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The Top 10 big-event play-by-play announcers

Al Michaels, Joe Buck, and Mike Tirico. AP/Getty/AP

And so we’ve concluded the Season of Nantz portion of the sports calendar, when Jim Nantz, CBS’s most prominent play-by-play voice for a quarter-century now, doubles down on his usual ubiquity and calls the NCAA men’s basketball Final Four and the Masters within a matter of days.

His “hello, friends” prominence is enhanced even beyond its usual scope this time of year, and it got me thinking: Who is the best big-event national play-by-play broadcaster at the moment?

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