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From our Isles MSG telecast last night… Matthew Schaefer is 18 years, 73 days old today (Sunday).  Where was Cale Makar at the same age? It ...

Saturday, July 28, 2012

ex-Isles voice lands in Desert

Steve Albert, who served as the TV-voice of the Islanders in the late 70s, including the 1979-80 Cup season, has been named the new TV-voice of the Phoenix Suns.

A somewhat bizarre story about it appears here: 

http://arizonasports.com/41/1562819/Suns-hire-new-TV-playbyplay-announcer

The story fails to note much of Steve's NBA experience... or that he is Kenny's uncle. :)

Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick

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