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From: cher@ihlpm.UUCP (Cherepov)
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Subject: Re: sound in tennis tv coverage (Bud Collins)
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Date: Sun, 10-Nov-85 17:07:14 EST
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> Does anbody else remember when Bud was a really good tennis
> commentator ...
> Now, when I watch tennis matches on TV, I just turn down the
> volume and listen to music instead.

Well, given a choice between poor comments and no sound I 
would probably go with the former. When you do not hear
stomping of feet, ball on the strings, etc.. it robs the
show of a significant portion of it's liveliness.

As for Bud - his little squeals + little puns (i.e. calling
Zivoinovic "the Zagreb Zinger") are pretty unpleasant, but
his co-host Dick Enberg sounded especially inapropriate.

My favorive commentator would probably be Arthur Ashe - 
always knowlegeable and appropriate. I vas very amused
every time he was trying to guess what kind of serve would
a player hit on some critical point...
			Mike Cherepov