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ALL LOBBY TEAM: Legendary USA Today media writer, Rudy Martzke and the “Mouse,” stopped by CBS Sports to visit his favorite Network.
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Talked to this man a lot back in the day ... he was a legend. Rudy Martzke was a pioneer in covering sports tv and media and forever changed the way the sports business would be analyzed and covered. He was a bonafide trailblazer. Condolences to Rudy's family and friends.
Rudy Martzke rose to fame covering sports television and media before it was its own industry. Nobody covered sports entertainment the way Rudy Martzke did when he started his column at USA TODAY. Few have even decades later. 🔗 bit.ly/4i51Ax0
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Truth. Beano Cook saved ‘em all, too. The opinions he cared about the most were those of the three Ms - his mom, Martzke & Mushnick. #RIP @FakeRudyMartzke 🙏 😇 🗞️
I can’t begin to tell ya how many @FakeRudyMartzke columns I’ve hoarded thru the years. If you came up in our crazy business in the mid 80’s getting a “pop” as we always referred to it from Rudy was coveted. Prior to the Internet and long before websites like @awfulannouncing Rudy blazed a trail that forced most major market newspapers to cover sports television in ways it had never been covered before. Sports Executives as well as Broadcasters all religiously read his Monday columns. RIP Rudy “Toot” 💜🙏🙏and much love to Mouse (his wife)and family that were always by his side. @DannySheridan1 a longtime @usatodaysports colleague organized a ROAST for him 20 yrs.ago that @jwwalter1 wrote about in the original #SportsIllustrated
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Rudy Martzke, longtime USA Today sports media columnist, dead at 82 trib.al/B9LmTQX
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Rudy Martzke rose to fame covering sports television and media before it was its own industry. Nobody covered sports entertainment the way Rudy Martzke did when he started his column at USA TODAY. Few have even decades later. 🔗 bit.ly/4i51Ax0
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I remember watching games in college and someone would yell out “dreaded glitch” whenever there were technical difficulties, in honor of Rudy Martzke’s weekly dreaded glitch award in USA Today. Had to be the most read sports media columnist in history. RIP.
RIP to Rudy Martzke, one of the founding fathers of the sports media beat. Rudy, who was always fun to be around, passed away at 82. Comment below from one of ESPN's original and longest tenured public relations officials
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It is impossible to explain how influential & how much of a must-read Rudy Martzke was in the pre-Internet days. Not a stretch to say an entire generation of fans are smarter viewers & more informed about broadcasts b/c of Rudy's USA Today columns. RIP to a true one of one.
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Rudy was the NBA Buffalo Braves PR man back in the 1970’s. Also was Van Miller’s color man on Braves radio in 192-73 and 73-74.
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Rudy Martzke and his USA TODAY sports media column were a force of nature. 🌟 As a pioneer in sports media, his words shaped the industry—impacting everyone from the producers of live sports to the fans who tuned in. 🎥📺 I was just 19 or 20 years old when I crossed paths with Rudy one night at Clyde's in Tyson's Corner in the early '90s, at a gathering of local sports writers. It felt like a master class meets happy hour in sports #journalism. 🖋️🍻 A true trailblazer, his legacy endures. RIP Rudy. 🙏#SportsBiz
Gutted by passing of Rudy Martzke. All of us who cover Sports Media, owe a huge debt to this legendary reporter. When I started at USA TODAY, I was honored and flattered when he sought me out to tell me liked my work. I was walking on air. God Bless him and his family. RIP.
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Rudy Martzke….ONE OF A KIND. We all have our stories. He was a relentless reporter. A beat reporter who connected direct and deeply knew his beat. His hundreds of spiral notebooks contain the history of sports television and off-the-record quotes would tell the untold story.
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Sad about Rudy Martzke. Back in the day, Rudy cleverly stick-handled himself into ultimate arbiter of good sports TV. We had fair amount of good natured battles but you always wanted to end up at Rudy’s table in Runyon’s with lots of drinks, laughs & “Sizzlers”. RIP pal.
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RIP to Rudy Martzke, one of the founding fathers of the sports media beat. Rudy, who was always fun to be around, passed away at 82. Comment below from one of ESPN's original and longest tenured public relations officials
Remembering the most-followed reporter in sports media history, USA Today's Rudy Martzke. We had thousands of discussions; they all seemed to include either aggravation or a good laugh. Here in Bristol with Roger Werner and the man who made everyone laugh, Beano Cook.
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Very sad about the passing of the great Rudy Martzke. A friend, great sense of humor, bulldog reporter, fellow Badger (and a huge fan), sports media industry legend. Helped many a PR person (definitely me) and others across the industry with their careers…hurt a few, too.
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Sports media pays tribute to pioneering columnist Rudy Martzke, dead at 82 ; Matt does a nice job here of adding perspective to those that weren’t around when Rudy created a new Sports BEAT!✍️📑 awfulannouncing.com/newspape…
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When you saw this byline in @USATODAY Sports, you knew it would be a must-read. Never had the chance to work w/ Rudy Martzke but met him after I joined ESPN. A legendary figure and a good man. Very sad to hear of his passing today.
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