Top 50 sportscasters in history

According to a vote by the American Sportscasters Association ...

1. Vin Scully
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 (pictured right), 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.

http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/archives/2009/01/the-whole-top-5.html

 

Marty Glickman, I loved listening to him do the Giants game. What a special person and a great broadcaster

 

I'd rather see Sarah Palin than Joe Fucking Buck on this list.

 

Sweet Jesus, Bill Stern seldom saw a fact he couldn't twist, dismember or ignore, and that's just for openers. For him to be
#20 is criminal.

 

Would have liked to see Skip Caray on the list, too. He was infinitely better than Joe Buck.

 

Joe Buck hasn't earned his way onto that list, yet, while Jack certainly did.

This is yet another honor roll Rizzuto shouldn't be on, as well.

 

Greatest sportscasters list:

1. Vin Scully
2. Everyone else

Well, at least the top part of the list is right.

 

Skip Caray not being on is a fucking crime. And Costas is too high.

 

Amen.

 

Costas IS too high. Given the context of that list, he should be in the twenties. Brickhouse should probably be in the 30s.

 

Jim Nantz at No. 24? Seriously?

 

I have to depart, but this thread should be SMOKIN', for hours.