Knicks Need A Yesss! Man

By Sora Song

For more than 35 years, MARV ALBERT has been the voice of the New York Knicks. Last week he said he was quitting his job as play-by-play man for the Madison Square Garden Network. His bosses were reportedly displeased with paying him $2 million a year for frank and often, ahem, biting commentary on an ailing team. The network characterizes the parting as amicable, but according to Albert's agent and longtime friend, Evan Bell, "[Marv is] sorry to leave. He loves the Knicks. He loves the Garden. He was put in a position where his journalistic integrity was more important than renewing." In short, Marv wouldn't say the company "Yesss!" for the team when it deserved only a "Nix."