Al mcGuire

Those We Lost: Al McGuire

By Elizabeth Raggi, Contributor
April / May 2001

April 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

On January 26 the sports and television world lost one of its true champions. Known as "the James Joyce of the airwaves," sportscaster Al McGuire passed away in his Milwaukee home surrounded by his loved ones. McGuire's renown as former coach of the Marquette Warriors basketball team, and later NBC then CBS commentator for the NCAA basketball tournament, was matched only by … [Read more...] about Those We Lost: Al McGuire

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