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Ralph Barbieri, landmark Bay Area sports media figure, dies at By Steve Berman Aug 4, He leaves behind his son, Tayte Ali Barbieri.
He told me some great stories about when he was single in San Francisco and hoo, he liked to get after a little bit. He would certainly go out on the town and have a good time. And he was all San Francisco, percent through and through. In his bones, a San Franciscan and he loved the city.
He loved the Giants, he loved being able to do what he did. Barbieri often reminded the listening audience of his scholastic achievements and extensive vocabulary, along with his journalistic experience as a writer for Sport Magazine.
Yet he was anything but impartial. Already a subscriber? Log In. Subscribe now to get full access to the new sports page. Through in vitro fertilization with a surrogate mother, his son, Tayte Ali, was born in , and Barbieri embraced his new role as a father.
He later said he swore off alcohol and drugs when he became a father. Raised in Millbrae, he attended the University of San Francisco on an academic scholarship — he was a member of the cheerleading squad — and earned a degree in political science with a minor in philosophy. After returning to San Francisco, he decided to write an article about Bill Walton, the iconoclastic center of the Portland Trail Blazers.
They met in a hotel in Oakland, where the Blazers were playing the Warriors. Barbieri accepted an invitation from Walton to spend a week at his home in Oregon to let him see how he lived. Barbieri eventually sold the long story to Sport magazine.
Barbieri decided that talk radio was what he wanted to do. Salvadore wanted somebody more controversial. Eventually, Barbieri was shifted to the prized afternoon-drive slot as the station moved to a hour all-sports format. Email: sportsdesk sfchronicle. Most Popular. A's get back in the radio game, at the perfect time. Mike Krukow's path to work, and other broadcasting notes. Top of the News. Cal outbreak: With high vaccination rates, what should testing policies be?
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