Bob Glauber
Glauber has been Newsday's national football columnist since 1992. He was Newsday's football writer covering the Jets and
There was not a more respected player, more cherished sportsman or more understated yet polished broadcaster than the man who was just taken from us.
College Football Hall of Famer. Pro Football Hall of Famer. Legendary television announcer who reached generations of sports fans who never got to see him play, yet still recognized his name, his voice, his sense of decency and his fair-minded outlook.
Frank Gifford was all of that, a man who came to New York in 1952 as the "golden boy" halfback and flanker from USC, then transfixed Giants fans with his dazzling moves and a magnetic personality that positively glowed from atop the country's biggest sports stage.