Top Ten Sports Commentary Pet Peeves

Unless there are teams from all over the world competing, you can't very well call yourself World Champs. Especially you NBA folks. Last time I checked Argentina beat Italy for the Olympic Gold.

I couldn't agree more! I hate the Steelers enough as it is, but listening to the commentators praise EVERYTHING that they do just drives me insane! That's why I love watching them lose: To give the commentators some cause to try to justify why the team sucks. Big Ben isn't the messiah of football, he's a rule-breaking hack.

Gimme a break! Favre got so much love form people it was rediculous. When he does something wild he's just a kid having fun but if it's a rookie it's a rookie mistake.

Totally agree. People do it all the time with Brett Favre, The Cubs, Yankees, and Red Sox

I hate it when a quarterback gets blitzed, heaves up a lame duck off of his back foot that only gets caught because of a spectacular play by the receiver and the commentator explains the play by saying that the quarterback felt the pressure, read the safties and intentionally put the ball when 'only his guy could get it'.

It's just absolutley ridiculous. When my team does a brilliant play, the commentators don't seem to recognise it, but when the other team does an okay-ish play, it gets complimented and recognised a little too much.

Yeah, like whenever Brett Favre throws a bomb into double or triple coverage, They say Favre made a great pass when his reciever had to slow down and jump to luckily catch it.

This happens all the time in basketball and it drives me nuts. If you are within 2 points, then you are losing by less than 2 points. Within 2 is 1 or 1.5 or 1.7992 or any other positive number less than 2. If you are losing by 2, then you are within THREE points.

True story, while watching an NFL game, the commentator described a catch where the receiver on a crossing pattern had to reach back to snag the ball as 'the most difficult catch to make in football'. Then, in the very same game, the same commentator described an over the head catch while running down the sideline as 'the most difficult catch to make in football'.

It is not so bad at the college level, but it drives me nuts when a commentator calls some 6'2", 250 pound linebacker a kid.

Umm... There is no line there. Line refers to the white stripe painted on the field. If a team is an inch away from the goal line, say 'they are an inch away from the goal line'.

While covering a game against Wyoming this year, Terry Bowden called Mark Madsen by the name Masden on just about every one of his 12 receptions in the game. Heaven help these guys when they come across a difficult name.

Or when an athlete has Jr or the 3rd in their name they always say it. Like with KU Frank Mason III and call him Mason III.

To me a hero is someone who does something selflessly for others. In my opinion, professional sports players are some of the most egotistical and selfish people out there.

This is beyond irritating, I see this with commentators such as Joe Buck and Pierre McGuire. They seem to take 10 minutes just to explain where they grew up, what their childhood was like, where they went to school, etc. usually they miss something important during the game.

Okay sure a few pieces of information are nice but to go through every moment since they were born? Seems a little too much

I hate when a matchup between Louisville or Duke or UNC appears on the side of the T.V. screen they start talking about it.

These guys announcing and doing pre- or post-game have taken to always saying a player name AND team when referring to a team. For example, "Aaron Rodgers AND the Packers take on Cam Newton AND the Panthers." Why is this a thing?