JockSniffing 01.14.2009

It had to be said. Someone finally did. That weird, dancing robot that FOX uses on it's NFL broadcasts is massively annoying and more than a little creepy. Conan O'Brien nails it:



Tom Hoffarth writing for the Los Angeles Daily News, scooped everybody with the American Sportscasters Association list of the Top 50 Broadcasters. The top five is solid, though a few were before our time.

1. Vin Scully
2. Mel Allen
3. Red Barber
4. Curt Gowdy
5. Howard Cosell


Here's Cosell on Letterman.

It's kind of sad that Joe Garagiola and Jim Lampley, who is excellent, only got honorable mentions. Chris Berman is #34, which bites. Berman used to call a few baseball games, way back in the day. But he's basically a sports anchor, not a play-by play or color man.

Those Giants fans who recorded themselves smashing up cars in a parking lot? Deadspin says the cars were already trashed from a "tailgating mishap" earlier in the day, but the guys who made the tape are still in trouble. Deadspin also named their SHOTTY, with Will Leitch writing the celebratory essay. Worth a click for the video montage (even "Rocky" had a montage) of all the 2008 nominees.