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ASA's Top 10 Sportscasters
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ASA President Lou Schwartz presents Vin Scully with ASA Sportscaster of the Century Award at Dodger Stadium on September 24, 2000 as his family and 48,000 fans look on |
| 1 - Vin Scully * Voice of the Dodgers for 51 years * Called 3 perfect games and 18 no-hitters * Broadcast 25 World Series and 12 All-Star games * Announcer for NFL games and PGA Tour events for CBS-TV, 1975-1982 * Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, 1982 * Inducted into the American Sportscasters Hall of Fame, 1992 * Received the Sports Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award, 1996 * Recipient of an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Fordham University, 2000 |
| 2 - Howard Cossell * Voice of ABC Radio and TV, 1953 - 1992 * 13 years with ABC's "Monday Night Football" * Commentator for ABC's "Monday Night Baseball," 1977 - 1985 * Gained worldwide fame as the voice of boxing, including most of Muhammad Ali's fights * Hosted and produced Emmy Award-winning series "ABC Sportsbeat" * Inducted into the American Sportscasters Hall of Fame, 1993 * Deceased 1995 |
| 3 - Mel Allen * Voice of the New York Yankees for 25 years * Broadcast 20 World Series and 24 All-Star games * Called 14 Rose Bowls, five Orange Bowls and two Sugar Bowls * Narrator of MLB's syndicated weekly show "This Week in Baseball" * First inductee along with Red Barber into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978 * Inducted into the American Sportscasters Hall of Fame in 1984 * Deceased 1997 |
| 4 - Walter Lanier "Red" Barber * Voice of the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1939-1953 * Broadcast first televised baseball game, Cincinnati Reds vs. Brooklyn Dodgers, 1939 * Broadcast 13 World Series and four All-Star games * New York Yankees announcer for 12 years before retiring in 1966 * First inductee along with Mel Allen into the Baseball Hall of Fame, 1978 * Inducted into the American Sportscasters Hall of Fame, 1984 * Deceased 1992 |
| 5 - Bob Costas * Broadcaster for NBC Sports since 1980 * Called NBC's baseball "Game of the Week," 1982-1989 * Host of "NFL on NBC," 1984 - 1992 * Prime-time host of the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona * Host of "NBA Showtime" on NBC, 1990-1996 * Host of "Later with Bob Costas," 1988-1994 * Will host the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia for NBC |
| 6 - Jim McKay * First sports commentator to win an Emmy Award, 1968 * Covered 11 Olympics for ABC * Worked on ABC's "Wide World of Sports" since its inception in 1961 * Recipient of the George Polk Memorial Award for Journalism for his coverage of the terrorists' attack of Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympics in Munich * Inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame, 1995 * Inducted into the American Sportscasters Hall of Fame, 1987 |
| 7 - Al Michaels * Lead Play-by-Play announcer during ABC's coverage of Major League Baseball * Called 7 World Series and 6 All-Star Games for ABC * Covered 3 Olympics, including the U.S. hockey team's dramatic victory over Russia in 1980 at Lake Placid. Known for his "Do you believe in miracles?" call * Play-by-Play announcer for ABC's "Monday Night Football since 1986 * News Emmy nominee for his coverage of the San Francisco earthquake during the 1989 World Series - second sportscaster ever to become a News Emmy Nominee * Named ASA's Sportscaster of the Year, 1996 |
| 8 - Curt Gowdy * Play-by-Play announcer for the Boston Red Sox, 1951 - 1966 * Covered 8 Super Bowls, 16 World Series, 12 Rose Bowls and 7 Olympics * Host of ABC's "American Sportsman" for 20 years * First sports figure to win the coveted Peabody Award for Outstanding Journalistic Achievement * Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, 1984 * Inducted into the American Sportscasters Hall of Fame, 1985 |
| 9 - Dick Enberg * Covered virtually every major sports event for NBC from 1975 - 1999, including the Super Bowl, Wimbledon, NCAA basketball championships and the Olympics * Joined CBS in January of 2000 to broadcast NFL games, tennis, golf and college basketball * First announcer to ever do play-by-play on consecutive exclusive Super Bowl telecasts, 1993 and '94 * Winner of 10 Emmy Awards for Writing, Play-by-Play and Production * Recipient of the Basketball Hall of Fame's Curt Gowdy Award, 1995 * Named ASA's Sportscaster of the Year 1984, '86, '87, '90 and '98 |
| 10 (tie) - Jack Buck 10 (tie) - Harry Caray |