Doesn't Jim have a wife to beat?

He has a point. 99.9% of sideline reporting is utterly useless.

Then again, so is a good bit of TV commentary.

/there should be a function that allows you to switch from the TV audio to the radio without having to worry about synching them up.

Where else are hot chicks with broadcasting degrees gonna get work?

/why does nobody think of the hot chicks with broadcasting degrees?

But how else am I going to find out that the Thunder want to crash the boards and cut down on the turnovers in the second half?

My God, I would love to fight Jim Lampley.

There should be an option to take any feed you want and mix it any way you want. The whole idea of "reporters" and "broadcasters" is outdated. Particularly when most announcers these days do little more than say the name of the player or some other rudimentary comment. One size fits all broadcasting is an anachronism.

We're seeing this change a bit with streaming sports. Being able to mute/mix streams/edit in different announcing for the stream (at least later) has been a real treat to see on some highlights. So the national visual feed + the local announcer is doable now to anyone who wants to put a little time in on it, and thankfully a lot of people already do.

Anyone else remember Lampley rose up the ladder at Wide World of Sports and got his first big bite of national fame by being able to describe a marathon runner's on-air diarrhea? It was an East German runner, I think. Was running carrying a wad of TP.

He's always been the diarrhea announcer to me since then.

UNC_Samurai: He has a point. 99.9% of sideline reporting is utterly useless. Then again, so is a good bit of TV commentary.
/there should be a function that allows you to switch from the TV audio to the radio without having to worry about synching them up.

I would like them to add an option that just shows the action with the crowd noise in the background.
No commentary at all--just a stat line showing the down, distance and time remaining.

He's always been such a dork.

mc_madness: Doesn't Jim have a wife to beat?

To be fair it wasn't his wife.It was just his girlfiend.

/new years eve,a few miles from me.

I have never heard anything noteworthy from a sideline reporter that wasn't already stated by the talking heads in the booth. No coach worth his salt would provide a sideline reporter with anything other than the obvious.

I went to a boxing match and got ringside seats right behind the HBO broadcasting team, including Lampley.

If you watch HBO boxing, you know that Lampley does an introduction, then the camera pans out to include Lampley and Larry Merchant. Then, when Merchant starts his bloviating about the upcoming match and its place in history, the camera zooms in on Merchant alone.

On this night, the moment Lampley was out of frame, he shifted his weight so he was slightly behind Larry Merchant, and started making goofy faces and otherwise showed some true colors.

He also clowned around during the national anthem, not too long after 9/11. Really mocking the singer/anthem.

At the time I thought he was really a douche. But in hindsight, maybe he's just goofing around when the camera's not looking.

jayhawk88: But how else am I going to find out that the Thunder want to crash the boards and cut down on the turnovers in the second half?

Agreed. If it weren't for sideline reporters, I would have never learned that the Bears probably want to try and control the line of scrimmage and cut down on turnovers. That's why they're paid the big bucks.

/purely hypothetical example, as the Bears aren't that great at either.

I remember watching some college football back in the '80's
and they cut to Lampley to get an update,You see him stuff a
hot dog into his mouth.He spits out into a napkin and rattled off
some scores and dind't even smile or make a joke.And he was pissed.

varmitydog: I would like them to add an option that just shows the action with the crowd noise in the background.
No commentary at all--just a stat line showing the down, distance and time remaining.

This is actually really easy to do. On most broadcasts, the announcers are isolated to the center channel. To eliminate the announcers, disconnect your center channel speaker.

Speaking of worthless sideline reporters, Erin Andrews will debut for FOX at the 2012 MLB All-Star Game. Link

bubbaprog: varmitydog: I would like them to add an option that just shows the action with the crowd noise in the background.
No commentary at all--just a stat line showing the down, distance and time remaining.

This is actually really easy to do. On most broadcasts, the announcers are isolated to the center channel. To eliminate the announcers, disconnect your center channel speaker.
So basically buy a surround sound system and don't use it.


'Hmmm, a cave on wheels that doesn't go anywhere. Interesting.'

bubbaprog: This is actually really easy to do. On most broadcasts, the announcers are isolated to the center channel. To eliminate the announcers, disconnect your center channel speaker.

That is a good hint for a quick fix, but how do we get rid of the prolonged camera shots of the announcers? If shoe pisser Buck and Aikman are doing a pro game, we get at least a dozen thirty second shots of them a game. And Monday Night Football actually brings in celebrities for prolonged interviews, like it's Entertainment Tonight or something. So even if you mute the sound you can't get away from them.

xChutchx: My God, I would love to fight Jim Lampley.

Make sure it's a pure boxing match, otherwise Lamps will insist it's not a real fight and back out.

