Conference 7.286::sports_90

       He's from Montana, originally.
                                     Denny

    Aggravating
    
    Inept
    
    Dull
    
    Humorless
    
    Non-impartial
    
    Uncontroversial
    
    Wishy-Washy
    
    Yes-Man (or "Yes-Billy")
    
    Ugly
    
    Unexciting
    
    Lethargic
    
    Monotonous
    
    Spineless
    
    Anal retentive
    
    Basically, a sh!thead.
    
    Sappy trails to ya, Brent!

Rumor has it that CBS asked him to cut back his work load, and he
refused....

That's what I heard....

AS them Gospel Choirs are oft heard to sing:

			O Happy Day!

Chainsaw

    Finally CBS did something intelligent. Thankfully we got spared from 
    Brent doing baseball. 
    
    

    
    	That's stoopid!  CByeS didn't fire Brunt because of too much
    workload!  They hait(tm) his guts like everyone else does!

    I think when my true hatred for Brent emerged was while watching him
    a few years back on New Year's Eve.  He was at Times Square with his
    unattractive family.  
    
    Right in the middle of the big party, he says something like "Speaking
    of New Year's and resolutions, isn't it time the NFL made a resolution
    to hire a black head coach in the NFL this year?"  A noble sentiment,
    but it was so out of place given the circumstances that it was
    laughable.  
    
    What a loser!  The real question is why anyone ever saw fit to pay him
    $1.6 - 2.0 million a year (heard on the news).  
    
    Pete

    	Maybe BM (no, not bowel movement) was fired because of his
    	2.2 million dollar salary. News said this morning that he
    	was getting too big for his britches.
    
    	Scott

	Brent was targeted by CBS to still be their Sports `Voice', and he was
going to be doing baseball, olympics, etc., ad nauseum. We'd have seen him
everywhere. But they also said that they were planning to get some of the
younger people more air time, like Greg Gumbel, Jim Nance, etc.  They are also
interested in talking to Al Michaels, who is urinated at ABC, but a hire there
would depend on whether or not Al could get out of his contract.

	I was bug-eyed when I heard Brent got 2+ million a year! Every time
I've watched him, it seems like he was screwing up. I don't know how many times
he'd say something, and I'd wonder if we were both watching the same game. Or
he'd make a comment that was a total non sequitur (or totally ridiculous), and
the people in the room would look at each other as if to say `WHAT?!!??!?' And
most of his `in-depth' interviews were about as interesting as watching snow
melt.

Mike JN

    
    My hats off to Irv Cross, who has had to endure Musburger for as
    long as I can remember.  I'll wager Saturday Night Live will have
    a bloodfeast with this item (that is, if they're not into reruns
    yet).
    
    Steve

    	Last night on SportsCenter Chris Berman called him the best
    sportscaster in the business.
    
    				/Don

       ...and I always thought Berman knew what he was talking about. Think
    Maybe ESPN is looking to land him (Brent)?
                                        Denny

    
    they must have some secret taboo with AL Michaels. Maybe Howard's
    coming out of retirement....
    
    ;^)
    
    mike

Surely Berman was making an April Fool's joke...

Bweent couldn't sportscast his way out of a paper bag.

In fact, *I* could sportscast better than Bweent!

Chainsaw

	speaking of sportscasting, why don't they have, like, college
    kids do the sportcasting for the NCAA champeenship game?  maybe get a
    dukester and a unlver to battle it out on the air while the teams
    play.  it'd definitely be more interesting than watching a bunch
    of *mature* idiots giving unobjective drivel.

    The unfortunate thing I find in sportscasting these days is all the
    ex-athletes in the booth...and about 75% of them are terrible.  This
    nation's colleges produce thousands of qualified brains every year who
    could step into a booth and do play-by-play.  The ex-athlete is OK at
    color (sometimes), but most times they're only in the booth because of
    who they are (or were), not how good they can talk.
    
    For instance, Eric Dickerson is now threatening to leave the field and
    become a broadcaster.  I'm sure someone will pick up this unproven
    announcer too should this be the road he chooses.  Meanwhile, these
    great voices out of college can't even get their foot in the door
    because they haven't made their name on the field.  Burns me up.
    
