Pat Summerall and John Madden were the Bebop and Rocksteady of professional football, for more reasons than just the fact that they were a duo of mutants from Dimension X. Kids in the 90′s spent ALOT of time with them on their televisions screens, thanks in part to the most widely played sports video games of all-time: the Madden Franchise. Let’s see if Madden’s eulogy for his 16-bit play-by-play partner brings you to tears, after the jump.

Bill Walton says whatever he wants. There’s even a mildly bothersome, though popular, Twitter account dedicated to his phraseology. He speaks in metaphor and simile and grandiosity. He strings together words that don’t belong together. He’s a patchwork thesaurus – a high-minded Walt Frazier, if you will.

Some brilliant YouTube user (Logiano1) combined hyperexcited soccer announcers with memorable hockey sequences. The result is GLORIOUS. Why this isn’t how all hockey games sound, we’ll never know. Do yourself a favor and watch.

The answer is nothing. And yet, those things somehow came up during the bottom of the eighth inning of the Rangers-Padres game last night. Texas announcer Dave Barnett went wacky for a moment — though he ended up having a pretty good excuse. Video after the jump.

Chicago White Sox fans watching this game probably had a similar reaction to announcer Kenneth “The Hawk” Harrelson’s. “Please be a home run… oh, it wasn’t, that sucks, I’m mad my team lost.” But most people don’t have that reaction broadcast to millions of people watching at home. That’s why we give thanks for Mr. Harrelson, who wears his emotions on his sleeve.

A few months ago, a video surfaced on Youtube featuring a clearly-intoxicated man eating a napkin without realizing it. We now know who that man is.

Say this for Dick Vitale: the guy loves his job, and really, really, does not want to lose it anytime soon.

Color commentator Dickey Simpkins had perhaps the line of the year during Syracuse’s 107-59 victory over DePaul on Saturday when he broke out, “O-M-G! And that’s not with the smiley face, that’s with the dunk nasty face.”

Sure, this hockey fight is pretty great. But what makes it even better are the announcers, and their child-like glee at seeing someone get punched.

Gus Johnson confirms with this call that, yes, he’s capable of extracting excitement out of a mundane, 31-0 blowout and churns out another entertaining Youtube clip.