The Man Behind Every Great Sports Broadcast | David Fried on 35 Years with the Mets, Knicks & Mike Breen

Well, for game one and two, I was amazed at how many Knicks fans were just around the streets.

But then for game five, if you had to say it was 50-50 in the arena, and it's not like they're taking an hour flight to Cleveland.

you know they took three three and a half hour flights to san antonio and they basically the nick fans took over the arena which i thought was impressive

you you're a nick fan i mean you worked with four decades you worked in the games when mark started out right

i started with marv in uh nineteen ninety one and the reason i got the job was the my fiance at the time now wife of course cousin was uncle's brother no no cousin was best friends with kenny albert

right great

guy kenny's the greatest and kenny was becoming an announcer

right

and a friend of his had taken over as marv stack guy but also worked for the islanders and he couldn't do most of the games so he gave it to me and i learned he had no

training right

he called me one day hey could you show up saturday the first game was without traveling may he rest in peace i love al and uh I did the game and I'm walking away after I go, how'd I do? He goes, you were great.

So one of the first games I ever did with Marv, I give him a stat, the opponent's free throw percentage versus the Knicks is the best in the NBA.

He hits his talk back and goes, so they're playing good defense on the free throw line? I said, I'm done.

After the game, I said, I'm sorry about that.

He goes, no, you've been great.

And he was wonderful.

He really had no training.

What did you put you with to say, John, let's go Johnny's.

What did you get your degree in?

Athletic administration.

You had no training at all for the Snacks Barnabas? So my wife's cousin, again, I sat with him for like a half, a half an hour.

And he had showed me what to do.

And I still have the same sheet I used that game.

I still use the same sheet 40 years later.