The biography of Myron Cope, creator of the Terrible Towel and the color commentator for Pittsburgh Steelers radio broadcasts from 1970 to 2005, the second-longest-serving team broadcaster in NFL history.
The biography of Myron Cope, creator of the Terrible Towel and the color commentator for Pittsburgh Steelers radio broadcasts from 1970 to 2005, the second-longest-serving team broadcaster in NFL history.
Dan Joseph, a Pittsburgh native, has worked for more than twenty years as an editor in Voice of America’s central newsroom. He is the author of several books, including Baseball’s Greatest What If: The Story and Tragedy of Pistol Pete Reiser and Last Ride of the Iron Horse: How Lou Gehrig Fought ALS to Play One Final Championship Season. Elizabeth Cope has a master’s degree in speech pathology and is involved in charity work for people with physical and mental disabilities. She is the vice president of the Family Group at the Merakey Allegheny Valley School and resides in Pittsburgh.
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List of Illustrations Preface A Few Words of Thanks Prologue: Original Passion 1. Sports Nut in Squirrel Hill 2. “An Industrious Young Journalistic Prospect” 3. The Nut Specialist 4. A Trend toward Obnoxious Voices 5. Into the Steelers’ Booth 6. Gorillas, Franco, and Frank 7. Great Name for a Kosher Play 8. Growing Up Cope 9. The Lines Are Open 10. Super-Steelers Years 11. Enter the Towel 12. The Eighties 13. Myron the Contrarian 14. Rolling with the Nineties 15. The Towel Returns 16. That Terrible Towel 17. “I’m Done” 18. Thankful 19. Bye Now Afterword: Honored Appendix: Cope’s Catalog Index
List of Illustrations Preface A Few Words of Thanks Prologue: Original Passion 1. Sports Nut in Squirrel Hill 2. “An Industrious Young Journalistic Prospect” 3. The Nut Specialist 4. A Trend toward Obnoxious Voices 5. Into the Steelers’ Booth 6. Gorillas, Franco, and Frank 7. Great Name for a Kosher Play 8. Growing Up Cope 9. The Lines Are Open 10. Super-Steelers Years 11. Enter the Towel 12. The Eighties 13. Myron the Contrarian 14. Rolling with the Nineties 15. The Towel Returns 16. That Terrible Towel 17. “I’m Done” 18. Thankful 19. Bye Now Afterword: Honored Appendix: Cope’s Catalog Index
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