Thom Brennaman, welcome to the unemployment line

Yes! We had a dish as well and got the live feeds for NHL games. Often, the commercial breaks were full of swearing and commenting on women in the crowd.

 

know what else Kelly broadcast back in the day? The Pro Billiards Tour. being an East coaster, i had never heard of Kelly so I thought “who the fuck is this guy?” Then I looked up his credentials and thought, “how the fuck did they get this guy?”

 

And we had Healy on the radio daily and I believe one of the first sports talk radio shows with scribes Bud Tucker, Bud Furillo and basketball great Bill Russell among the hosts in the 1970s

 

The great baseball announcers like Scully had the talent to work alone. But most play by play guys do not and it becomes awfully boring to listen to one voice drone on and on and on.

 

Tom Kelly got into some shit with his comments during a USC basketball game. The score was out of hand, about 2 minutes to go. A player crashed to the court and was hurt. The trainers came out to help him. Kelly said something like "just drag him off so we can finish the game."

When I was in school, I wrote a big feature on him. I sat in his booth during a football game and taped his broadcast. At one point he said, "we" referring to USC. When I interviewed him afterward, I asked about his use of "we." He said, "That is, indeed, a breach of good broadcasting. But I contend that I have never failed to recognize outstanding athletic talent regardless of the color of the uniform." Indeed, he was very eloquent and very loud.

 

Has this already been brought up?

Kyle Cornell Calls Kamala Harris 1st 'Colored' VP Pick on Air

If you are doing a promo - don't "ad-lib." Read it as written.

 

Or don't be a racist asshole. That works too.

When I read the "I have to learn I can't say that anymore" I googled the dude figuring he must be pushing 90.

He's 26.

Fuck him.

 

Black Americans haven't been referred to as "colored" since about WWII, when "Negro" became the operative term.

 

In the 50's and 60's booths frequently had two play by play guys who were professional announcers. There would be a number one- who was treated like a god- and a number two who would occasionally do a few innings. But there was very little conversation between the two during the game. And the number two guy would never interrupt the number one guy.

Jocks became increasingly more prevalent when instant replay was introduced. An ex-player could presumably bring more technical expertise to describing the play and therefore to the television broadcast. Over time the television model has increasingly become the norm on radio.