Behind the Yoi : The Life of Myron Cope, Legendary Pittsburgh Steelers Broadcaster / Dan Joseph and Elizabeth Cope.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Joseph, Dan, author.

Cope, Elizabeth (Broadcaster's daughter), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cope, Myron.

Pittsburgh Steelers (Football team).

Sportscasters--United States--Biography.

Sportscasters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2024]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Joseph, Dan Behind the Yoi

ISBN:

9781496241450

OCLC:

1453194568