Former Packers reporter dies

GREEN BAY, Wis., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Al Sampson, who for years reported on the Green Bay Packers for two local television stations, died Monday at his home. He was 75.

Sampson is a former host of the "Vince Lombardi Show," and was given the nickname "Big Al" by the former Packers' coach while doing the show when he was sports director at WBAY.

He later went to WLUK, where he was host of two programs -- "Packerama" with Bart Starr and Doug Hart, and "Quarterback Club" with Fuzzy Thurston and Max McGee.

Over the years, he worked less because of throat cancer and finally retired in 1998. The Green Bay Press-Gazette reported that Sampson was battling brain cancer at the time of his death.