    Then again, if Brent is an example of what I'm rooting for, maybe it's
    safe just the way it is. :-)
    
    	--dan'l

The problem I have with the announcing business is that they hire 1 guy to be
the Voice of everything and rely on the color men to know what they are talking
about.

It always seemed to me that BwEEEnt had just learned the game he was announcing 
the day before the event. For example the NCAA tourney. it sounds to me like 
Bweent never watched an NCAA hoop game all year. The he tries to study up
on all the players before the event and attempts to broadcast it. Therefore
it sounds like he doesn't know what he is talking about because he's basically
calling the game off of notes. You can tell in his voice and what he says that
he hasn't seen a hoop game all year.

IMHO it's unfair to the fans to put this sort of situation together.Instead have a
bunch of lower payed announcers with each having a specialty. That way you
get competance in the booth. Maybe 2 specialties a year. 1/2 year for both
so you can keep them busy. LIke Pat summeral doing golf and football....

Then you get good play-off between color and play-by-play men... and competance
instead of Bweent moose***ker in the booth....

metz

I agree with the last two.

There are some color men out there who are really good.  John Madden
comes to mind, and Gerry Cheevers on SC is the other.  Cheevers has 
improved vastly over the last three or four seasons, and now his experiences
as a player and coach are passed on in such a manner that it improves
the game tremendously for the fan.

One of the most hilarious set ups I heard the other day was Dan Dierdork
doing boxing.  Now, I think than Dan probably knows as much about 
boxing as I do about speaking Swahili....

Bweent, pardon my expression, sucked.

I hope now that they get some good people in their.  I, for one, would
like to see Irv Cross host the NFL Today show.  He's always impressed me
with his knowledge of the game, and he's certainly got more personality
that Bweent.

Chainsaw

    	speaking of people who sip, i think that mike "i'm from jersey,
    you from jersey?" francesca has as much personality as a ny cab
    driver.
    	his ncaa tournament comments come across like a know it all
    whose pissed at the world.  get rid of the hole... how can Nantz
    put up with him???

    re: .17
    
    "The problem I have with the announcing business is that they hire 1
    guy to be the Voice of everything"
    
    Agreed, according to a radio report thats exactly why CBS fired him.  He
    wanted to do every sport that his schedule allowed.  I never really
    though Brent was that bad, but he added very little depth or insight to
    his broadcasts.  I'm sure they can do better.  It will be a pleasent
    change.
    
                               

    
    RE: Fransesca (SP?)
    
    The first time I saw that guy, I thought he just stepped off the set of
    The Godfather VI. Like CBS was given a deal they couldn't refuse, "ours
    guy is gonna do dat dere NCAA baskeetball ting, see?" 
    
    
    Count me in on those that won't shed any tears over the Mousy-one
    getting canned. When he wasn't irritating, he was saying something 
    incredibly stupid. 
    
    Why in the world would CBS want to get that pain-in-the-ass Al Michaels
    to take his place? Michaels comes across like HE is the show and not
    the game. Do Michaels and Dierdorf have a running bet as to who can get
    the most words in on any given braodcast? I say put Michaels on
    baseball, only. There he can spout all of the assinine "stats" he can
    come up with to try to make a boring game interesting. 
    
    I hope they bring in some new blood. Most of today's announcers fall
    somewhere between barely tolerable and turn the sound off. The last
    Olympics sure were nice. They had to bring back some of the old guys to
    announce the college football games to fill in. I had forgotten what
    good announcers were like.
    
                                                   HOOT
    

       Dickerson is supposedly talking to Ted Turner about a job on NFL
    games nexted season. Gotta believe it's all a smokescreen.
                                      Denny

The amazing thing about Bweent is how many people hate him.

I have never, NEVER, heard anyone say anything good about him.  NEVER.
I mean, I talk with a lot of people.  (Everyone who knows me knows I'm 
a friendly sort of guy, and I usually start by talking sports...)

So, here's this guy making 2+ million, and everyone hates him...Maybe
CBS stands from Completely Bungling and Stupid!