Sideline reporters are worthless... Every farking time Erin Andrews comes on to interupt the only effing sport I watch, I mute her dumbass. I mean WTF? "Hey coach, your team is down by 5 touchdowns at halftime... What are you going to do?"

Earguy: I went to a boxing match and got ringside seats right behind the HBO broadcasting team, including Lampley.

If you watch HBO boxing, you know that Lampley does an introduction, then the camera pans out to include Lampley and Larry Merchant. Then, when Merchant starts his bloviating about the upcoming match and its place in history, the camera zooms in on Merchant alone.

On this night, the moment Lampley was out of frame, he shifted his weight so he was slightly behind Larry Merchant, and started making goofy faces and otherwise showed some true colors.

He also clowned around during the national anthem, not too long after 9/11. Really mocking the singer/anthem.

At the time I thought he was really a douche. But in hindsight, maybe he's just goofing around when the camera's not looking.



Well, both are well known alcoholics. I don't like Max Kellerman, but at least he takes his job seriously.


I went to the Tua/Moorer fight in '02 that was on HBO. I was surprised they only come out for the televised fights. I figured they'd be ringside to watch all the fights, since they always do a recap on the show of the dark matches and give their opinions. Now I know they probably never saw them.


On sideline reporters, it pains me to say it, but OJ was the best. He had charisma, and I didn't care if he was reporting on what Gatorade flavor they were drinking, he was enthused about it.

Lampley was the first officially designated sideline reporter, along with Don Tollefson.

Don Tollefson from Channel 6 Action News in Philadelphia?

I don't remember ever seeing him as a sideline reporter.

Pockafrusta: Sideline reporters are worthless... Every farking time Erin Andrews comes on to interupt the only effing sport I watch, I mute her dumbass. I mean WTF? "Hey coach, your team is down by 5 touchdowns at halftime... What are you going to do?"

Lloyd Carr told some dumb sideline reporter that their question was stupid once. The Big Ten made him apologize.

"through a peephole darkly"

I don't know how but by god I'm going to work that phrase into a conversation at work tomorrow.

I'm a former radio sideline reporter for Marshall football, did it for 5 years. The most important job I had was to report injuries and interview coach plus some key players at the end of the game. Every now and then I would have a better angle at a play than the guys in the booth.
Other than that...meh.
/loved it
//gave it up to be a nurse
///hope to work in sports medicine nursing someday
////slashies

Somebody has to interview the actors plugging TV shows on the same network as the World Series. First question I'd like to see asked of each: "Without taking it off to check, which team's cap are you wearing?"

Sideline reporters still exist because TV sports executives like blowjobs from attractive female broadcasting graduates looking to break into the business.

varmitydog: UNC_Samurai: He has a point. 99.9% of sideline reporting is utterly useless. Then again, so is a good bit of TV commentary.
/there should be a function that allows you to switch from the TV audio to the radio without having to worry about synching them up.

I would like them to add an option that just shows the action with the crowd noise in the background.
No commentary at all--just a stat line showing the down, distance and time remaining.

You can do this if you have surround sound. Go to whatever option on your receiver that turns off the center channel and you will only hear crowd noise. Bonus is that very few commercials take advantage of the surround audio channels so 99% are muted automatically.

//Crap, I just gave away the secret and some marketing douche is going to see that and make sure every commercial they run uses the surround audio channels and call it a "feature" that their firm provides that others don't.

//Wishes he was a marketing douche.

bubbaprog: varmitydog: I would like them to add an option that just shows the action with the crowd noise in the background.
No commentary at all--just a stat line showing the down, distance and time remaining.

This is actually really easy to do. On most broadcasts, the announcers are isolated to the center channel. To eliminate the announcers, disconnect your center channel speaker.

Lt. Cheese Weasel: bubbaprog: varmitydog: I would like them to add an option that just shows the action with the crowd noise in the background.
No commentary at all--just a stat line showing the down, distance and time remaining.

This is actually really easy to do. On most broadcasts, the announcers are isolated to the center channel. To eliminate the announcers, disconnect your center channel speaker.
So basically buy a surround sound system and don't use it.

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'Hmmm, a cave on wheels that doesn't go anywhere. Interesting.'

Also, read the thread... :(

I still remember Lampley saying he feared for his life when the brawl erupted during one of the Bowe-Golota fights.

I think this is the link: Youtube

Yanks_RSJ: Sideline reporters still exist because TV sports executives like blowjobs from attractive female broadcasting graduates looking to break into the business.

And then there's Siragusa. ewwwww.

Actually, the way they use him should be a model for sideline personalities going forward. Someone with a live mic to be a third commentator on air. And have somebody who actually played the game.