Top 3 Best and Worst Female Sportscasters

[girth-brooks]

I love sports, but am usually too busy to catch all the games. I try to see the highlights whenever I can and have noticed that more and more women are hosting on the major Canadian networks. I think most do a better job than some of the men (particularly the old guard). Here are my top 3 best and worst:

Best

1. Natasha Staniszewski - TSN. By far my favourite. Not only is she beautiful and classy, she has great delivery. She has a great voice and is genuinely interested in sports.

2. Caroline Cameron - SportsNet. Similar to Natasha in terms of qualities, but also has a good sense of humour and keeps it light. You can just tell she has great personality and loves what she does.

3. Kate Bierness - TSN. She's sort of a combination of the other two, but probably the most bubbly and energetic. I know that some of the joking moments can be a bit corny, but she is very consistent with her delivery and enthusiasm. She's definitely unique.


Worst

1. Jackie Redmond - SportsNet. Too young and out of her league. Her cadence is robotic and you can tell she's basically reading a card. I can't stand her sarcastic sense of humour and she seems very awkward in interviews.

2. Jennifer Hedger - TSN. Can't stand her or Darren Dutchyshen. He drones on and I can't take his voice as does Hedger. Terrible cadence! She's been around for awhile, but I found her better earlier on in her career. She projects a smug attitude and acts far too overconfident.

3. Carly Agro - SportsNet. Simply put, she's boring. She's been paired with a few other co-hosts and she can't seem to find the right chemistry with any of them. She has a good delivery and her voice is okay, but doesn't really bring much to the table in terms of personality or anything different. Not bad, but far from good.

 

[voodooking]

Please let me know when Kate Bierness puts up an ad on BP. :eyebrows:

Hopefully she will be open minded.

 

[italian233]

Good picks.... I would add to the good list TSN Kara Wagland, Laura Diakun and Sportsnet Evanka Osmak. I know a lot people don't like Osmak but she's not bad and good eye candy. Kate Bierness is getting a little to buff though.

Agree with your worst too.... Redmond isn't very good during real sports and covering wwe for the show Aftermath. With Argo it seems the highlight package has no flow.

 

[girth-brooks]

Good picks.... I would add to the good list TSN Kara Wagland, Laura Diakun and Sportsnet Evanka Osmak. I know a lot people don't like Osmak but she's not bad and good eye candy. Kate Bierness is getting a little to buff though.

Agree with your worst too.... Redmond isn't very good during real sports and covering wwe for the show Aftermath. With Argo it seems the highlight package has no flow.

I like Kara Wagland and Laura Diakun too, I just wouldn't put them in the top 3 yet. Tessa Bonhomme is good also. I think they are just still pretty new.

Evanka Osmak is okay, but Ken Reid is too much of a funny guy for me. They just act too corny together. I cant remember who she was paired up with a few years ago, but she stood out more back then.

 

[Lets Review]

Kate Bierness sounds like Kermit the Frog.

 

[manni]

female sportscasters are more eye candy than anything else.
to me, they try too hard to be one of the boyz, with the lingo, gesture and all.
it's fake with a capital F to the hilt. Jackie Redmond…good freakin' grief!
you can't pull off cool like Cabbie.

but for eye candy, I'll take Natasha and Carly as top vote getters.

 

[girth-brooks]

female sportscasters are more eye candy than anything else.
to me, they try too hard to be one of the boyz, with the lingo, gesture and all.
it's fake with a capital F to the hilt. Jackie Redmond…good freakin' grief!
you can't pull off cool like Cabbie.

but for eye candy, I'll take Natasha and Carly as top vote getters.

It's hard to look past the eye candy aspect, but I think they're not all fake. I think it comes down to confidence. You still have to go on TV and do your job. Jackie Redmond is eye candy, but just in way over her head, even on a taped program like Misplays of the Month.