Islanders play-by-play voice Howie Rose won't be returning to the Barclays Center broadcast booth for the 2016-17 season, per a report from Newsday sports media reporter Neil Best.
Rose has been doing Islanders games on MSG Network since 1995 and Mets games on WFAN radio since 2006, and the grueling yearlong schedule has become too much to handle, according to the man himself.
"It's the textbook definition of mixed emotions. That's exactly what it is," Rose told Newsday. "I don't know that I've ever been more conflicted about a decision I've had to make in my life.