Some of you won't know this guy (most of you?) but back in the mid-90s this guy was one of the best sport radio personalities out there.
Easy voice to listen to, none of that Finebaum/Pete Franklin nonsense. I haven't heard him in years, and you always wonder what those voices of your youth are doing. He was doing Iowa Barnstormers games and Drake University.
He didn't get the press of the Fabulous Sports Babe (at the time), but he was much better. Never got the recognition of Mike and Mike or Tony Bruno because he didn't work at "the four-letter network," but he was an excellent radio sports guy, one of the best I've ever heard.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...ar-drake-bulldogs-kxno-iowa-sports/748999002/
Larry Cotlar, the longtime Des Moines sports radio personality and Drake men's basketball broadcaster, was killed during Saturday's flash flooding in Des Moines, police said.
Around 8:50 p.m. on Saturday, Des Moines police were called about a stalled van with people inside in the flooded streets at 50th Street and Twana Drive. As officers headed there, it was reported that the occupants had left the van, and that one person had been swept away.
Officers and rescue personnel from the Des Moines Fire Department immediately began a search of the area.
Around 12:39 a.m. on Sunday, first responders found Cotlar, 66, deceased, several blocks away from the original call.
Cotlar's biography on his website says his professional career began in 1974 and started doing talk radio in 1981. He was the 2007 Iowa Sportscaster of the Year. His "Cotlar and Company" show ran on KXNO-AM 1460 from 2001 to 2009; he's also appeared on 1700 and 1350 AM.
Easy voice to listen to, none of that Finebaum/Pete Franklin nonsense. I haven't heard him in years, and you always wonder what those voices of your youth are doing. He was doing Iowa Barnstormers games and Drake University.
He didn't get the press of the Fabulous Sports Babe (at the time), but he was much better. Never got the recognition of Mike and Mike or Tony Bruno because he didn't work at "the four-letter network," but he was an excellent radio sports guy, one of the best I've ever heard.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...ar-drake-bulldogs-kxno-iowa-sports/748999002/
Larry Cotlar, the longtime Des Moines sports radio personality and Drake men's basketball broadcaster, was killed during Saturday's flash flooding in Des Moines, police said.
Around 8:50 p.m. on Saturday, Des Moines police were called about a stalled van with people inside in the flooded streets at 50th Street and Twana Drive. As officers headed there, it was reported that the occupants had left the van, and that one person had been swept away.
Officers and rescue personnel from the Des Moines Fire Department immediately began a search of the area.
Around 12:39 a.m. on Sunday, first responders found Cotlar, 66, deceased, several blocks away from the original call.
Cotlar's biography on his website says his professional career began in 1974 and started doing talk radio in 1981. He was the 2007 Iowa Sportscaster of the Year. His "Cotlar and Company" show ran on KXNO-AM 1460 from 2001 to 2009; he's also appeared on 1700 and 1350 AM.
