John Madden: What Makes A Great Sports Broadcaster?

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What Makes a Great Sports Broadcaster? If you look at the different famous sports broadcasters throughout history you see different personalities, different races and different sexes. If you think about it, what makes these broadcasters so successful? Is it just their amazing personality and the fact that they look good on camera? Or is the fact that they have been involved in sports for so long that they know the ins and outs of the game? You have broadcasters like John Madden, Joe Buck, Vince Scully who all were involved in these sports for over 80% of their lives and you can see why they were such successful broadcasters. But nowadays, you have other successful broadcasters like Erin Andrews and Lisa Guerrero who have no involvement in sports whatsoever. What really makes a great sports broadcaster? John Madden is a very successful, very famous analyst and broadcaster for the National Football League. John Madden’s career all began when he was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 21st round. After his short lived…show more content…
She never played any sports and has no personal experience with sports other than dance; so what makes Erin Andrews a great broadcaster? Erin’s father, Steven Andrews is a six-time Emmy award winning investigative reporter. Andrews graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in telecommunications. Her career started as a freelance reporter for Fox Sports Network in Florida in 2000. Andrews then moved on to the Sunshine Network and then the Turner Broadcasting System for two years. She then moved on to ESPN where she was a sideline reporter for College Football Saturday, the Saturday Primetime college basketball game, and Big Ten college basketball games. She covered the Major League Baseball as a sideline reporter in 2005. Erin also reported on ESPN's series of Great Outdoor Games and covered the Men's college baseball as well during the College World

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