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Sir Francis "Chick" Hearn deserves a higher rating than #21, he's a top ten broadcaster for many reasons. Granted he is best known for his calls as the Lakers for around 40 years incluiding setting the record for most consecutive games called without missing a game, but he also did other sports equally well and his voice appeared in dozens of movies and TV shows as an announcer, either with an actual air check or reading a script, e.g Colombo, Heaven Can Wait and dozens more Chickie baby painted an "word's eye view", he refused to sit court side and preffered sitting in the stands abpove the court to improve his total vision of the game. He single handidly created most of the nomenclature of basketball announcing being used today, he invented slam dunk, dribble drive, airball, skyhook, no-look pass, stutter step, alley-oop, rainbow shot, and many more. Chick also simulcasted the games, in other words the radio broadcast was the same as the TV narration and he would keep up with the bounce of the ball due to his rapid fire tongue. He also had an uncanny ability to call the shot, made or missed while the ball was still in the air Chick also worked in the front office of the Lakers because he had a great talent evaluation skills and despite being a Lakers fan, he never was a homer and would acknoledge the greatness of opposing players and teams and would call out Lakers on the air if they were dogging it or playing poorly Even in the latter years of his career, the 90s when most radio announcers used a monitor to call a game, Chick would not and he followed Red Barber's golden rule, give the score before the egg timer runs out, every three minutes. Today's broadcasters in all sports because of their reliance on TV graphics can go 6, 7, 8 even 9 minutes of action and not give the score for their radio casts, horrifically sad