Lasted night, he supposedly said that his fans would see him somewhere down
the road.  The guys on the radio this morning were laughing, saying "Yeah,
and Brent's one fan had tears in his eyes...."


Get real Brent, get a life!

Chainsaw

    	Maury Povich had Jimmy the Greek on his show last night.
    	JtG said Brent wouldn't have to worry about money "cause
    	he never picked up a check in his life."
    
    	It does look like BM had few, or no, friends.
    
    	Scott

for those of you that were still watching the game at the end...

I thought he handled his farewells very tastefully...

He just mentioned that he's had fun during his tenure at CBS and met a lot
of great people and that he'd see everybody down the road....

Although I still think he sips as an announcer I don't hold any personal 
grudge against the man...How can some of you people say you hate somebody
you never met ?


metz

Simple Metz --


Let me rephrase it...  

I hate the manner in which Brent sportscasts.  He might be an
Andrew Carnegie graduate, but he can't carry the jock of any good
sportscaster...

'Saw

8^)

    
    
    	I must be from Mars, but I LIKED Brent.  I thought he was the
    best at setting up a situation with his "You are looking live at.."
    openings.  I felt he was the best set-up announcer in the business.
    I also like the thing he started a few years back by going silent
    during the final seconds of the game to let the listeners get a
    chance to hear the end of the game from a fans perspective.  I also
    thought he did a credible job with the NFL today show as an anchor.
    
    	Am I sorry to see him go?  Not really, cause he will get picked
    up by someone.  15 years at being the voice of CBS sports is not
    a bad run, even if he was hated so much..which makes me wonder if
    indeed he was hated as much as some would like us to believe.
    
    							bill..g.
    

    Bweent wasn't bad, but I've seen better. He was defintely overexposed,
    and one day, he may realize that less can be better.
    
    In todays Globe, there was an article about the negotiations with
    CBS. Moosesucker was represented by his brother, who tried to play 
    hardball with CBS. Ha ha ha. They lost. 
    
    Ironically, I felt that last night was one of his better jobs ever,
    and he handled his exit with a lot of class.
    
    re Jimmah Da Greek,
    
    Take Jimmy's comments with a grain of salt. Neither man could stand
    the other - remember their fight a few years back ?

REgarding hating Bent Mooseburglar:

	I don't.

	Just said I didn't care for him as an announcer, thought he made a lot
of errors, and was astounded to find out he made over 2 mill. a year.

Mike JN

    I thought Brent could be inept at times.  I'd take Engberg or Michaels
    over him anytime... Berman too for that matter...  Who will run NFL
    today?  Maybe they can get someone like Lesley Visser or someone
    to handle Butkis and Will.  It would be nice to see Irv get a shot
    but I don't see it right now...
    
    What do you think the chances are Brent winds up at TNT with Ted?
    Or this new sports cable network?  I think he's on the air by the
    end of the year...  won't really miss him though..
    
    -Walt

Walt --

I think we should start a write in campaign for Irv.  I like his
style, he is very knowledgable about the subject, and he's got
great composure....  Heck, the only thing about him I DON'T like
is that he's a former Eagle 8^)

Go Irv...

'Saw

    
    CBS could make a huge PR coup if they gave the job to Cross.  It might
    mend some fences that they've torn down the last few years.  But
    could we handle someone in that position without an ego the size
    of MrT's butt?
      
    Bruce

    
    Give the job to Artie Donovan....
    
    aka Fatso....
    
    mike

    
    I heard Irv on the radio this morning with Tom Brookshier in
    Philadelphia. He was mentioning that he intended to politic with Ted
    Shaker for significantly more airtime on the NFL Today. He also said
    that "several names" have been mentioned, but he couldn't disclose
    anymore. 
    
    Dennis
    

    
    Must have run into JB, huh Mike? Donovan's book is good, funny stuff.
    I would reccommend it to anyone here.

    
    He sent it to me through the mail Hoot. Some of the story are super.
    I love his saying "I never had any bad chow"....
    
    mike

    RE: .25
    
    "an Andrew Carnegie" course?
    
    Is Brent building a financial empire?
    
