NY, NJ : Bastions Of Shitty Basketball, Objective Broadcasting

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The Roundup: Sonics Not Quite Gone … Yet
Published 4/15/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... Smoking Gun, and how it gets all those outstanding documents. (NYT) Ginia Bellafante is one of our favorite non-sports writers in newspapers: “The former football and baseball player Deion Sanders is blessed with a charm that leaks through the armor of his arrogance.” (NYT) Depressing: The best written magazine in the country tackles The Hills. (New Yorker) Apparently, Tommy Heinson is the biggest homer of all the NBA announcers. (Can’t Stop the Bleeding) Drunken mess Scott Spiezio is let go by the Braves. ( ...

They’ll Start Preparing When Guinness Runs Dry
Published 4/15/2008 by Brooks at SPORTSbyBROOKS
We were a play-by-play announcer for several sports over 16 years, so we can be a bit of a geek when it comes to rating announcers (translation: we know you don’t give a damn, but indulge us). NBA Homer Announcers Tommy Heinsohn Johnny Red Kerr CAN’T STOP THE BLEEDING found this lovely chart on Flickr.com that rates NBA announcers in a rather clever way. Granted, we don’t know most local NBA announcers from a lawn fire hydrant , but we still love looking at this kind of stuff. And we do know the worst announcers cited. Sweet! Large, strapping Irish lads ...

Blog Patrol: That Clearly Wasn't A Foul. Our Team Never Fouls. Ever.
Published 4/15/2008 at FanIQ Blog
See where your NBA announcer ranks in terms of homerism and objectivity. [Flickr via Can't Stop the Bleeding] Barack Obama plays "white" basketball apparently. I'm not sure what the hell that means. [SPORTSbyBROOKS] Will Clark was apparently quite an asshole. [Deadspin] Todd McShay and Mel Kiper Jr. get into a fight on the radio. [The Big Lead] Melo got some special treatment after his arrest. I'm shocked! [With Leather] Manny rocks the porn stache. [Red Sox ...