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Frank Isola tells heartwarming tale of young Stephon Marbury

Most Knicks fans have at best mixed emotions regarding Stephon Marbury's tenure at MSG. Roughly 97% of Knicks fans wouldn't shed a tear if Frank Isola got transferred from the New York Daily News to the Anchorage Daily News.

Still, it's important to remember that Marbury is generally a good guy, who overcame tremendous odds and made it out of a brutal Coney Island neighborhood, and that Isola is capable of legitimate human emotions.

The scribe and the athlete crossed paths very early in life, as Isola relayed during this behind-the-scenes clip from ESPN's Around the Horn.