Pioneering black sportscaster Art Rust Jr. dies (AP via Yahoo! Sports)

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Pioneering African-American sportscaster and author Art Rust Jr. has died at age 82. His daughter, Suzanne Rust, said he died Tuesday in New York after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease. Rust got his start at New York radio station WWRL and worked at NBC from 1967-73. In the 1980s he hosted a popular sports talk radio show on WABC.

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