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The Top 10 Announcers In Sports Movies

May 29, 2008 / Anthony Stalter

Rumors and Rants ranked the top 10 announcers in sports movies. No surprise which announcer took the top spot.

1. Harry Doyle (Major League)
What more can be said of Harry Doyle? He’s easily the greatest sports movie broadcaster of all-time. The gap between his performance and any other is so wide that it’s almost not fair to include him on this list. Bob Uecker’s performance as the ultimate homer-announcer is simply fantastic. He’s off the cuff calls and condescending attitude towards his own team are perfect. He even drags his dead weight color guy Monty through the movie, which is both hilarious and true to life. Then when you throw in the insults he hurls at his Indians and their opponents, it makes for one of the best performances in the history of sports movies.
Memorable lines:
“In case you haven’t noticed, and judging by the attendance you haven’t, the Indians have managed to win a few ball games, and are threatening to climb out of the cellar.”
Harry Doyle: “That’s all we got, one goddamn hit?”
Assistant: “You can’t say goddamn on the air.”
Harry Doyle: “Don’t worry, nobody is listening.”
“The post-game show is brought to you by … (searches through his papers) … Christ, I can’t find it. To hell with it.”
“Remember fans, Tuesday night is Die Hard Night. Free admission for anyone who was actually alive the last time the Indians won the pennant.”
(Vaughn throws a pitch to the backstop) “Juuust a bit outside, tried the corner and missed. (Vaughn throws another wild pitch) Ball four. (Vaughn throws another wild pitch) Ball eight. (Vaughn throws another wild pitch) Low and he walks the bases loaded on 12 straight pitches. How can these guys lay off pitches that close?”
“Haywood swings and hits one towards South America. Hayes is gonna need a rocket up his ass to catch this one…”

Harry Doyle is announcing, folks.

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Highlights from the Wednesday that was

May 29, 2008 / Anthony Stalter

NBA Playoffs Game 5: Celtics 106, Pistons 103

John Paulsen has the scoop on this game, but here’s what angry Sheed had to say about the refs:

NHL Stanley Cup Game 3: Penguins 3, Red Wings 2

Welcome to the NHL Stanley Cup Finals, Penguins.

MLB Musings:

– Cubs 2, Dodgers 1. Outside of the Phillies, is there any club playing better than the Cubs right now? And although he’s a circus act in left field, is there any player hotter at the plate than Alfonso Soriano?

– Giants 11, Diamondbacks 3. What is going on with the D-Backs? They’ve lost three in a row, are 3-7 in their last 10, and are on the verge of being swept by the Giants. They can’t lose to Barry Zito on Thursday can they? No, no way.

– Mariners 1, Red Sox 0. Erik Bedard finally arrived in Seattle (7.0 IP, 2 hits, 0 ER, 8 K’s). Holding Boston’s lineup to only two hits is damn impressive.

– Phillies 6, Rockies 1. Chase Utley is a man-child. He’s got 17 home runs on the year and it’s only May 29.

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Ashley Harkleroad poses for Playboy

May 28, 2008 / John Paulsen

She hasn’t rose above #39 in the WTA rankings, but Ashley Harkleroad will be #1 in the hearts of millions of Playboy readers when her photo spread hits the shelves.

The 23-year-old Harkleroad found herself kicking her heels earlier this year when she was recovering from surgery to remove a cyst from her ovaries.
While others would choose to convalesce on a relaxing vacation or just lounge in front of the television, Harkleroad chose to accept the offer of posing nude for the world’s most famous glamour magazine.
“I was just laying there for three weeks, and, you know, an offer came to me,” the woman from smalltown Georgia told goggle-eyed reporters.
“I thought, well, I’m not really doing anything right now so I thought about it and it was something that I did. I’m proud of my body. I was representing a female athlete’s body.”

How often do you see the words “ovaries,” “cyst” and “Playboy” in the same article?

Here are a few pics of Harkleroad to get you ready.

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ESPN, you’re better than that.

May 27, 2008 / John Paulsen

I was surfing ESPN this morning, and when I hit the NBA page, I saw the following headline:

Yao still shaken by China’s earthquake tragedy

Journalists love to write clever headlines that use puns or wordplay to grab the reader. But when there are more than 62,000 confirmed dead in one of the world’s biggest disasters in recent memory, there’s no need to use the term “shaken” when describing Yao Ming’s feelings about the earthquake. To put things in perspective, about 2,541 people died (or are missing) as a result of Hurricane Katrina. You do the math.

This is no time to be clever.

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Danica Patrick not a Ryan Briscoe fan

May 26, 2008 / Anthony Stalter

After spending most of the day yelling at her pit crew for the way her car had been running slow, Danica Patrick’s day got much worse when Ryan Briscoe clipped her coming out of the pits at the Indy 500 on Sunday.

With so much pressure and expectations thrust upon her being a female driver (not to mention a good female driver), Patrick handled this situation very well. Obviously she wasn’t pleased, but she didn’t give the media sound bites for year’s to come by blowing a fuse.