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Sports Announcers: The Necessary Evil

Posted on 21 August 2008 by Michael Callaway

In my last post I talked about how much I love the Olympics and it is true, I do.  However, there is a part of the Olympics that drives me crazy and I am talking about the announcers.  To be fair, I rarely like the announcers in any sport, John Madden in for Sunday Night Football drives me to drink sometimes.  “The team that scores the most points will win the game.”

I realize that the announcers are a necessary evil and when there is no sound it can be annoying.  I think it is the excessive talking that bothers me the most followed by the over hyping.  Every athlete is the best athlete in the world, be it Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Michael Phelps, the list goes on and on.  My favorite is when they will say not only is he the best in the world but he is the best in the universe.  Really?  How many athletes have you been able to cover outside of this little ball of soil and water that we call Earth?

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