Ex #NBA & #ABA basketball #PR man #RudyMartzke whose role as a cofounding #SportsEditor & #TVSports journalist at #USAToday made him must read & oft dreaded Monday AM fodder for #Network execs & #sportsbroadcasters like #DickVitale
#HowardCosell & #JohnMadden has passed ... Wives, Waiters & bartenders everywhere express relief ...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/media/2024/11/22/rudy-martzke-sports-columnist-usa-today-dies/76508824007/

Rudy Martzke, USA TODAY Sports columnist famous for covering sports media, dies at 82

Nobody covered sports entertainment the way Rudy Martzke did when he started his column at USA TODAY. Few have even decades later.

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#USAToday TV sports critic and the paper's first #SportsEditor in the early 80's #RudyMartzke was roasted in Biloxi by #CraigSager in 2001. Both of these big personalities have left us, but the booze filled insults live on via #YouTube...

http://youtu.be/EiFlJJ0lvX4

Craig Sager roasts Rudy Martzke - USA Today TV sports columnist

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