    'Saw, you may be the first person to get Dale Carnegie to act mean
    to someone...
    
    Now that I'm through nitpicking on someone I don't know...
    I hope to God that ESPN has the sense that God gave a rabbit
    and does NOT hire Brent Musberger.  I wish he'd just go back
    to Montana and stay there.
    
    Someone asked earlier how people could hate Brent.  Here's my
    take on it.  Watching major sporting events is one of my favorite
    activities - it is a big source of enjoyment for me.  Brent,
    although he is not the WORST I've ever seen (but pretty close),
    is practically omnipresent on CBS.  He has managed to take at
    least a small bit of my enjoyment out of EVERY telecast he has
    ever worked on.  And when someone ruins my fun, it creates a
    little bit of hate.
    
    Wow - too deep for me.  In addition, I think he's a dweeb...
    
    						Roland

    
    Whoops, the RE: should have been for .29, not .25
    
    					Roland

Re Roland:


Damn, you caught me.  When I was writing that I couldn't remember which
was which.  (I had to do a history report on Andrew in 8th grade history!)
So, I guessed.  

It's not often that I mess up on trivial things like that (just big things
like what years Henry V ruled England...) but when I do, people usually
don't catch me...

My hat is off to you, my man....;^)

later,
'Saw

    The only thing about Brent that I find annoying and obnoxious is
    turning the coach into the team, for example "Larry Johnson has
    to perform for Jerry Tarkanian" instead of "Larry Johnson has to
    perform for UNLV."  Every sportscaster in the country seems to do
    that now and it bugs the hell out of me.
    
    John

    
    I can't stand Burnt Cheeseburger, the guy's a geek and a dweeb.
    And you can't get any worse than that! Imagine having a drink with
    this guy at a strip joint! 
    
    Burnt: "Your here live with Burnt Cheeseburger at The Golden Bannana
    	   here in beautiful Massachusetts! And now your looking at 
    	   Miss Behavin' what a site for these sore basset hound eyes!
    	   Someone give me a buck!"

    	Apparently, off the camera and especially at times when he was
    strung out from over working he was the most disagreeable person
    around. 
    	Someone mentioned the Current Despair(tm) episode with Jimmy
    the Greek and he said that Brunt was not liked by someone way up
    at the top of the CBS administration (emphasize "way up").  This
    is the most likely the person who gave him the boot.
    
    sean

    
    Tonight, Brent gets his chance to tell his side of the story. He'll be
    on PrimeTime Live with Sam and Diane tonight, and reportedly will air
    CBS's dirty laundry.
    
    Dennis
     

Did anyone catch Brent's act On PrimeTime lasted night ?  
What did he have to say ?


Chap

    Chap,
    
    I didn't catched it lasted night, but USA Today had thised to report:
    
    Bernt Cheeseberger, is his firsted statement since being canned
    last SUnday, lashed out at CBS officials.  Mucusmembrain, appearing
    on ABC's Primed Timed Lived, said his firing was a result of a 
    "personal vendetta" of CBS LDUC president Neal Pilson and executive
    producer Ted Shaker.  "They conspired to get me out of CBS.  Those
    two had decided....I was uncontrollable.  SHaker wanted puppets
    for announcers (There is NO basis to the rumour that Kukla, Fran
    and Ollie would replace Mealworm, Pinnocio was unavailabe for comment
    - ed.)"   
    
    Meatmauler said "Why do you think I did everything?  Because they
    axed me to."  Metamucil called his contract talks a "sham....they
    never intended to sign me."  Claiming he never axed for an increase
    in celery, he said "you don't have to pay me $2 million a year."
    
    Pilson denied the regatta "I'm afraid Blurnt's statement reflects
    more upon him than upon CBS sprots."
    
    Said Shanker:  "I prefer to remember Bweet as....gracious, very
    professional."
    
    JD

      >>>  "  Claiming he never axed for an increase
      >>>in celery, he said "you don't have to pay me $2 million a year."
    
	Maybe Bent should give John Koncak's agent a call.... Or maybe
	George Spendblunder has something available with the Yankmes.


