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johnjohnW
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Posted: 11/21/22 3:17 pm ::: Lobo Signs Extension with ESPN |
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Rebecca Lobo signs multi-year extension with ESPN as lead women’s basketball analyst
https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/rebecca-lobo-womens-basketball-contract-extension.html
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“Rebecca has played a significant role in the growth of women’s basketball throughout both her playing and broadcasting careers, and we’re thrilled she will continue to elevate ESPN’s coverage of both the WNBA and the college game,” said coordinating producer Sara Gaiero. “Rebecca is one of the sport’s most credible voices, consistently educating our fans with sharp, insightful analysis while entertaining with her humor and wit.” |
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Spark4Life
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Posted: 11/26/22 12:11 am ::: Re: Lobo Signs Extension with ESPN |
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johnjohnW wrote: |
Rebecca Lobo signs multi-year extension with ESPN as lead women’s basketball analyst
https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/rebecca-lobo-womens-basketball-contract-extension.html
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“Rebecca has played a significant role in the growth of women’s basketball throughout both her playing and broadcasting careers, and we’re thrilled she will continue to elevate ESPN’s coverage of both the WNBA and the college game,” said coordinating producer Sara Gaiero. “Rebecca is one of the sport’s most credible voices, consistently educating our fans with sharp, insightful analysis while entertaining with her humor and wit.” |
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ChiSky54
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Silky Johnson
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Posted: 11/28/22 8:20 pm ::: |
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I feel like some people take sports entirely too seriously. Rebecca Lobo isn't to my personal tastes**, but I'm not here for a world where there's no room in the sport for broadcasters like Rebecca Lobo. To me, a better compromise would be making alternative commentary tracks available, so people who, like me, want more casual/conversational commentary can get that, people who prefer more hardcore analytical commentary can get that, and people who'd rather there be no talking at all can get that, too. I don't know about anybody else, but I'd pay an extra ten bucks a season for League Pass, if they made that option available; hell, I'd pay an extra three bucks just to never have to listen to Dick Fain again.
**Owing largely to her UConn-specific homerism; I don't have any philosophical objections to homerism as a practice.
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ChiSky54
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tfan
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Posted: 12/01/22 4:52 pm ::: |
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It seems like TV announcers of all varieties will lower their voices or have lower pitch voices. That must be more pleasing to listeners or gives more gravitas. I think that is why Lobo is criticized so much less than the other color commentators.
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Spark4Life
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Posted: 12/07/22 12:53 pm ::: |
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Did her deal include a UCONN cheerleader uniform and pom poms? Seriously, she's the worst.
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readyAIMfire53
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Posted: 12/07/22 11:53 pm ::: |
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Spark4Life wrote: |
Did her deal include a UCONN cheerleader uniform and pom poms? Seriously, she's the worst. |
It's really a tie for the worst between Dick Fain and Ann Meyers-Drysdale. I know some a y'all are too young for this, but "that sound chalk makes on a chalkboard that makes you cover your ears and go EWWWW."
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scullyfu
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Posted: 12/08/22 12:23 pm ::: |
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Save your $3 a game for a Fain-less feed & just use the mute button. Problem solved.
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Silky Johnson
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Posted: 12/08/22 9:17 pm ::: |
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scullyfu wrote: |
Save your $3 a game for a Fain-less feed & just use the mute button. Problem solved. |
No, problem not solved. I don't want a commentary-free broadcast, I want a Dick Fain-free broadcast. Not being able to listen to anybody is not a solution when the problem is, I want to be able to listen to somebody, just not him. Which is why I said my preference would be for alternative commentary tracks, in the first place.
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Milks26
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Posted: 12/09/22 11:56 am ::: |
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Spark4Life wrote: |
Did her deal include a UCONN cheerleader uniform and pom poms? Seriously, she's the worst. |
All 3 of them can go.
Simply terrible. Will just be using mute more....is all
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johnjohnW
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Posted: 12/09/22 12:25 pm ::: |
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It is wild to me how passionate this board is about announcers.
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