Favorite Uncomfortable Sports Broadcasting Moments

[EL Burro Loco]

For instance... Joe Namath drunkenly hitting on Suzy Kolber, or Rush Limbaugh making racially motivated remarks on an ESPN sportscenter...

My favorite... last year Seahawks Vs Packers on Monday night football. Jimmy Kimmel makes an appearance in the booth and the first thing he says to Joe Theisman is, "Hey Joe, hows the leg?" I hate Theisman and you could tell he was steaming as he tried to play it off through a fake smile and joke, but kept mentioning it randomly throughout the broadcast.

[72off]

Couldn't find it on Youtube for some reason:

Marino/Boomer

It's funny how tries not to seem upset at first, and the look on his face at the end is priceless.

[Autocratic]

That's kinda gay...

[Blarg]

An old classic favorite was Muhammad Ali sweeping the toupe off Howard Cosell's head, and Howard later telling him, How could you do that? I just don't understand how you could do that to anybody, especially a friend. Muhammad wound up showing some class and apologizing; he didn't really realize how badly he had shamed Cosell and hurt his feelings.

[Homer]

One time John Madden was talking about different length cleats and said 1/2" [censored] instead of 1/2" cleat. There was silence for a few seconds after that.

[KUJustin]

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One time John Madden was talking about different length cleats and said 1/2" [censored] instead of 1/2" cleat. There was silence for a few seconds after that.

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Come on, help us out here.

[1aguilas]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W45DRy7M1no

BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE

[Homer]

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One time John Madden was talking about different length cleats and said 1/2" [censored] instead of 1/2" cleat. There was silence for a few seconds after that.

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Come on, help us out here.

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C L __ T

[tuq]

The Sutcliffe one cracks me the hell up. He's really good on ESPN radio IMO.

Glad nobody has mentioned Jim Gray / Pete Rose because it shouldn't be a "favorite". It was just uncomfortable and had the unintended effect of making Rose look sympathetic to the casual fan, which is something he hasn't been able to pull off on his own in 20+ years.

[MuresanForMVP]

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For instance... Joe Namath drunkenly hitting on Suzy Kolber, or Rush Limbaugh making racially motivated remarks on an ESPN sportscenter...

My favorite... last year Seahawks Vs Packers on Monday night football. Jimmy Kimmel makes an appearance in the booth and the first thing he says to Joe Theisman is, "Hey Joe, hows the leg?" I hate Theisman and you could tell he was steaming as he tried to play it off through a fake smile and joke, but kept mentioning it randomly throughout the broadcast.

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Man Theisman is horrible...but yea the joe namath video is obviously the winner here