Longtime WFAA-TV sports anchor Dale Hansen was the Cowboys color analyst with Brad Sham as the play-by-play announcer from 1985 – 1996.

Longtime morning news anchor Gary LaPierre, who anchored WBZ's morning newscasts for nearly 40 years, retired from WBZ at the end of 2006.

Longtime NBC newsman Edwin Newman provided live news updates in the studio during each broadcast ; studio audience members would often interrupt his reporting with laughter or groans, as if Newman were an anchor on Saturday Night Lives Weekend Update.

Longtime feature player Al Franken quit, angry that his movie Stuart Saves His Family flopped at the box office and upset that he was passed up ( in retrospect, quite rightly ) as a Weekend Update anchor in favor of Norm Macdonald.

Longtime anchor JCPenney closed effective October 1, 2005, as a smaller prototype store opened in nearby Wesley Chapel.

Longtime WMAR-TV sports anchor Scott Garceau was named the lead play-by-play man, with former Baltimore Colts running back Tom Matte as the color commentator.

Longtime Red Wings Kris Draper and Chris Osgood also announced their retirement from hockey, with both soon taking positions within the club.

* 1989 – Longtime leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria Todor Zhivkov is removed from office and replaced by Petar Mladenov.

Longtime NFL president Joe Carr had said, " No owner has made money from pro football, but a lot have gone broke thinking they could.

Longtime Maple Heights residents still refer to locations in the city by their numbered “ stop ” names from the days of the ABC line.

Longtime NBA player Detlef Schrempf attended Centralia High School as an exchange student from the former West Germany ( 1980 – 1981 ), starring in basketball

Longtime WWE announcers Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler brawled in a match officiated by Stone Cold Steve Austin, while Triple H failed in his attempt to avenge Shawn Michaels ' loss to The Undertaker from a year prior.

Longtime friend and former teammate Jeff Bagwell emerged from the Astros clubhouse to congratulate him.

Longtime Shakespeare enthusiasts, Mrs. Friedman and her husband, after retirement from government service, collaborated on a manuscript entitled " The Cryptologist Looks At Shakespeare ", eventually published as The Shakespearian ciphers examined.

Longtime guitarist Tony Fredianelli was fired from the band in early 2010.

Longtime drummer Billy Hinds retired from the road in 1984.

Longtime member Norton Buffalo died from lung cancer on October 30, 2009.

Longtime fans of the series are rewarded with small hints of the continuity between the games, as some characters and events are referenced from one game to another.

Longtime mixed martial arts reporter Dave Meltzer wrote: " Impact Fighting Championship's pay-per-view show from Sydney was a sad reminder of what the future may hold for many of today ’ s top stars.

Longtime friend Bill Wischman said Northrup had been recently admitted to an assisted living facility in Holly, Michigan, 20 miles from his home in Highland.

Longtime rival STW-9 used a large elephant, Flapper, as its mascot and NEW-10 used Kenny Kidna from the Kangaroo Creek Gang as its mascot.

Longtime residents can often tell what area the other residents are from by their accent.

" Longtime Washington broadcaster Chris Core was dismissed from WMAL in 2008 as part of a broad cost-cutting move ; his replacement, Austin Hill, was dropped in February 2009 due to Levin's show expanding and Sliwa's show moving up an hour.

** Longtime Offspring drummer Ron Welty leaves the band and is replaced by Atom Willard ( formerly of Rocket from the Crypt ).

Longtime residents and former servicemen moved from older housing into privately built housing in the North Bronx.

Longtime Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi removed the game from the series time line because it conflicted with the plot line of the main games.

Longtime heel manager ( and manager of Money Inc .) Jimmy Hart turned face by trying to stop his team from hurting Beefcake, and Hulk Hogan returned to the WWF after a one-year hiatus.

Longtime Liberal MP Jim Peterson was the riding's MP from 1980 to 1984 and from 1988 to 2007, and Martha Hall Findlay was the riding MP from 2008 to 2011.

Longtime owned by the Stokely-Van Camp company, the plant fell under the United Foods International umbrella after United Foods ' 1982 $ 50 million dollar buy-out of Van Camp's frozen vegetable division.

Longtime friend Billy Ray Cyrus, singer of Brother Clyde, released their self-titled debut album on August 10, 2010.

Longtime fan favorite LB Jessie Tuggle retired following 14 seasons in Atlanta.

Longtime " Voice of the Tribe " Tom Hamilton and Jim Rosenhaus comprise the broadcast team.

Longtime infielder / manager Phil Cavarretta, who had been a key player during the ' 45 season, was fired during spring training in 1954 after admitting the team was unlikely to finish above fifth place.

Longtime Wing Sergei Fedorov signed with the Mighty Ducks as a free agent during the offseason after a long contract dispute.

Longtime believed by Egyptologists to be " air shafts " for ventilation, this idea has now been widely abandoned in favor of the shafts serving a ritualistic purpose associated with the ascension of the king ’ s spirit to the heavens.

Longtime kickboxer Noboru Osawa won the AJKA bantam weight title, which he held for years.

Longtime Vikings assistant coach Jerry Burns was named the 4th head coach in team history on January 7, 1986.

Longtime Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is an alumnus of NMU.

" Longtime fan Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins played guitar and sang back-up on the track " Turn My Way ", and in 2001 toured with the band on dates in the UK, US, and Japan for a short period of time.

Longtime listeners to Dial-A-Song have counted at least 500 distinct songs and variations recorded by They Might Be Giants, making them one of the most prolific rock bands in history in terms of published material.

** Longtime radio music countdown show American Top 40 debuts on 5 U. S. stations with Casey Kasem as host.

Longtime hostess Christine McGlade (" Moose ") had departed the previous year, as had Alasdair Gillis ( who had been promoted to co-host with Moose in 1985 before leaving towards the end of the 1986 season ); Lisa Ruddy (" Motormouth "), Moose's longtime sidekick on the show, was also gone, having left at the end of the 1985 season.

Longtime observers of the Ghanaian political scene, however, identified two major issues at stake in the conflict between the government and its critics: the means by which political stability was to be achieved, and the problem of attaining sustained economic growth.

Longtime Cleveland Browns running back Leroy Kelly signed with Chicago.

Longtime Paints ' Bench Coach Marty Dunn served as Interim Manager in 2000 following Hanners's heart attack late in the season.

Longtime friend and co-worker, Justin Timberlake helped produce a few songs on Chasez ' album, said " In my opinion, he had the best voice out of all of us ... Out of all the boy bands, call ' em what you will, he was the one that could out-sing all of us.

Longtime Assistant Coach, Scott Layden left Utah to be a part of the San Antonio Spurs front office.

Longtime Spielberg collaborator John Williams, who composed the musical score for E. T., described the challenge of creating a score that would generate sympathy for such an odd-looking creature.