awfulannouncing.blogspot.com - 6/23/2008
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I swear we can't go even a week without some announcer saying something stupid that upsets a racial, religious, or gender based group. Most recently it was Johnny Miller and Italians, but over the past two years I've been writing this site I think we're up in the teens now. Well I think we're likely to add yet another controversy brewing after Dick Enberg decided to use the term "Nubian ...
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Dick Enberg : One of the great broadcasters of all-time had an unfortunate lapse in judgment today at Wimbledon. While discussing Roger Federer 's upcoming visit to the studio, Enberg suggested the #1 player in the world would be transported in " [o]ne of those Sultan chairs with four Nubian Slaves ." Johnny Miller : The NBC Sports golf broadcaster has apologized for saying Rocco Mediate " ...
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... ] Dick Enberg loves him some nubian slaves. [ Awful Announcing ] I missed this last week, but apparently Pacman is no longer Pacman. [ ...
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