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They come in threes: NBC’s Charlie Jones dies

June 14th, 2008 | Posted in afl

First Jim McKay, then Tim Russert, now former NBC play-by-play broadcaster Charlie Jones.
Like Russert, Jones died of a heart attack, though his was at his home in the La Jolla, Calif. district. And, like Russert, Jones was part of another great NBC legacy: Not only the NFL on NBC, but the young AFL on NBC.
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Tim Russert, the Buffalo Bills fan

June 13th, 2008 | Posted in nfl

Beyond the fact NBC’s Tim Russert was an icon unlike any other in politics, he was an advocate for his hometown, a city that takes pot shot after pot shot, Buffalo, New York.
Because he was so proud of his heritage, so proud of his hometown, a city most of us think of as nothing more [...]

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