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Buck, Aikman Provide Dynamic Connection for FOX

For a generation of viewers, Pat Summerall and John Madden were the gold standard of football announcers, becoming arguably the best pairing in sports television history.Their FOX successors, Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, admittedly, have a ways to go to achieve the staying power of Madden and Summerall. But Aikman and Buck...

The Real Winner? Augusta

Every Monday during the PGA Tour season, Monday Pin Placement will run as a wrap-up of the weekend's action. Basically, we'll focus on what you missed while you were out grinding on the putting green.In 1996, Greg Norman had one of the most epic collapses in the history of golf. Carrying a six-shot lead into the final...

ESPN to Re-Broadcast 'Greatest Game Ever Played' In Color

Remember back in the last 1980s and early 1990s when Ted Turner spent his fortune buying up old films and "colorizing" them? ESPN plans to do the same thing when they re-broadcast the "Greatest Game Ever Played" this Saturday. The "Greatest Game" was the 1958 NFL Championship game between the Baltimore Colts and New York...

Madden '09 Announcers: Tom Hammond and Cris Collinsworth

We found out yesterday that Brett Favre will be the face of Madden '09. Today, courtesy of Awful Announcing, we find out whose voices we will hear doing the broadcast on the game. Madden NFL 09 will also feature a network-inspired broadcast presentation. Players will benefit from the authentic football knowledge of an...

Neale to Replace Lorentz in Buffalo

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! This is the worst of all possible news. Well, not the worst, I mean Denis Potvin could have taken the job, but HARRY NEALE! Okay, I've tried to remain calm while management wound their way through multiple difficult off-season personnel issues, spending hours trying to piece together just...

Background on Pat Summerall

George Allen "Pat" Summerall (born May 10, 1930) is a former American football player and television sportscaster, having worked at CBS, Fox, and ESPN.

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