• Richard S. Heller (January 10, 1938 – March 20, 2014) was a longtime sportswriter and columnist for The Washington Times. Heller began his career writing...
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  • Richard Leonard Young (October 17, 1917 – August 30, 1987) was an American sportswriter best known for his direct and abrasive style, and his 45-year association...
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    Skip Bayless (category Sportswriters from Oklahoma)
    the development. Bayless was voted Texas sportswriter of the year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association three times (1979, 1984 and...
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  • executive (b. 1948) Ralph Hall, politician (b. 1923) Dan Jenkins, sportswriter (b. 1928) Dick Nichols, politician (b. 1926) Carmine Persico, mobster and convicted...
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    she married a second time the following year, to Los Angeles Times sportswriter Dick Irving Hyland. The marriage lasted two years before the couple divorced...
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    Hunter S. Thompson (category Sportswriters from California)
    to prominence with the publication of Hell's Angels (1967), a book for which he spent a year living with the Hells Angels motorcycle club to write a first-hand...
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    was pitching for the Seattle Mariners at the age of 40, was tagged by sportswriters as "The Ancient Mariner". Twenty years later, Jamie Moyer (who pitched...
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  • Secretariat's commanding win as the 2–5 favorite caught the attention of veteran sportswriter, Charles Hatton. He later reported, "You carry an ideal around in your...
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  • Movie Ordered at Peacock: Find Out Who Is (and Isn't) Returning". TVLine. Dick, Jeremy (June 28, 2023). "Community Movie Starts Filming Next Summer, Donald...
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  • Hollywood Reporter, April 18, 2017 "Doug Smith, 81, colorful newsman, sportswriter and TV personality", The Buffalo News, April 20, 2017 "Sandy Gallin,...
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    dabbled in during the off seasons. Regarding his retirement from baseball, sportswriter Furman Bisher was quoted as saying "his future seemed unlimited...I shall...
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  • Mike Lupica (category Sportswriters from New York (state))
    1974 he graduated from Boston College. He first came to prominence as a sportswriter in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Lupica wrote "The Sporting Life" column at...
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    Reese, who grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, would sign. According to sportswriter Roger Kahn, who later became close friends with Reese, the petition essentially...
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  • quick-change artist. Ford Frick December 19, 1894 April 8, 1978 American Sportswriter who appeared in vaude. Trixie Friganza November 29, 1870 February 27...
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  • short-order cook at a diner. Vito introduces himself initially as a sportswriter named Vincent from Scottsdale, Arizona and that he's been divorced for...
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    coach John McKay called him "Errol Flynn". Local St. Petersburg Times sportswriter Hubert Mizell coined the somewhat belittling nickname "Bucco Bruce" in...
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  • The 2023 San Miguel Corporation (SMC) - Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Annual Awards was an annual awarding ceremony honoring the individuals...
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    because of his high level of commitment and performance. According to sportswriter Mark Heisler of Forbes, "circa 2004–2007, Kobe was the most alienated...
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    (March 13, 1922 – May 26, 2015) was an American sports executive and sportswriter. He was the first executive director of the National Collegiate Athletic...
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    New York City sportswriter Oscar Madison (Jack Klugman) mirrored the real life feuds he had with some of New York's leading sportswriters. He also appeared...
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  • Restless, General Hospital) (b. 1979) September 16 Dick Curtis, 95, actor (The Day It Came to Earth, Motel Hell, What Waits Below) (b. 1927/1928) