Best Announcer In Lacrosse

June 26, 2011 11:46 AM

Sports announcer quotes Notorious B.I.G. lyrics during a game. (SLYT)
posted by reenum (39 comments total)

You should watch Nascar. They quote country singers.
posted by Ardiril at 11:49 AM on June 26, 2011

Or country singers quote Nascar. It's hard to tell.
posted by Thorzdad at 11:53 AM on June 26, 2011 [1 favorite]

Quoting from a song over 15 years old. My, the edginess.
posted by yeloson at 11:53 AM on June 26, 2011

Lol White people.
posted by djduckie at 11:53 AM on June 26, 2011 [5 favorites]

That's nothing. In high school, the announcer once played the entirety of Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music over the intercom after a particularly impressive touchdown.

(This is hilarious.)
posted by griphus at 11:54 AM on June 26, 2011 [3 favorites]

Funny, I was just watching Al Jazeera and the announcer segued from a story about Shakespeare to sport by delivering the following quote (with only slightly less glee than the lacrosse announcer): "As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods, — They kill us for their sport."

Lesson learned: Everyone has their nerddom.
posted by Kattullus at 11:58 AM on June 26, 2011 [13 favorites]

That was really funny. Glad I watched it before reading the comments.
posted by bleep at 12:06 PM on June 26, 2011 [4 favorites]

Less funny when you know he had been planning that for a while, and that he probably put the video up on youtube himself.
posted by TheRedArmy at 12:13 PM on June 26, 2011 [1 favorite]

Rawrgh argh blagh blugh! Me hateful!
posted by TheRedArmy at 12:13 PM on June 26, 2011 [1 favorite]

Great, just what we need. Another generation of Boys' Latin kids thinking that they're badass.
posted by dhammond at 12:15 PM on June 26, 2011

I notice people are ignoring the other video where he quotes Enya.
posted by srboisvert at 12:16 PM on June 26, 2011 [3 favorites]

You know who else quoted Biggie?
posted by "Elbows" O'Donoghue at 12:20 PM on June 26, 2011 [6 favorites]

Stilted. Lame. Should have quit after three lines instead of trying to sing the rest of the song.

Yes, we all love "Mr. Plow"! Oh, you've got the song memorized, do you? SO DOES EVERYONE ELSE!
posted by SirOmega at 12:31 PM on June 26, 2011

Give me a fucking break.
posted by KokuRyu at 12:47 PM on June 26, 2011

this song was also quoted at length by Keanu Reeves in Hardball. That's how edgy it is.
posted by oog at 12:56 PM on June 26, 2011 [1 favorite]

Snark snowball in effect. Christ.
posted by proj at 1:00 PM on June 26, 2011

A Biggy quote to mark a lacrosse goal, oof.

Does this mean that song just got gentrified?
posted by EatTheWeak at 1:05 PM on June 26, 2011

He's no Randy Moller
posted by crashlanding at 1:12 PM on June 26, 2011

This is the best announcer eva!!!1
posted by elwoodwiles at 2:09 PM on June 26, 2011

Does this mean that song just got gentrified?

Unless this is a canard, the prime purchasers of hip-hop CDs after the 1980s are and have been middle-class, suburban teenage boys.
posted by griphus at 2:14 PM on June 26, 2011

his slow flow is (not) re-mark-able...


(peace to mateo)
posted by lonelid at 2:31 PM on June 26, 2011

What about The Worst Announcer in Horse Racing (I think he's really the best)
posted by Danila at 2:34 PM on June 26, 2011

Some announcers quote rappers and others become rappers.
posted by Room 641-A at 3:23 PM on June 26, 2011

i would have never thought of associating Notorious BIG with cricket.
i mean, really o_0
posted by liza at 3:25 PM on June 26, 2011

not cricket but LACROSSE?!?!? isnt that like the whitest of sports ever?
so funny :D
posted by liza at 3:26 PM on June 26, 2011

The Honeymoon is Over horse race.
posted by pianomover at 3:44 PM on June 26, 2011

not cricket but LACROSSE?!?!? isnt that like the whitest of sports ever?

What, a brother can't run with a stick?
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 4:46 PM on June 26, 2011 [1 favorite]

liza: "not cricket but LACROSSE?!?!? isnt that like the whitest of sports ever?"

Bunk comes into detail room wearing lacrosse sweats]

Herc: Lacrosse?

Bunk: What, a brother can't run with a stick?
posted by bwg at 4:47 PM on June 26, 2011 [1 favorite]

not cricket but LACROSSE?!?!? isnt that like the whitest of sports ever?

Not exactly.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 4:48 PM on June 26, 2011 [1 favorite]

ARRR! ARRR! ARRR!
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 4:49 PM on June 26, 2011 [1 favorite]

Best announcer in Lacrosse

Heh.
posted by Mike Mongo at 6:48 PM on June 26, 2011

Some announcers quote rappers and others become rappers.

On the flipside, Chuck D of Public Enemy has gone on record as saying Marv Albert was the main influence for his rap voice.
posted by ShutterBun at 6:59 PM on June 26, 2011 [1 favorite]

Don't break your backs trying to dislike this. It's not worth it. Here's a tip: not everyone is trying to be "edgy."
posted by basicchannel at 9:06 PM on June 26, 2011

Also, I think he was trying to be "silly" not "edgy."
posted by basicchannel at 9:07 PM on June 26, 2011 [1 favorite]

I find it hard to believe that this guy ever read Word Up magazine.
posted by doublehappy at 9:48 PM on June 26, 2011 [2 favorites]

Not blaming the announcer, who's clearly trying to be silly. I just don't find this post very interesting.
posted by oog at 12:36 AM on June 27, 2011 [1 favorite]

"Dud" goes the dynamite?
posted by ShutterBun at 3:56 AM on June 27, 2011 [1 favorite]

not cricket but LACROSSE?!?!? isnt that like the whitest of sports ever?

It is kind of weird how it ended up as the sport of prep school WASPs despite being practically the only well known team sport that wasn't invented by Europeans or descended from one that was.
posted by atrazine at 4:36 AM on June 27, 2011

Oh no. Oh no no no no no no no.
posted by mrgrimm at 12:50 PM on June 27, 2011