Battling lung cancer. Many here may remember his time doing Penn State football play by play on TCS with George Paterno. Stan is 74 and a class act. He intends to continue to work.
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Prayers for Pittsburgh sports icon Stan Savran.
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Stan, Guy, love the show!
He's not bad for a Cleveland guy.
He's not bad for a Cleveland guy.
That stinks. Hope he recovers.
Savran announces lung cancer diagnosis
Long-time Pittsburgh sports talk reporter and personality Stan Savran announced on his program on Monday that he was diagnosed with lung cancer in January. As a result he will be receiving chemothe…
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Stan's only 74? He was just a puppy compared to George Paterno when they did the show together! Prayers for recovery for a good man and a great talent in broadcasting.
Stan & Guy the best sports radio show in Pittsburgh area. Prayers for Stan"s recovery
I attended a Blair County Sports Hall of Fame banquet where Stan served as MC. Told some great JoePa stories. Had the whole place laughing. Always liked him ... good guy. Prayers for a quick recovery.
Sad news. Grew up watching him on WTAE (which was pretty much the flagship pitt station) and listening to him on TCS.
IIRC KDKA was more the PSU station but I used to love watching WTAE and Bill Hillgrove after PSU would beat pitt.
I had the same reaction. I would have guessed that he was at least 5 yr's older.
But he was the best that we've had in Pgh (& he was great in his run at PSU). Wishing him all the best
Savran announces lung cancer diagnosis
Long-time Pittsburgh sports talk reporter and personality Stan Savran announced on his program on Monday that he was diagnosed with lung cancer in January. As a result he will be receiving chemothe…
the cancer has not spread from the one lung, doctors tell Savran the prognosis is good and, all things considered, he’s “doing great!” Treatments will continue through the end of the year and then, “life will go on,” Savran said.
Just my .02, Stan is the best play be play announcer PSU has ever had.
Yep, that's about the only time a PSU fan could stomach Hillgrove.
Do you remember Bill Curry? He was colorful with the sports report, before a couple clicks and 15 seconds on the internet got you everything the network news would say in 5 minutes with commercials sandwiched in......
I’ll echo a lot of what has been posted. Stan has always been able to walk the line of being a fair-minded voice for whatever home team he was broadcasting. He was a fan without being a fanatic, and always did his homework about the opponent. A true sports journalist-turned-broadcaster. Hope he pulls through this.
First thought, didn't associated Bill Curry with the internet
1997 – 2007
ESPN
College Football Analyst
• Delivered live, on-air analysis and commentary to
national audiences
• Wrote over 130 articles for ESPN.com on sports-
related topics, including ethics, academics,
Title IX, player issues, and human interest stories
Hillgrove was doing the Panther something or another show when Pitt really was stinking the outhouse. When he announced the show was being cancelled, it looked like he was going to croak right then and there.
I think there is some confusion with Bill C’s with the way the name was originally presented. Bill Currie was the colorful blazer wearing Pittsburgh news sportscaster. Bill Curry was the former cfb coach turned ESPN analyst more nationally known.First thought, didn't associated Bill Curry with the internet
1997 – 2007
ESPN
College Football Analyst
• Delivered live, on-air analysis and commentary to
national audiences
• Wrote over 130 articles for ESPN.com on sports-
related topics, including ethics, academics,
Title IX, player issues, and human interest stories
Sad news about Stan S., I also didn’t realize his age.
Saw the article on Trib live web site Sad news and hope for a speedy recovery Yes he did great work on the psu broadcast on TCS and later Stan Guy love the show I miss sportsbeat
Stan is a talented sports caster. Probably the best currently in the Pittsburgh market. I remember when he teamed up with Myron Cope on a nightly talk show. Their show was much better than anything on the airways today.
Yep, he was an icon. I loved Ray Scott and won't quibble if someone wants to put him at the top.
Ray had a national presence that Stan lacks. He called Super Bowls and major college bowl games. In many ways their styles were similar. The focus was on the game, not themselves. I prefer Stan but he is from my generation while Ray was from my parent's.
