...

Wait for it to stop rolling :D

[madeline_con]

7. Howie Long cuz he's also HOT!!!! n/t

[mindfulNJ]

10. Jerry Remy on NESN

n/t

[hughee99]

33. Couldn't agree more...

I think Remy does a great job.

[Wetzelbill]

11. Jeff Blatnick (Wrestling) and Bas Rutten (MMA)

Rowdy Gaines (Swimming)is good.

[Jane Austin]

12. Don Meredith!

I haven't watched NFL football since he left.

[BlooInBloo]

14. Bill Walton

:hide:

:rofl:

[lpbk2713]

15. Joe Garagiola, PeeWee Reese

[AgadorSparticus]

16. Kenny Smith.

[Elwood P Dowd]

17. Ole' Dizz and The Wabash Cannonball

Dizzy and Pee Wee on a Saturday afternoon in 1961.

"From the great Atlantic Ocean to the wide Pacific shore
From the green ol' Smoky Mountains to the south lands by the shore
She's mighty tall and handsome and she's known quite well by all
She's the regular combination of the Wabash Cannonball

Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodland through the hills and by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear the lonesome hobos call
You're traveling through the jungles on the Wabash Cannonball

Our eastern states are dandy, so the people always say
From New York to St Louis with Chicago by the way
From the hills of Minnesota where the rippling waters fall
No changes can be taken on the Wabash Cannonball

Now here's to Daddy Claxton, may his name forever stand
And always be remembered through the courts throughout the land
His earthly race is over, now the curtains round him fall
We'll carry him home to victory on the Wabash Cannonball"

[MrSlayer]

18. It pains me to say so but Troy Aikman is an excellent analyst.

I hate praising Cowgirls for any reason but it is what it is.

[madinmaryland]

Aikman was a great QB on a great team!!!

Also a decent analyst.

About the only good thing to come out of eaglet territory is Ron Jaworsky who is a really good analyst on ESPN (much better than when he was QB there)

[Captain Hilts]

48. I completely agree. He played for the Spawn of Satan, but I don't dread him doing the 'Skins.

Though I'll admit I listen to Sonny Jurgensen and Sam Huff on the radio. They're really funny, but also really smart.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

19. Ron Fairly.

Kidding, kidding.

[BOSSHOG]

20. John Kruk

[PVnRT]

49. Gotta agree

Since he left that idiotic Fox Sports show, he's proven he knows his shit.

[BOSSHOG]

21. RICHIE ASBURN - not good, great

[ourbluenation]

22. Karch Karaly (volleyball)

[Forkboy]

25. Darren Pang.

Hey, someone has to represent hockey. I love announcers who clearly love their job. The Panger is one of them. He's like a kid in a candy store.

[two gun sid]

26. Jerry Bailey and Gary Stevens from Horse Racing....

add Donna Barton-Brothers to that list also.

[bluescribbler]

27. Tommy Heinson and the Cooz

More knowledgeable and entertaining hoop guys are hard to find. Much better than the clowns ABC and ESPN used for the playoffs this year. :puke:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

55. Heinsohn did national color during the Lakers-Celtics in the '80's.

Partisan beyond belief.

[joeybee12]

28. Chris Evert...she always knew her shit and made intelligent comments...John McEnroe..

..was/is awful...always wrong.

[Captain Hilts]

47. McEnroe is an egotistical, sexist shit. Spoiled little rich boy who pouts when he doesn't get his..

way. Another example of the wealthy brats MSNBC has hosting its shows. At least they ditched him.

[joeybee12]

56. Strange thing is is that Patrick McEnroe is decent...

...if they didn't look alike (well, there is the family resemblance) I'd swear one was adopted.

[H2O Man]

29. Bobby Czyz,

George Foreman, and Sean O'Grady well all world champions who were outstanding boxing commentators (Showtime, HBO, and USA). Jerry Quarry, who never won a title, also was a talented boxing commentator.

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[Awsi Dooger]

36. Johnny Miller

I thought he would be the first guy mentioned. Easily the most distinct golf analyst ever. Most controversial also.

I disagree with joeybee. I like John McEnroe. He's actually better on women's matches than men's, for some reason. It's ridiculous when they keep him off the women's matches. Like Miller, he understands the mental aspect of the sport, the choke factor.

The best sports commentator on the planet is Cynthia Potter on diving. Obscure sport but she recognizes subtleties unlike anyone else. Instantly. She competed in three Olympiads including a bronze medal.

By far the funniest moment of the Olympics so far was the women's synchronized diving. The Chinese pair was winning the gold medal handily. Competing just after them was a Canadian pair trying for the bronze. One of the Canadians was massive, by diving standards. Quebec could fit in her thighs. Potter was doing her best not to blatantly say the Canadian was too damn fat. She would use words like wisp to describe the Chinese entering the water, then delicately try to compare the entry of the Canadian, who was practically emptying the pool.

[Forkboy]

41. Miller is a good one.

Certainly more interesting to listen to the Ken Venturi was. Never liked him for some reason. But Miller is fun to listen to, though I can't recall anything too controversial off the top of my head. I'm sure there's something though. :)

[Auggie]

37. Duane Kuiper

San Francisco baseball

[Oeditpus Rex]

42. And Mike Krukow

Krook and Kipe — best team in baseball broadcasting. Grab some pine, Meat. :D

Rick Monday's gotten real good, too. He and Charlie Steiner had some rough edges in Steiner's first year with the Dodgers, but now they're a good team.

[chimpymustgo]

38. John McEnroe. Hated him as a player. LOVE him as a commentator.

[MaineDem]

39. Couldn't agree more

He's excellent in the booth.

[bullwinkle428]

40. More golf - David Feherty, Gary McCord, Andy North, Peter Oosterhuis

Johnny Miller, mentioned earlier, is a great choice as well.

[Bluzmann57]

44. Pat Summerall

He was real good and actually made Madden what he is today, imo. And Steve Stone is a very knowledgeable and entertaining baseball commentator. It's too bad he works for the White Sox now.

[Captain Hilts]

46. I think Julie Foudy is very good on soccer/football. nt

[MinM]

51. Cliff Drysdale

(tennis)

Patrick McEnroe (tennis)
Don Meredith (monday night football)
Kelly Hrudey (hockey night in canada)
Steve Kerr (nba)
Steve Stone (baseball)

[devilgrrl]

53. Keith Jones - NHL

[frylock]

54. brad daugherty..

dude really knows his stuff about NASCAR.