# Most pompous/egomaniacal Sportscenter anchor **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2002, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pompous-egomaniacal-sportscenter-anchor/120308 "2002-07-23T00:43:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pompous-egomaniacal-sportscenter-anchor/120308/1 "2002-07-23T00:43:10Z")
I’d say it’s pretty much a toss up between Rich Eisen & Stuart "BOOOOOOOOOO-----YYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Scott. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pompous-egomaniacal-sportscenter-anchor/120308/2 "2002-07-23T00:45:56Z")
I have never cared for Chris Berman and his idiotic name game. ---
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pompous-egomaniacal-sportscenter-anchor/120308/3 "2002-07-23T00:58:40Z")
Yeah I’m REALLY tired of Chris’s nickname schtick, but he really doesnt seem to have a smug arrogance about him that other anchors do. Plus he does Sportscenter **MAYBE** 20 times a year these days. Plus he and Tom Jackson are REALLY good on the NFL highlight show on Sunday nights. ---
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pompous-egomaniacal-sportscenter-anchor/120308/4 "2002-07-23T02:19:58Z")
Craig Kilborn: not as idioitic a nomination as it sounds. The odd thoughtful guest that tries to engage him in conversation about his days at ESPN gets nothing but derision. Craig is so “over” that and so above that and so beyond that. He really is emabarassed to admit he used to do that gig. And he is rather pompous in a self-effacing way, if that is possible. ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pompous-egomaniacal-sportscenter-anchor/120308/5 "2002-07-23T02:30:07Z")
If there were going to be a pompous jerk competition, the other candidates wouldn’t even show up because the tiara and tropy would have already been FedExed to Kilborn’s office. ::sigh:: Such a jerk. Why, why must he be so nice to look at? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pompous-egomaniacal-sportscenter-anchor/120308/6 "2002-07-23T03:31:44Z")
He hasn’t done SportsCenter in years, though - unless I’ve just been really, really, really lucky in not seeing him. He has his supersucky Late, Late, Late, Late Show, doesn’t he? Or something. Chris Berman’s not pompous, exactly, he’s just blustery. You know, like the Skipper on Gilligan’s Island. Sometimes he’s so full of bluster he can’t get the words out and just stammers. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pompous-egomaniacal-sportscenter-anchor/120308/7 "2002-07-23T03:41:40Z")
Oh, I assumed this was an “of-all-time” kind of thing. Never mind. [sub][sup]Kilborn is still the Once and Future Jerk, though.[/sub][/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pompous-egomaniacal-sportscenter-anchor/120308/8 "2002-07-23T07:30:14Z")
I would agree with previous answers and say Craig Kilborn. While he is a jerk and full of himself, that’s what makes him so fun to watch. He’s just so unbelieveably arrogant, and it’s funny. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pompous-egomaniacal-sportscenter-anchor/120308/9 "2002-07-23T12:01:12Z")
Well, what about Kenny Mayne? What an appropriate name for a man who’s hair gets wackier with every show… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pompous-egomaniacal-sportscenter-anchor/120308/10 "2002-07-23T15:37:40Z")
Rich Eisen? With the depth of anchors to choose from, you pick Rich Eisen? Stuart Scott and Chris Berman are now absolute caricatures of an anchor. It now seems like neither offers anything during a highlight other than a string of outdated, unfunny, or unintelligible catchphrases that serve to do nothing other than distract from the clip being shown while trying to overshadow the show with big neon signs pointing at themselves that say “Hey, look at me! I can be funny! I am smart, witty, and irreverent! You all know you watch to hear my inane coments! LOVE ME!!!” ---
**Author:** ![keeper0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@keeper0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keeper0)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pompous-egomaniacal-sportscenter-anchor/120308/11 "2002-07-23T16:50:54Z")
I am sorry, the once and future jerk will always be Keith Olberman. Take the whole “I am much bigger than this stupid job” Kilborn attitude and double it. He just didn’t succeed in his spinoff like Craigy. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pompous-egomaniacal-sportscenter-anchor/120308/12 "2002-07-24T18:09:01Z")
I would definetly have to go with Stuart Scott. If I were a graduate of UNC when he was asked to speak at graduation, I would have went bananas. Although a close second would have to be Dave Revsin, who has the absolute worst voice I have ever heard on TV–a kind of Donald Duck on a little helium. One last parting shot–Pam Ward is a MAN, baby, yeah! ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pompous-egomaniacal-sportscenter-anchor/120308/13 "2002-07-25T01:41:54Z")
Another vote for Keith Olberman. He was a gajillion times more arrogant than Kilborn. I felt like it was all he could do to contain his disdain for speaking to sports fans and their ilk. I’m so glad I no longer have to listen to that supercilious prick. Current anchors: Linda Cohn. When did she decide she was hilarious? I don’t recall that 'tude always being there… ---
**Author:** ![waits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df788c/32.png) [@waits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waits)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pompous-egomaniacal-sportscenter-anchor/120308/14 "2002-07-25T01:48:26Z")
If we’re talking all-time, then I pick Kilborn. If we’re talking current, then it’s Kenny Mayne. I will say, however, that I’ve recently been listening to Dan Patrick on ESPN radio and geez does he come across as obnoxious!