Favorite ESPN Personalities

Garcia's post last week on his 10 ESPN personalities inspired me to copy his idea and post my list of my 10 favorite. It would be great if everyone would post a comment and let us know who their favorites are as well. Anyway, here's my list:

I'll start with some people who were a close call, but just didn't make it:
Gary Thorne
Linda Cohn
Mel Kiper, Jr.
Harold Reynolds

10. Gary Miller- By far is the best sidline/ on field reporter at the worldwide leader and actually adds insight into games and what is going on with teams and fans during the game. Always has something interesting to say and adds some humor as well.

9. Reece Davis- Has one of the most unappreciated jobs on ESPN. Host of Women's College Game Day he is always professional and never takes shot at the low rated sports he has to cover. Also, is one of the guys the network calls upon to fill in when other anchors are on the DL.

8. Mike Patrick- So much enthusiasm is brought to every broadcast he does, whether it is men's college basketball, women's college basketball, or what he's most known for, Sunday Night Football, that you can't help but get excited watching the games. He is a great play-by-play guy and sometimes makes me wish he did every sport.

7. John Anderson- From Wisconsin and is probably the best anchor of the new century. While Dan Patrick was perfecting his radio show, Anderson stepped right in and the 5:00pm edition of SportsCenter kept going strong with John at the helm. Never misses a beat no matter what story he's covering and injects humor into the highlights.

6. Dan Shulman- Great voice and is getting better and better as the radio play-by-play man for Sunday Night Baseball and is slowly becomming the best college basketball play-by-play man they have, and has taken over as Dick Vitale's lead man.

5. Karl Ravich- The reason I enjoy watching baseball tonight. Always on his game when the cameras are rolling, it's just a shame that Chris Berman takes over as the host when the playoffs start. Ravich makes everything run smoothly.

4. Scott Van Pelt- As a golf fan, I love Van Pelt. I never laughed so hard watching PTI as I did in 2003 when he was previewing the British Open and did his Stephen A. Smith impression to analyze the field. Absolutely great everytime he is on the camera and he knows his golf, which is why I like him so much.

3. Dan Patrick- Top man at the network for the better part of a decade and a half. Not only is he always perfect in his delivery and timing on camera at ESPN, but his radio show is a main reason ESPNRadio gets the ratings it does.

2. Peter Gammons- One of the best analysts ESPN has for any sport they cover. Never has an off night and you can just tell that he loves the game. He should have his own show he's so good.

1. Chris Fowler- He gets the top billing because of his work on College GameDay. The show is a hit and moves along perfectly smoothly because Fowler keeps Herbstreit and the sometimes maniacal Lee Corso in line. Plus, he's dealing with raucous crowds behind him and never misses a beat. Knowledgable and brimming with confidence he is the face of the best pre-game show on any network.


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