No surprise the Pats are #1 with the Red Sox at #2. Celtics had a surprisingly low score at #3.
The Patriots are still the most popular team around here, and other sports survey takeaways - The Boston Globe
■ Colorful Eck: Dennis Eckersley was best known for collecting saves in his Hall of Fame baseball career, but he’s piling up the wins in this category. Eck was named the favorite television play-by-play announcer or color analyst for the third year in a row, and for the second straight year he earned 25 percent of the vote. Dave O’Brien, his partner on NESN’s Red Sox broadcasts, was second (22 percent). No word on how the write-in campaign for Don Orsillo fared.
Celtics voice Mike Gorman, who is as good as it gets on NBA play-by-play, was third (14 percent).
This really ought to be broken up into separate play-by-play and analyst categories.
■ Radio waves: The top four favorite local radio personalities all came from 98.5 The Sports Hub: Michael Felger (20 percent), Marc Bertrand (15 percent), Scott Zolak (15 percent, and also voted the favorite radio play-by-play voice or color analyst), and Tony Massarotti (11) percent.
Lou Merloni was the first WEEI personality on the list, at 10 percent. But WEEI’s “OMF” show, which includes Merloni, Christian Fauria, and Glenn Ordway and recently moved into afternoon drive in an attempt to challenge The Sports Hub’s long-dominant “Felger and Mazz” show, did come in third in most popular show (17 percent), trailing “Felger and Mazz” (24 percent) and “Zolak and Bertrand” (22 percent).
The Patriots are still the most popular team around here, and other sports survey takeaways - The Boston Globe
■ Colorful Eck: Dennis Eckersley was best known for collecting saves in his Hall of Fame baseball career, but he’s piling up the wins in this category. Eck was named the favorite television play-by-play announcer or color analyst for the third year in a row, and for the second straight year he earned 25 percent of the vote. Dave O’Brien, his partner on NESN’s Red Sox broadcasts, was second (22 percent). No word on how the write-in campaign for Don Orsillo fared.
Celtics voice Mike Gorman, who is as good as it gets on NBA play-by-play, was third (14 percent).
This really ought to be broken up into separate play-by-play and analyst categories.
■ Radio waves: The top four favorite local radio personalities all came from 98.5 The Sports Hub: Michael Felger (20 percent), Marc Bertrand (15 percent), Scott Zolak (15 percent, and also voted the favorite radio play-by-play voice or color analyst), and Tony Massarotti (11) percent.
Lou Merloni was the first WEEI personality on the list, at 10 percent. But WEEI’s “OMF” show, which includes Merloni, Christian Fauria, and Glenn Ordway and recently moved into afternoon drive in an attempt to challenge The Sports Hub’s long-dominant “Felger and Mazz” show, did come in third in most popular show (17 percent), trailing “Felger and Mazz” (24 percent) and “Zolak and Bertrand” (22 percent).