35. "I love LUV LOVE what the man did for Blacks on ESPN" In response to In response to 29
he gave us a voice and a entryway
but i dont like how he brought a lot of the coonery that came with it as well
he now has a buncha white sportscasters habitually line steppin with their slang seems like too many of them try to put some "stank" on their delivery and the shit is just awful it's like a mockery really.
i hate when they try to blend a current day rap lyric into Baseball Tonight highlights they dont even do it right
now they have a complete show called "Where You At?" seriously? that bad ass fucked up ass english that came from only one demographic that is AAVE all the way
Berman's catchphrases weren't so "ethnic" he'd say shit like RumblinBumblinStumblin
but again, Stu was a beast for all the doors he opened for people of color at ESPN
and no shade, but I recall some dude on BET back in the day that used to do a hiphop orientated sports segment but he would lay his shit over Mob Deep beats tho LOL giving Havoc much shine
>There's so many broadcasters who can be over the top at times >with their catch phrases and all that. I think Stu just rubbed >some people the wrong way cause he was the first to bring the >"hip-hop" (for lack of a better term, and because it seems to >be the way everyone describes him) style to ESPN and to sports >broadcasting. And he did a fucking wonderful job of it. > >Berman comes to mind as someone who is WAY over the top with >his catch phrases and things like that, who I find to be way >more blatant about it than Stu was. Berman has been great for >a long time but I feel like he's a caricature now who lacks >the substance he used to bring. Madden also got to that point >eventually. Stu never lost the substance, which is why I >always found him so enjoyable and genuine.