[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 149 (Tuesday, September 24, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H5661]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    HONORING AL McCOY, THE GREATEST BASKETBALL ANNOUNCER OF ALL TIME

  (Mr. STANTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STANTON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of the 
greatest basketball announcer of all time and Arizona sports legend, 
the voice of the Phoenix Suns, Al McCoy, who passed away recently at 
age 91.
  When fans think of the Phoenix Suns, we hear Al McCoy. When I was 
growing up in Phoenix, NBA games weren't televised, and working-class 
families, like my own, couldn't afford tickets to the Suns games. My 
family experienced the Phoenix Suns sitting around the living room 
radio, listening to the great Al McCoy.
  Al's unforgettable voice took my family with them all the way to the 
1976 championship game against the Boston Celtics, high-fiving each 
other with each ``whammo,'' ``swish-a-roo for two,'' or ``zing go the 
strings,'' and sharing his frustration after a crushing game six 
defeat.
  The Stanton family, like so many Suns fans in Arizona, were brought 
closer together over our shared love for basketball all because of Al 
McCoy.
  Over five decades on the mike, Al's constant presence brought the 
entire Phoenix community together. No matter what was going on in the 
world, Suns fans knew it was going to be a good day when we heard Al 
say ``shazam'' on the radio.
  Madam Speaker, I say Godspeed to Al.

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