Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Terrible Towel at Half Mast Today

Famed Steelers broadcaster Myron Cope died today.
I may not be a lifelong Steeler fan, but I remember the first time I heard his broadcast. The Schwab invited me over to his bachelor pad to an afternoon of football watching (this "date" should have tipped me off to his, oh, let's call it extreme appreciation, of sports).
The Steelers game was moments away from kick-off, the Schwab had his Terrible Towel at the ready, and then he did the unthinkable.....he lowered the volume on the television and turned up the radio....and I was greeted with the strangest sounding radio announcer voice...Ever. Apparently, unbeknownst to me, thousands of other fans did the same during the broadcasts, to here the radio announcer, and his proclomations of yoi and double yoi, call the game. The guy with the funny voice won me over that first day, as he did for fans for 3+ decades, before I became acquainted with him. He was an institution around these parts, a celebrity.....and very much beloved. And will be missed.......

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