Longtime New York Sports Broadcaster Al Trautwig Dies at 68

Host Al Trautwig at a press conference to announce new 24 hour programming on the MSG Network, which will debut on April 1, 2002, at the Madison Square Garden in New York City. Scott Gries/Getty Images

Longtime MSG Network sports broadcaster legend Al Trautwig passed away in his home on Long Island on Sunday, three days short of turning 69 years old.

Alan “Al” Trautwig’s death was first announced on social media by Alan Hahn, an ESPN Radio host and a studio analyst for MSG Networks, on Monday.