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Roy Firestone: Any of Y'all Sports Nuts Remember His Heyday?
Posted on 5/8/12 at 9:55 am
Posted on 5/8/12 at 9:55 am
This guy was THE top interviewer in teh sports world. He was THE Oprah of sports back in the 80's and 90's. Grown men openly wept before him. Sure he got names, dates, teams, information wrong consistently, but man could Roy really break people down and reduce them to tears!
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Posted on 5/8/12 at 9:56 am to Tiger Ryno
What's he up to lately?
Why isn't he as popular now?
Why isn't he as popular now?
Posted on 5/8/12 at 10:01 am to Sophandros
Pretty sure he died several years ago
Posted on 5/8/12 at 10:08 am to Tiger Ryno
Never heard of him
Posted on 5/8/12 at 10:10 am to Tiger Ryno
Greatest hair in sports journalism
Posted on 5/8/12 at 10:12 am to Tiger Ryno
Posted on 5/8/12 at 10:16 am to ehidal1
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Greatest hair in sports journalism
lolwuh
Posted on 5/8/12 at 10:18 am to Tiger Ryno
Mazda Sportslook was ahead of its time, he was very good.
Posted on 5/8/12 at 10:21 am to Tiger Ryno
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Roy Firestone: Any of Y'all Sports Nuts Remember His Heyday?
I used to watch his show everyday.
Posted on 5/8/12 at 10:21 am to Tiger Ryno
Roy was and is awesome. Up Close was a daily must watch show.
This post was edited on 5/8/12 at 10:28 am
Posted on 5/8/12 at 10:24 am to ehidal1
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Greatest hair in sports journalism
kind of like a coon skin cap
Posted on 5/8/12 at 10:28 am to Sophandros
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Firestone is also an accomplished musical vocalist. He recently released his first CD, Another Voice, produced and backed by Grammy Award-winning fusion band, Hiroshima
I'm running to Itunes as we speak. How did I miss this release?
Posted on 5/8/12 at 10:29 am to Tiger Ryno
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kind of like a coon skin cap
More like a Brillo pad.
Posted on 5/8/12 at 10:30 am to Bubba Hotep
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Roy was and it awesome. Up Close was a daily must watch show.
They run it on ESPN Classic in the middle of the night every now and again.
Anyone remember The George Michael Sports Machine?
Posted on 5/8/12 at 10:31 am to Rattlehead
get out of here with that crap. start your own thread about him. This is a roy firestone thread.
Posted on 5/8/12 at 10:34 am to Tiger Ryno
I always liked him. They still show his interviews on Espin Classic ever so often. He did a really great Jim Brown interview in like 91 or 92. I think Jim Rome aspired to be like him but wanted to add his own shtick and be more of a smart arse, but Firestone could really get to the guts of whoever he was interviewing. He was like Barbara Walters or something.
also I used to think him and the guy from "The Running Man", Harold Weiss was the same person when I was like 8 or 9.
I realize they don't look as similar now, but I always thought they had an uncanny resemblance back then.
also I used to think him and the guy from "The Running Man", Harold Weiss was the same person when I was like 8 or 9.
I realize they don't look as similar now, but I always thought they had an uncanny resemblance back then.
This post was edited on 5/8/12 at 10:35 am
Posted on 5/8/12 at 10:39 am to Rattlehead
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Anyone remember The George Michael Sports Machine?
Used to watch that late Sunday nights.
Posted on 5/8/12 at 10:43 am to Tiger Ryno
I can remember watching him as a kid. He was very good. He also made Rod Tidwell break down to tears.
Posted on 5/8/12 at 11:08 am to Sophandros
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What's he up to lately?
I know he posts a lot on OriolesHangout.com. I don't know what he's been doing recently, maybe enjoying retirement considering the amount of dough he probably has.
Posted on 5/8/12 at 11:37 am to Unbiased Bama Fan
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I know he posts a lot on OriolesHangout.com. I don't know what he's been doing recently, maybe enjoying retirement considering the amount of dough he probably has.
He always seemed like the Mike Wallace type though. Extreme workaholic and craved those big time interviews. It's hard to believe he's not in this game right now. I figured he'd die doing it...just like Mike Wallace.
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