		Chap

    Brent started out by saying "I'm not here to whine or cry", and then
    spent twenty minutes whining and crying. He said it was a conspiracy
    and that CBS is spreading rumors through the industry that were
    preventing him from getting another job. Sam Donaldson asked him some
    pointed questions as to his relationship with his peers at CBS, but
    Brent never asnwered those.
    
    Dennis
    

    I think Bweent is the type of person that ignores the fack
    that he lacks the talent to do the job.  He reminds me of
    a ringmaster for the circus.  He's good at jabbering but
    doesn't have any depth to his sports knowledge.
    
    Cowboy
    

    The best news about Bunt Messberger getting canned is that CBS
    announced that Jack Buck would be taking over as their baseball voice. 
    I (for one) think Buck is great.
    
    As for Bunt, it always seemed to me that the only players he would
    recognize were the superstars.  Kinda like the "Tarkanian is now tied
    with Thompson" thing.  "Bird and Magic are going ot the wire on this
    one!"
    
    =Bob=

    re .54:
    
    > The best news about Bunt Messberger getting canned is that CBS
    > announced that Jack Buck would be taking over as their baseball voice. 
    > I (for one) think Buck is great.
    
    I'll second that Bob, Buck is my favorite baseball announcer.  I
    particularly enjoyed the work he and Bill White did for CBS radio on
    the World Series, before White became NL president.
    
    
    py
                     

    Buck is good for baseball - but I sure as hell hope he doesn't take
    over Brent's other duties.
    
    JD

Did anyone see the SNL skit that opened the show this week?

It was hysterical.

They had "Brent Musberger" and "Jimmy the Greek" doing Cable Shopping 
Network (CSN).  Brent slipped a couple of times and called it CBS.
After some rousing discussions of upcoming items, "Mavis" from
Shreveport LA called in, told Brent he'd been jobbed by CBS, and
after much cajoling from Brent, bought the figurine they were shilling.
Brent gave her a big cajun honk on this old auto horn...

Then Jimmy the Greek decides to describe the next items, which were
big flashy gold pinky rings.  Jimmy says "These should be a big
hit with our Black shoppers as they are known to like anything flashy,
pointed, or trimmed with fur".  While he's saying this Brent is 
going "Jimmy, wait Jimmy, Jimmy...."  All of a sudden this Please Stand
By sign comes on.

When it disappears, Jimmy is gone.

If you can catch it in reruns, look for it...  I thought it was really
funny....

    Anyone catch the new FOX show called "Living Color"?  They did a spoof
    on the Home Shopping Club with a couple brothers.  It was called the
    
    "Home Boy Shopping Network"

I thought the parts of it I saw were pretty funny.

They did a Tyson-Givens Love Connection ("I was ecstatic, Chuck,
ecstatic"), the Homeboy Shopping Network, and a skit about
Redd Foxx of Sanford 'n Son...  It was pretty funny....

'Saw

    
    Yea Mike, I saw it. Looks like it could be a decent show. Loved
    that "Men on Films" skit.
    
    What a line-up! The Simpson's, Married with Children and then
    "Living Color"
    
    Bull~
    

Heck, if I got some sunburn wif all my hair, you dudes must
be hurtin'!

Cain't wait till august.  By then I cain tan up really good....

And remember, when the IRS comes to yo house, LIE!!!!

yeah ...for $11 (count um eleven) million buckaroos.....


Here on ABC...


ugh......

      Metz

Just when you thought it was safe.....

Now, we'll have to be exposed to his banal banter, his forced
commentary, and his basset hound face....

Oh well....guess I'll be watchin' a lot of CBS!

Chainsaw

    	NBC announced today that Marv Albert and Bob Costas would be
    dividing up the chores for announcing the NBA games in 90-91.
    Oh boy.

       Wil McDonough has jumped from CBS to NBC.
                                 Denny

 Just caught this in the paper. "The Drinks were on Brent"...

 Musburger was buying champagne saturday nite for all the Steelers fans who
 were in San Fran for the game at Jack's at Zack's.

 What was he celebrating? The fact the World Series only went 4 games and CBS
 lost a bundle....

 mike