I would never take somebodies death to be funny but when those connected to the a "known" Ravens podcast were confirming it sure appeared to be something legitimate and now it looks like it is.
“Anthony Siragusa[1] (born May 14, 1967 - died June 22, 2022[2]), nicknamed "Goose", was a former National Football League defensive tackle who spent 12 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and the Baltimore Ravens.”
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Retired former Ravens defensive tackle Tony Siragusa died in his sleep at age 55. Former Ravens teammate Brad Jackson: 'He was the leader, he was our captain. He meant everything to everyone. It's a sad day. I just talked to him on Sunday. It's terrible.'
I literally thought about him for the first time in years on the Gronk retirement thread yesterday. I felt like the only way I could see Gronk as an “announcer” was in that Goose type of “on the field” role, and even that felt like a stretch.
He was a key ingredient to the best defense of the last 25 years. You couldn’t run on that team, and having him and Sam Adams clean up space for Ray Lewis and co. was a big reason why.
I live right next to/in both of their former haunts (Liotta - Union and Cranford, NJ and Kenilworth, NJ for Siragusa).
I know he owns a couple of bungalows near Lavallette, NJ on the Jersey Shore, but mostly rents them out. I've seen him a time or two at a couple of local restaurants when I'm in that area. Sorry to hear this news.
Yep he owned Tiffany's in Pinebrook. They used to tape a show their before Monday night football and it was fun to go down when he was there doing that. Of course I'm talking like 15 years ago now... lol
Have any idea when that was? I wanna say 2007 or so.
Anywho, I was always kind of "worried" when I'd see him on the sidelines during the Giants games years after he was done playing and took notice he never shed any weight. If he did lose any, it wasn't much.
He was always 1 of my favorites (Irv Cross being the other) - one of the best IMO. He had a "big goofy jock" type style that I felt gave the viewer some insight to the inner workings of the locker room ... and having been an ex-player (Tony S. ... not me) who happened to WIN A SB (need I remind anyone?) - gave his reporting style a credibility that some of the other sideline reporters don't have and never will have. Draw your own conclusions on that last sentence ... ; )
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The Ravens podcaster for Barstool tweeted it out. Barstool isn't exactly ESPN but it's also not a guy on the street
RIP (if true)
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I mean, it's BBI. If he was wrong ... no big deal.
Aaron Wilson
@AaronWilson_NFL
Retired former Ravens defensive tackle Tony Siragusa died in his sleep at age 55. Former Ravens teammate Brad Jackson: 'He was the leader, he was our captain. He meant everything to everyone. It's a sad day. I just talked to him on Sunday. It's terrible.'
Haha, why is everyone pretending there's outrage over Dan posting it. Literally one dude made one comment.
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He was a key ingredient to the best defense of the last 25 years. You couldn’t run on that team, and having him and Sam Adams clean up space for Ray Lewis and co. was a big reason why.
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Sad, was a nice guy.
RIP.
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Liotta and now Goose.
I live right next to/in both of their former haunts (Liotta - Union and Cranford, NJ and Kenilworth, NJ for Siragusa).
I know he owns a couple of bungalows near Lavallette, NJ on the Jersey Shore, but mostly rents them out. I've seen him a time or two at a couple of local restaurants when I'm in that area. Sorry to hear this news.
RIP...
Sad, was a nice guy.
RIP.
Good memory... he played Frankie Cortese.
RIP Goose. 55 is way too young
RIP Goose. 55 is way too young
Yep he owned Tiffany's in Pinebrook. They used to tape a show their before Monday night football and it was fun to go down when he was there doing that. Of course I'm talking like 15 years ago now... lol
He did.
Anywho, I was always kind of "worried" when I'd see him on the sidelines during the Giants games years after he was done playing and took notice he never shed any weight. If he did lose any, it wasn't much.
He ripped corded Stewart!
Several of these stories in sports and out...mentioned earlier. Tragic...for the families of the these people.
He was always 1 of my favorites (Irv Cross being the other) - one of the best IMO. He had a "big goofy jock" type style that I felt gave the viewer some insight to the inner workings of the locker room ... and having been an ex-player (Tony S. ... not me) who happened to WIN A SB (need I remind anyone?) - gave his reporting style a credibility that some of the other sideline reporters don't have and never will have. Draw your own conclusions on that last sentence ... ; )
R.I.P. Mr Siragusa.
RIP Big guy!
Ray Lewis gave a lot of credit to the dirty work TS did in the trenches freeing him up.