ESPN Derek Rae and Tommy Smyth are confirmed to be the first commentating crew. They do a very good job of “off-tube” commentating from ABC Studios and player recognition, and most importantly, no filler nonsense (which has been ESPN’s biggest problem in every sport they cover). Rae is from Scotland, has a very good tone [...]
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Last Minute Euro 2008 Stuff: The Commentators
Posted: June 6, 2008 in ESPN, Euro 2008, Sky Sports, Soccer0
Looks like our star Brazilian midfielder Ronaldinho wants to leave FC Barcelona. He stated that he wanted to play in either the Barclays Premier League or go back home to Brazil to play for Santos once the La Liga season ends. Last year there was quite the speculation that Ronaldinho was headed to Chelsea, but [...]
Soccer Saturday seems to be the best program to watch in England when you need unscripted laughter. Alan McInally, a rather failed footballer who used to play for Aston Villa will not stop interrupting everyone as he is watching the Birmingham/Derby game from a couple of months back. Tony Gale, Jeff Stelling (the host), unable [...]
