Top 50 sportscasters....

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As voted by the American Sportscasters Association:


Here's the rundown, with others who appeared to have received votes as well, but not enough to crack the top 50 (yes, Berman is somehow at No. 35)



1. Vin Scully

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2. Mel Allen
3. Red Barber
4. Curt Gowdy
5. Howard Cosell
6. Bob Costas
7. Jim McKay
8. Keith Jackson
9. Al Michaels
10. Dick Enberg

11. Jack Buck
12. Ted Husing
13. Jack Brickhouse
14. Don Dunphy
15. Graham McNamee
16. Ernie Harwell
17. Marv Albert
18. Harry Caray
19. Jon Miller
20. Bill Stern

21. Chick Hearn
22. Marty Glickman
23. Jack Whitaker
24. Jim Nantz
25. Chris Schenkel
26. Lindsey Nelson
27. Russ Hodges
28. Ray Scott
29. John Madden
30. Bob Prince

31. Joe Buck
32. Milo Hamilton
33. Bob Wolff
34. Chuck Thompson
35. Chris Berman
36. Phil Rizzuto
37. Marty Brennaman
38. Clem McCarthy
39. Bill Walton
40. Foster Hewitt

41. Harry Kalas
42. Johnny Most
43. Bob Elson
44. Brent Musberger
45. Pat Summerall
46. Merle Harmon
47. Dick Vitale
48. Dick Stockton
49. Tony Kubek
50. Bud Collins

Runners up: Terry Bradshaw, James Brown, Andres Cantor, Skip Caray, Gary Cohen, Don Criqui, Jimmy Dudley, Joe Garagiola, Frank Gifford, Greg Gumbel, Tom Hammond, Sonny Hill, Ned Jarrett, Jaime Jarrin , Charlie Jones, Bill King, Jim Lampley, Cawood Ledford, Verne Lundquist, Tim McCarver, Joe Morgan, Bob Murphy, Van Patrick, Herb Score, Jim Simpson, Bob Uecker and Ken Venturi.
 
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List fails because Joe Morgan is mentioned... even though just as a runner-up... ditto for Tim McCarver.
 
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Billy Packer isn't on there; I totally agree.

Bill Raftery isn't on there and he should be. He's terrific! "SEND IT IN, JEROME!!!!!" should put him in the HOF alone!

One announcer who I heard several times this college football season is Gary Danielson. He did the color on the SEC game every Saturday, and he's one of the best I've ever heard. Terrific analysis, knows the penalty before the ref tells you what it is, outstanding knowledge of the intricacies of the game.
 
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The best analyst I've ever heard is Steve Stone.
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Agree. And as great as Stoney is he had to work all those years with the drunk idiot that was Harry Caray. Caray has to be the worst play by play man ever. Will be cool to listen to him call a game again now that he is the White Sox color man on the TV broadcasts. Should be fun with him and Hawk Harrelson. Will he join in on the YES! at the end of Hawk's home run calls? Doesn't seem very 'Stoney'-like--but we will find out soon enough...:00hour
 
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some of you guys are mixing in play by play announcers with analysts.....vin scully is a play by play announcer while a guy like raftery & packer are analysts....

my all time favorite announcer for baseball was mel allen...

my all time favorite announcer on radio for football was a guy named marty glickman....

my all time favorite football announcer was ray scott or keith jackson or al michaels....

my all time favorite basketball announcer was marv albert...
 
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AR182 said:
some of you guys are mixing in play by play announcers with analysts.....vin scully is a play by play announcer while a guy like raftery & packer are analysts....
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yup,

think Harry Kalas rates way way higher myself....also agree with Ray Scott.
 
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AR182 said:
some of you guys are mixing in play by play announcers with analysts.....vin scully is a play by play announcer while a guy like raftery & packer are analysts....

my all time favorite announcer for baseball was mel allen...

my all time favorite announcer on radio for football was a guy named marty glickman....

my all time favorite football announcer was ray scott or keith jackson or al michaels....

my all time favorite basketball announcer was marv albert...
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Mel Allen............Baseball this week?

Loved watching it on the weekends!
 
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Pat Summerall
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Dick Enberg
Bob Costas
Howard Cosell
 
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No Chic Hearn (sic?). And, not that he was great, but surprised Dizzy Dean hasn't been mentioned, he's very noteable, at least.

I can do without Harry Carey, drunk or sober. The worst, IMO. & Phil Rizzuto,nothing but a stooge.

Agree with Vin Scully, the absolute best, so good, he's his own analyst.

Joe Morgan, please. Drop him 40 more notches
 
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