It probably has a lot to do with my personality -- I can't imagine being a negative Nancy all the time.

If the show is really that good, it can survive the departure of a charadter, Negative Nancy.

Just to show that I am not a complete Negative Nancy, here are 15 of my favourite on-air sports personalities, in no particular order.

Negative Nancy.

Recently unemployed David (pastor-turned-actor Joe Boyd) has good reasons for being a Negative Nancy, and his aloofness earns him early triumphs over the omnipresent forces of perkiness and optimism.