JUST IN: The 'Voice of the Suns' Al McCoy, longest play-by-play broadcaster in the NBA, announced he plans to retire at the end of the current season. abc15 nba PhoenixSuns
He began his career with the Suns in 1972.
Those were the humble beginnings for Al McCoy, who has gone on to become one of the most legendary voices in sports history.“We didn't have electricity. But we had a battery radio. And I got hooked on radio very early as a kid and particularly listening to sporting events. Then, it was mostly baseball. And I followed the Cubs and, and football, college football at that point in time,” McCoy told ABC15.
McCoy eventually made his way to Arizona to call minor league baseball games as well as games for the Phoenix Roadrunners. After he was originally turned down, he eventually convinced the St. Louis Hawks, an NBA team at the time, to allow him to call a preseason game for them at Veterans Memorial Coliseum against Philadelphia. He did it in exchange for free advertising at the radio station McCoy worked for at the time.“I have to admit, and I did years later to Jerry Colangelo, I edited that tape until I sounded like maybe the fastest basketball announcer you'd ever heard,” McCoy said with a chuckle.
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