Fain and Elise, 'Storming' into the Top 10

The sports web site AwfulAnnouncing.com has given its ratings for the best broadcast team in the WNBA. They rate the Seattle Storm's Dick Fain and Elise Woodward as #9 with a C grade. Here are some of the verbatim comments of those who answered the fan survey and the full link below:

9. Seattle Storm

Play-by-play: Dick Fain
Analysts: Elise Woodward
Sideline Reporter: Piper Shaw, Alyssa Charlston
Most Common Grade: C (27.4% of votes)
% of A, B, C Grades: 77.1% of votes

Fain and Woodward have been calling Storm games together for 16 seasons, and that kind of chemistry pays off. “Lots of energy,” “passionate,” and “know the game” were among their descriptors. Woodward received a notable amount of praise for her work. While plenty of people enjoy Fain, detractors also pointed out how much he “screams.” “Why does Dick Fain yell so much?” asked one. Others feel the broadcasters are partisan “cheerleaders,” though we’d imagine most Storm fans wouldn’t see that as a problem. While they received a lot of C grades, their overall score was brought up thanks to receiving almost 50% A and B grades.

https://awfulannouncing.com/wnba/awful-announcings-2024-local-wnba-broadcaster-rankings.html

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