Albany strikes back, bar owner calls for ESPN ban after Rebecca Lobo trashes state capital
NY Post
The people of Albany are hitting back after former UConn and Liberty star Rebecca Lobo threw shade at the city while calling Monday’s LSU-Iowa March Madness game on ESPN.
As the broadcast showed Caitlin Clark’s parents, Brent and Anne, and one of her brothers near the end of the game, play-by-play man Ryan Ruocco said, “[Clark] told us, ‘they’ve been reaching out to me,’ and I’ve told them, ‘just go find something to do in Albany. I’m just staying in my room and just waiting for the game.’”
“By the way, good luck finding something to do in Albany,” Lobo, 50, replied laughing.
This enraged Todd Shapiro, a former spokesman for Ivana Trump and the owner of the “War Room Tavern” in Albany who has called for bars and restaurants to cancel their ESPN subscription and for Lobo to apologize.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Kennedy, who has written many fictional books based on Albany and its characters, said he “feels bad” for Lobo.
“If she can’t find something to do in Albany, there’s some psychological problem going on,” Kennedy, the 96-year-old Albany native, said.
