Double Yoi is the one of the best books that I have ever read. It is truely an entertaining read. It is a well written biographical look at Myron Cope's career in journalism and broadcasting as well as a combination of some of his favorite anecdotes. Any one who loves Myron Cope should read this book as well as those who hate him. I think that they will find a new appreciation for the Pittsburgh Icon. Cope also threw in some criticisms of things and people he doesn't really care for but he does this in a classy way. I am a huge Steeler fan but I don't think that one needs to be to enjoy this book.
Great Job Myron!!

Though I'm not a native Pittsburgher, I have been a fan of the Pirates, Pens ('67), and Steelers since the early sixties when I was a kid.
Myron Cope is not just "Okel Dokel!", he's GREAT!
Myron is a native Pittsburgh sports media institution, just as Bob Prince was and Mike Lange is, and this book belongs on the shelf right next to Jim O'Brien's "We Had 'Em All The Way". Now all we need is a volume on Mike Lange. "Double Yoi" is one insightful, side-splitting read.

This book proves that Myron Cope may be a fine broadcaster but he is a superior writer. Myron spins stories from the old days, from the greats he knew, from the Super Bowl years and from his many years as a writer for the Saturday Evening Post and Sports Illustrated. His early years as a newspaperman in Erie, PA and Pittsburgh are described with care and hilarity. Even more funny is his experience as a salesman. He comes across as a kind hearted guy who is stuck in the wrong profession. Many people can identify with that feeling, but if you aren't one who ever went through hell in an early job Myron's prose will let you know what it's like.

Reading the book, it seems as though Myron is seated next to you talking about his life and the people he got to know. The pieces and paragraphs on Clemente, Cosell, Bradshaw and Noll are special standouts.

His writing lets you see the man, not the "character" he has created in the broadcast booth. He's the kind of guy you'd like to meet in a neighborhood bar or a local restaurant and have a drink with every week. The book comes close to giving the reader that feel.

Myron Cope has become known to the world as the color commentator of the Pittsburgh Steelers whose one of a kind style has made him in to a local (cult) hero- to the point that even people not fortunate enough to live in Pittsburgh would recognize him from his sound bites on NFL Films. But before he was inventing The Terrible Towel, he was earning a reputation as a DAMN GOOD sportswriter back in the 60's.

To the point he was asked to write the biography of Jim Brown, of Art Rooney, and this collection of 19 football memorables from not only the pre-Super Bowl era of pro football, but the pre-television era of pro football! The pre-T formation era of pro football! The era where teams would play one home game and 16 road games, or paid their players directly from the gate receipts.

Cope proves to be as adept at gathering stories as he is at telling them. Bulldog Turner- the center from the old Chicago Bears teams- talks about wandering the Dust Bowl for a week with no food in the hopes of catching on with a college team during the depression. Sammy Baugh remembers stories from the famous 73-0 NFL Championship Game- the incident in the tunnel in the Bears-Redskins game a few weeks before that led the way to the Chicago rout. Bobby Layne- "Money meant nothing to me. I was stupid, that's why". Don Hutson, Ed Healey, Indian Joe Guyan, George Halas, Johnny Blood, Sid Luckman, Red Grange, Ernie Nevers- they're all here.

These stories really do provide a great insight to the roots of pro football, how the game evolved in to the phenomenon it is now. I've heard more than one football historian cherish it for its information. You even get a glimpse of Bronko Nagurski, who declined to be interviewed for the book, and his personality late in life when he is quoted as saying "I don't have time to reminisce".

Where else are you going to find the insight of Art Rooney right at the dawn of the Steelers' 1970s success almost apologizing for his team's play- I've hired this coach named Noll, he's supposed to be good. We drafted this kid named Bradshaw. "What I'm saying is we've tried!"

Where else are you going to learn the story of how the Duluth Eskimos were sold for a dollar, and that transaction eventually paved the way to the creation of the Washington Redskins and the current ownership status of the Minnesota Vikings, not to mention making the man who made the investment a millionare? Or George Halas commenting on the supposed "blackballing" of blacks in the NFL from 1934-46?

The book is pure Cope. He chooses some of his interview subjects because of the quaintness of his name! This is perhaps the best piece of work on football history I've read. Your stats mean nothing without these stories.