Word: alberts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last week the hamster in the wheel was Marv Albert. The sportscaster had started it spinning, to be sure, but the wheel, further propelled by justice and journalism, picked up so much speed that the former Marvin Aufrichtig just had to get off. On Thursday afternoon, in a bizarre end to a bizarre trial at Virginia's Arlington County courthouse, Albert, 56, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of assault and battery in a case brought by a longtime lover. In the bargain, which prosecutors said had been offered to Albert before the trial began, the far more serious charge...
...course of four days, more than 30 years of hard work, hustle and talent were reduced to a series of headlines in the New York Post. Each headline not only summed up the previous day's developments but also had a little fun with the revelations about Albert's sordid personal life...
There was nothing fun, however, about watching a man's career and reputation unravel before a nation's eyes, especially in the steadfast presence of his father, his children and his prospective wife. "From my point of view," said Albert, "I just felt that I had to end this ordeal for myself, my wonderful family, my fiance Heather, my friends and supporters...
...Albert had been the emphatic voice of the New York Knicks and Rangers, the hound-dog face of NBC Sports, the favorite guest of David Letterman, and the proprietor of the most famous call in sports--Yesss! Along the way, though, he had evidently acquired some tastes and vices that clouded his judgment and apparently erased his understanding of the word no. On Feb. 12, Albert and a 42-year-old Virginia woman with whom he had had a 10-year-long sexual relationship arranged to meet at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel at Pentagon City in Arlington. According...
...Marv Albert's hair real...