Word: play-by-play
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...Radioheads took an interesting approach to the game, with senior Brad Miller calling the play-by-play from right field. However, his plan failed him when he forgot his own name, called himself "Henry Higdon" and dropped...
...turned into a real-life Hollywood chase scene. Instead of just glancing at the familiar chopper footage on the tube, many crime seekers surfed over to PoliceScanner.com a Website with real-time audio from police radio, including the Dallas and L.A. cops. The result: a sort of gruesome copspeak play-by-play to accompany the TV spectacle. Even the site's more mundane offerings--including lost kittens and traffic stops--attract some 10,000 daily visitors, each eager to take a byte out of crime...
...Four strikeouts by Maddux so far, and not one walk--that's control for you," I could imagine the play-by-play announcer saying from Atlanta, as James watched Bill Clinton emerge slowly from behind the lectern, fix the questioner with a fearsomely sincere look, and speak words that were not heard. I found the thought of that disconcerting, but also--well, let's be honest about it--tempting...
...Simpson's slow-speed flight along the Los Angeles freeways, ending with his surrender in the driveway of his Brentwood home. The courtroom drama that followed has grown increasingly tedious (anybody know what Judge Ito's right profile looks like?). But that evening-long episode of The Fugitive, with play-by-play from Barbara Walters, Tom Brokaw and seemingly every local newscaster in Los Angeles, was the daffiest media spectacle of the year...
Harvard and Yale fans around the country shall suffer no more. The Game will be televised nationally by ESPN2, with Brad Nessler on play-by-play and Gary Danielson handling color commentary...Saturday's Game marks the 111th meeting between the two teams. The series dates back to 1875 and is led by Yale, 60-42-8...And for those of you who are really fans, don't forget that this season marks the 75th anniversary of Harvard's 1919 Rose Bowl Championship, a 7-6 win over the fighting Oregon Ducks...In other Ivy League games Saturday...