Myron Cope - Creator of the Terrible Towel - Passes Away

Dr. Sak · 02-27-2008, 08:42 AM

I know there are a lot of Steeler fans on the board so I thought I'd pass this along. I am not much of a Steeler fan but growing up near the city I did enjoy listening to Myron.

Quote:

Wednesday, February 27, 2008
By Gene Collier, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Myron Cope, colorful sports broadcaster and reporter whose Terrible Towel remains the banner of the Steelers nation, has died.

In declining health since even before his 2005 retirement after a record 35 raucous years in the Steelers broadcast booth, Mr. Cope died this morning.

He was 78.

One of the last of the great sports characters, Mr. Cope's life and career were nothing less than book-worthy, even if he had to write it himself. Twice.

"Double Yoi" it was called both times, the second an updated version of the original 2002 volume, the title immortalizing one of Cope's signature exclamations, which, along with "Okle-dokle," "Dumbkopf!", and "How do?", became so familiar to his radio and TV audiences.

thesloppy · 02-27-2008, 08:53 AM

As I'm sure many of y'all fans of out of state teams did, one of the first things I did when I learned to effectively tool around the internet was to locate radio broadcasts of my favorite team. Cuz I like the Lions, and cuz they typically suck ballz at stuff, they were one of the teams that seemingly never had a home radio team that broadcast online (until recently). All of which is to say that I ended up listening to a lot of NFL radio teams, and Myron was always a blast to listen to, even if (or because) I didn't know what the fuck he was talking about half the time...same goes for the geezers in DC who could easily spend an entire game talking about historic ham sandwiches.

R.I.P. Myron.

MikeVic · 02-27-2008, 08:54 AM

Aww. R.I.P.

PilotMan · 02-27-2008, 09:03 PM

This was unexpected. Myron, you will always be the voice I hear in my head during Steeler games. Rest in Peace and tell the rest of the boys hi, when you see them.

cthomer5000 · 02-27-2008, 09:07 PM

yoi.

I obviously didnt live locally, but i absolutely loved hearing this guy on the highlight films for the Steelers for all those years.

Huckleberry · 02-28-2008, 10:09 AM

Sad news that he passed, of course. But Myron Cope is still a bad word among older Texas Longhorn fans. I didn't know the complete story, but fortunately we have an old guy at Barking Carnival.

Swaggs · 02-28-2008, 12:20 PM

To the big booth in the sky with Jack Fleming.

RIP Myron!

Suburban Rhythm · 02-28-2008, 06:24 PM

Including the quote bsak has above, alot of good stories about Cope in today's http://www.postgazette.com .

One included there, although not in great detail, is too good to pass up.

Another local sports guy, John Steirgerwald, told about one of his first trips to Cleveland, old Municipal Stadium. The pressbox had no bathroom, but a port-a-potty on the roof of the press box.

At halftime, Cope heads out...and when he returns, a quite obvious spot on his pants. Steigerwald assumes he must have spilled some coffee, but before he could even think about the situation, Cope offers up-
(and you need to read this, aloud, in your best Myron voice)

"Hey Steigerwald...if ya gotta take a piss, make sure you figure out which way the wind is blowing first!"

02-27-2008, 09:03 PM	#4
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	This was unexpected. Myron, you will always be the voice I hear in my head during Steeler games. Rest in Peace and tell the rest of the boys hi, when you see them. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

02-28-2008, 10:09 AM	#6
Huckleberry College Starter Join Date: Dec 2001	Sad news that he passed, of course. But Myron Cope is still a bad word among older Texas Longhorn fans. I didn't know the complete story, but fortunately we have an old guy at Barking Carnival. __________________ The one thing all your failed relationships have in common is you. The Barking Carnival (Longhorn-centered sports blog) College Football Adjusted Stats and Ratings

02-28-2008, 12:20 PM	#7
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	To the big booth in the sky with Jack Fleming. RIP Myron! __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

02-28-2008, 06:24 PM	#8
Suburban Rhythm Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Pittsburgh	Including the quote bsak has above, alot of good stories about Cope in today's http://www.postgazette.com . One included there, although not in great detail, is too good to pass up. Another local sports guy, John Steirgerwald, told about one of his first trips to Cleveland, old Municipal Stadium. The pressbox had no bathroom, but a port-a-potty on the roof of the press box. At halftime, Cope heads out...and when he returns, a quite obvious spot on his pants. Steigerwald assumes he must have spilled some coffee, but before he could even think about the situation, Cope offers up- (and you need to read this, aloud, in your best Myron voice) "Hey Steigerwald...if ya gotta take a piss, make sure you figure out which way the wind is blowing first!" __________________ "Do you guys play fast tempos with odd time signatures?" "Yeah" "Cool!!" Last edited by Suburban Rhythm : 02-28-2008 at 06:24 PM.

02-27-2008, 08:53 AM	#2
thesloppy Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: PDX	As I'm sure many of y'all fans of out of state teams did, one of the first things I did when I learned to effectively tool around the internet was to locate radio broadcasts of my favorite team. Cuz I like the Lions, and cuz they typically suck ballz at stuff, they were one of the teams that seemingly never had a home radio team that broadcast online (until recently). All of which is to say that I ended up listening to a lot of NFL radio teams, and Myron was always a blast to listen to, even if (or because) I didn't know what the fuck he was talking about half the time...same goes for the geezers in DC who could easily spend an entire game talking about historic ham sandwiches. R.I.P. Myron.

02-27-2008, 08:54 AM	#3
MikeVic Head Coach Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hometown of Canada	Aww. R.I.P.

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