Week 16-Day & Night of the Living Dead

It's the Holiday Season everybody-show some color!First stop this week is:

ESPN-Sunday morning show. Chris Berman, light pink shirt, green multi-colored tie (like the ones you see in the airport gift shops); will someone please help him-he's the host! So let's move along to Mike Ditka, actually looking pretty sharp with his red vest, red tie and pocket square-I would have gone with a stripe instead of the solid tie-better contrast. Chris Carter, another pink shirt, pinkish tie, and a pinkish stripe in the suit, how do you say-TOO MUCH PINK. Keyshawn looked more like a food court with his pumpkin shirt, blueberry tie, coffee ice cream jacket; I think I'm getting an upset stomach. And then there's Tom Jackson-Nice! navy suit with a pattern on pattern crisp white shirt with a pattern on pattern red tie-VERY NICE!

FOX-Shades of gray (doesn't matter which way you spell it-it's still drab). The group shot of the five of them looked like an interview panel for a new funeral director. Curt Menefee-Pocket square didn't match anything he was wearing, light colored stripe tie provided no contrast. Terry, I think he got his holidays confused-orange and yellow tie, orange pocket square, October was two months ago. Howie, my poster child, almost got it right until he slipped the black and white polka-dot tie around his neck; black and white dots look best on a Dalmatian. Mr. Strahan, no contrast with the suit, tie or shirt; looked like he the bought the shirt and tie combo in the gold box. Jimmy, shirt and tie combo not bad, but would have looked 200% better with a dark suit. With his silver hair-he needs to wear dark suits! And then there's Jillian, big earrings, big belt and a super tight t-shirt to show off her big b--bs-holy cow or is it ho-cow.

CBS-the IBM boys with their all white shirts. JB, tie blends in with the shirt, blah. Dan Marino, bland rep tie, blah. Shannon Sharpe, a deep raspberry velvet jacket with a pink patterned tie, he makes pimping look easy and were those jeans I saw. He should hook up with Jillian from the FOX Network and start their own ho-train-all aboard! Coach Cowher, this look is why he should go back into coaching. Boomer, at least he had a little holiday spirit with his green patterned tie.

NBC-kudos for having a festive looking set-very nice. This group looked like the bankers dressed and ready to plead for a bailout in front of the senate. Bob Costas looked the best, nice contrast overall a B+. Keith and Dan, very conservative, Chris Collinsworth-YOU NEED CONTRAST. Al and John looked dressed to interview for funeral director job available on FOX.

MNF-Mike Tirico, very dapper with his knit cap, Burberry scarf and camel overcoat-VERY NICE! Jaws looked good with his fur trimmed leather coat. Tony looked drab with his dark overcoat, dark scarf, dark everything.

So there you have week 16 for the Sports Reporters, where most of them looked like they were in mourning; where's Denny Crane when you need him.

NFL-Week 15

A quick look around the networks and you would have sworn the Republican National Convention was back on the air because everyone was dressed so conservatively. So let's review the good, the bad, and the ugly.

ESPN-Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah-some of the highlights, Chris Berman cut the bush out of the back of his head, Chris Carter had so many stripes going I thought he was trying to be a zebra; Mr. Jackson has his usual brown suit, thank god he actually wore a white shirt to get a little contrast, Ditka dressed like my grandfather (enough said); and then there's Keyshawn dressed in lavender-I'll give him a "B", but next time, button your coat when behind the desk.

CBS-This group looked like an accounting firm from the midwest-BORING with the exception of Shannon Sharpe-who looked very sharp, except the knot of his tie-the only thing bigger than the knot was Shannon's ego. Marino had too much blue, James Brown's coat didn't fit, Boomer & Cowher too brown, too blue, too blah-overall I give the group a "C-".

NBC SNF-Al and John very conservative but they achieve some contrast with ties-"B-" Bob Costas "B-" and Chris Collinsworth-the rep tie with a double striped shirt and a striped suit-plain ol ugly. "D"

FOX- Here's where it gets ugly. But first, some positives-Jimmy had good contrast with his suit to his hair but the striped shirt killed the look "B-"; Terry's suit looked too big, bad knot on his tie and the pocket square was the wrong shade. Curt-blue pocket square with a yellow shirt-NO, but the tie was very nice. Strahan-the tie makes the difference, and in your case it made no difference. Jilian-Cleopatra goes disco and what's with your hair that hangs like it hasn't been washed in a month. And then there's Howie, our poster child on how not to dress for the camera. The brown suit looked right out of a JC Penny store in the 70's, the tie like it was bought from the corner dry cleaners and the shirt-ugh! "F" Without a doubt, Howie wins the ugly award for this week.

As far as MNF, again more of the same-very average-very boring.

So that's it for this week-hopefully next week we'll see some color and more contrast-after all, the broadcasts are produced in color.

jjm

What's it all about

Each week, I will review the fashion sense of various sports reporters, the dos and don'ts, the good, the bad and the real ugly.