Tank McNamara by Bill Hinds for October 24, 2015

I remember maybe ten years ago a female sideline reporter was interviewing Joe Namath during a football game. She asks him some question and he just kinda leers at her as says “Give me a kiss.” She just ignores this and asks some other question and he’s “C’mon baby, just give me a kiss!” and she backs up and covers with “Oh, Joe, you’re such a kidder.” They cut away and the regular announcers totally ignore it, but a couple days later I see in the sports news where Joe Namath entered rehab for a drinking problem. Gotta love live TV.

Play-by-play announcers DON’T jabber on and on?!? Some of them use more words on one at bat than Jesus spoke on the Sermon on the Mount!And most of them think you’re watching radio-describing what just happened in detail jussst in case you missed it.

I remember that! That was ESPN’s Suzy Kolber. Not exactly Phyllis George, but close enough.

And your point being, lady?

I’m not sure who is worse, Suzyn Waldman or John Sterling.

Football sideline reporters have yet to justify their existence with anything resembling “news”, but hope springs eternal, as we know…..

Erin Andrews did a great ballpark stands interview with the kid you caught the home run ball in last night’s game. He’ll be talking about that one for some time.

I thought Jessica Mendoza did a great job with the Sunday Night ESPN games..Bonus: She broke up the Kruk-Schilling mutual jockularity society. Those guys were more interested in cracking each other up than watching the game.

Just get rid of Tim McC…. Please!

For the curious, I looked up the Namath video. I was pretty far off in my remembered dialogue, but it happened. Here is a youtube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc65NC44dSk