Penguin fans are PISSED off tonight...
Fox Sports fired Mike Lange, the Pen's voice since as far back as I can remember... The guy is a legend in this town. It'd be like saying Myron Cope got fired from calling Steeler games instead of stepping down himself. It's utter bull**** despite what he may or may not make. The guy's a legend announcer and a HUGE part of hockey here...
he's been offered the radio gig while Paul Steigerwald (Steigie's are sports guys locally and big into the hockey scene in this area) who was the radio announcer and Lange's old colorman is now taking over the TV game calling. He's not a good play-by-play though for hockey. Very monotone. Better colorman for Lange.
Lange, I hope, takes the radio gig and I'm gonna skip watching them on TV to listen tot hem on the radio then.
In other Penguin's news, Dan Marino is among a group wanting to buy the Penguin's and keep them in Pittsburgh irregardless of how the slot's license pans out...