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HofstraBBall
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2/28/2025  3:26 PM
Not sure if anyone mentioned this yet.
Sad to hear of him passing from complications from Cancer.
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ToddTT
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2/28/2025  4:35 PM
Yeah... this was in a couple of threads. Very sad. Al was a fan like the rest of us. And he made every game feel like a big time event.

RIP Al.

Oh good lord... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XkmGrX7O0lQ
ToddTT
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2/28/2025  4:36 PM
Oh good lord... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XkmGrX7O0lQ
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2/28/2025  4:46 PM
Was in one of the other threads, but he certainly deserves his own. He was the Pillar of MSG coverage for 25-30 years. On every show, every sport. I had wondered where he was for the last 3-4 years he didn't appear on MSG. Still was a big presence in NBC olympics coverage etc.

Very few reporters were as versatile, covering mainstream and more obscure sports. And very few were as good at delivering a monologue or narrative story. Whether it was intro'ing a big Knick game or talking about a Marathon runner.

RIP AL, a New York Sports legend.

Tough week - Gene Hackman, Michelle Trachtenberg, Roberta Flack
ToddTT
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2/28/2025  4:54 PM
VDesai wrote:Was in one of the other threads, but he certainly deserves his own. He was the Pillar of MSG coverage for 25-30 years. On every show, every sport. I had wondered where he was for the last 3-4 years he didn't appear on MSG. Still was a big presence in NBC olympics coverage etc.

Very few reporters were as versatile, covering mainstream and more obscure sports. And very few were as good at delivering a monologue or narrative story. Whether it was intro'ing a big Knick game or talking about a Marathon runner.

RIP AL, a New York Sports legend.

Tough week - Gene Hackman, Michelle Trachtenberg, Roberta Flack

Wow. Did not know.

Oh good lord... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XkmGrX7O0lQ
VDesai
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2/28/2025  5:02 PM
Trachtenberg objectively not quite on that Mt Rushmore, but anyone who watched the move EUROTRIP might beg to differ!
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2/28/2025  6:24 PM
I still remember Al calling the parents of some kid who was trolling him on twitter about the Islanders
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3/1/2025  8:41 AM
RIP Al Trautwig.
Bring back dee-fense
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3/1/2025  3:05 PM
Rest in Peace Al. Great memories watching Knicks games which Al Trautwig covered. One of the great NY broadcasters.
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