Jack Berenzweig writes:
 
><< I enjoy listening to Bob Norton, too.  Rather than compare him to Dick
>Vitale (yuck!), I think of him as the Dick Button of college hockey.
>
>
>Maybe its my own personal bias, but comparing Bob Norton to Dick Button is an
>insult to Bob Norton, rather than a compliment.
 
Perhaps I should have provided a context for my comment; it was not meant as
an insult.  There has already been more than enough Norton-bashing.  I
thought it was an appropriate comparison.  Button and Norton both have
lifelong commitments to their respective sports, and it shows in their
announcing styles.  They both have knowledge about the individual athletes,
often gained from watching them develop from the earliest stages.  They both
fill the role of good-will ambassador for their sports.  And, OK, they can
both be a bit long-winded at times.  ;-)  I like them both, anyway.
 
-- Erik
 
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