Reposting a Tweet consistent with other posts on the streaming status of today's game. I'll save my money.
https://twitter.com/thevannzee/status/14...51042?s=20
Won't be listening to WEMU either. I'll be at church. I'm traveling tomorrow morning. I'll be in Vegas a week from tomorrow so if Miggy has a great call I'm all ears. "Miggy has been money" on EMU MBB.
I don't believe I've listened to one WEMU MBB in 2020 or '21 (I'm sure of 2021. Haven't lost my memory).
I have no idea how Tom Helmer is doing. Doubt he has borrowed Chad's signature calls, "Hoop and a harm." If Chad would come to D.C. and do Wizards (or G league) games. We have the famous "DC Three" call.
One thing WEMU probably didn't realize is that listeners are also really fans of personalities. Chad Bush for EMU hoops. Ari Shapiro on NPR. Long time EMU fans knew that John Fountain was synonymous with EMU sports. During the weeknight 9 p.m. cable news has larger than life TV personalities.
As I have posted before, sports fans, especially baseball and NFL, are used to having the same broadcasters for decades or even half a lifetime. John Madden, Pat Summerall, Al Michaels, etc. Ernie Harwell (40 years). Vince Scully (40 years, I think). Even the New York Yankees PA ANNOUNCER was a legend in N.Y. and the guy who sung the Canadian national anthem at the Montreal Canadian games was a legend.
I understand what happened with Mario Impemba and Rod Allen but I really miss them.
Folks love the great legendary broadcasters. Man, I hope sports doesn't go to text to speech broadcasting. "Farrakhan an elbow jumper from 15." "Monty Scott on the rebound." "Time out Eastern Michigan." (actually there were recreation of MLB games from the wire copy back in the early days of radio. "Kaline takes a pitch outside. One ball, no strikes.").