There are so many wonderful broadcasters in New York City. Mike Breen, the voice of the Knicks, is calling the NBA finals right now. The old voice of the finals, Marv Albert, has had one of the most distinguished broadcasting careers imaginable (despite his little biting incident).
Bob Papa has seen his career skyrocket and is great to listen to during Giant games.
The list can just seemingly go on forever: Sam Rosen, Kenny Albert, Doc Emrick, Gary Cohen, Ian Eagle and Chris Carrino all at the top of their game.
Yet, there seems to be a plenty of terrible announcers in the Big Apple to go around. I have selected the worst five of the New York area teams:
Let's start with the honorable mentions:
Bob Wischusen (play by play voice of New York Jets on 1050 ESPN): So frantic in the broadcast booth, you'd think he was David Carr in his Texans days.
Wayne Hagin (second play by play voice of New York Mets on WFAN): Does the man ever get excited?
Here are the Worst Five:
5. Mike Crispino (play by play voice most recently for St. John’s Basketball)
His career seemed star bound with all of his accolades and success in New England. Within his first two years at WLVI-TV in Boston, he was calling Celtics games, and was the head of the sports department. MSG, ESPN, and the Big Ten Network then came calling.
But then his career began falling apart. No longer working for ESPN, MSG seemingly has nothing to give him. Maybe that’s because they heard him do play by play for Knick games when Breen or Gus Johnson couldn’t.
He is atrocious. He is behind the play; he talks too much, seemingly thinking he is a basketball expert, but never playing at even a college level, and did I mention he talks too much?
After a successful career as a host (which he is pretty good at), basketball just does not fit him. The game moves too fast for Crispino and most fans can sense the confusion. Some people should just stick to reading off a teleprompter or asking meaningless questions in a post game locker room.
4. Michael Kay (play by play voice of the New York Yankees on YES)
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