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Cope Leaves Redskins 'Redfaced'

Steelers Broadcaster Says He Wasn't Intimidated

POSTED: 6:09 p.m. EST December 17, 2000

Steelers radio analyst Myron Cope experienced a career-first in what was the last game at Three Rivers Stadium on Saturday.

The Washington Redskins staff objected when he repeatedly called the team the "Redfaces," during a broadcast of the Steelers 24-3 victory.

Cope regularly shortens, twists or changes the opponents' nicknames during his broadcasts - most notably referring to the Cincinnati Bengals as the "Bungles."

Cope said the Redskins are the first team to object to anything he's said in 31 years of Steelers broadcasts. And he bristled at reports that said he abided by the request.

"I rubbed it in," Cope said. "There was no way I dropped (the nickname). In 31 years I've never let anyone tell me what to say on one of the broadcasts, it wounds my pride that someone would say I did that."

Cope chalked the incident up to the Redskins' new owner, 35-year-old billionaire Daniel Snyder, who has earned a reputation for micromanaging his team despite having no football background.

"No baby billionaire, or his staff, is going to tell me what to say on this broadcast," Cope said.

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