Football announcer Ron Franklin won’t respond to his firing from ESPN, but told the New York Times’ Richard Sandomir that he’s gotten an outpouring of support since his dismissal.
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ESPN has fired long time announcer Ron Franklin after he made crude comments to female colleague Jeanine Edwards during a production meeting last week.
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ESPN announcers Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski, and Jon Gruden are apparently a very chatty and broey bunch. That much we learned during a commercial break on Monday night’s Orange Bowl, when the three announcers’ microphones were left on during a commercial break.
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A few months back we looked at the bizarre story of Mike Lavender, a man who did PA announcing work for the San Antonio Spurs before being charged for harassing a local TV reporter with an anonymous Twitter account. His story recently took another surprising (to us) development…he wasn’t indicted.
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Former NFL placekicker Benny Ricardo is a man of many talents. In addition to being a stand-up comic who will play two sold-out shows New Year’s Eve in San Diego, Benny is a veteran boxing analyst on television, often teaming with Hall of Fame blow-by-blow announcer Col. Bob Sheridan. Here’s a unique look at Ricardo’s comedic ideas about how to improve boxing in 2011:
Improving Boxing in 2011
Three ring card girls, two outfits for every fight.
A boxer any boxer to date Kim Kardashin …
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We’re big Blake Griffin fans around here, and this illustrates why: at any given moment, he’s a threat to do something spectacular. He’s been called “an attention-grabbing whirlwind of excitement.” He’s been called “the ultimate in basketball-as-spectacle.” Last night, he showed why with one play – and the announcers (rightly) thought he had too easy of a time doing it.
Early in the Clippers’ 100-91 loss to the Blazers, Griffin soared in from around the 3-point line, took a missed shot, and slammed it home in thunderous fashion. Normally this would get the announcers to emote somewhat, but not in this case. (I assume that means they were Blazers announcers; correct me if I’m wrong on that one.) Here’s what he said, in a monotone:
“3-pointer in the corner off again, but nobody gets a body on Blake Griffin, and he jams it home.”
It sounded like his partner then launched into a speech about how you always have to be aware of Griffin’s presence. And they’re right. Griffin is no less than a physical force of nature, not to mention a guy averaging almost 12 rebounds a game. Letting him get to the basket so easily is basketball suicide. But man…it’s sure fun to watch when he does.
Should the evil genius behind the meaningful Cam Newton music reveal his or herself, they’ll be presented with a replica Olympic gold medal, likely plastic, with authentic Kelly Tripucka chest hair affixed to it, all compliments of the Hernia staff….
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