There is a photograph showing Dave Montgomery supine on a manicured golf course, a tee and golf ball clenched between his teeth.

Above him stands Kenny Stabler, the rakish quarterback who led the Oakland Raiders to Super Bowl glory in 1977.

Stabler casually addresses the ball with his driver.

It's an image that suggests both absolute trust and a certain performative masochism — the kind of thing that happens when a playful, Wyoming work ethic collides with the anything-goes ethos of professional sports in the Reagan era.

Montgomery, who has spent the better part of five decades as one of Wyoming's most colorful media hustlers, is finally ready to step away from the microphone.

The sale of his personal empire — Montgomery Broadcasting, the Cowboy State News Network, KFBC AM/FM, and the

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