Yoi! Double Yoi! Remembering Myron Cope on Super Bowl XLV Sunday

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By Gary Kopycinski

My high school students are always touched by the story of the yellow rose Myron Cope tells in his book, Double Yoi! The legendary sportscaster, the Voice (and what a voice) of the Pittsburgh Steelers for four decades, died three years ago this month.

His autobiography is smart. Cope labored over each and every word when he wrote. The following is my favorite story from that book. Today, as the Pittsburgh…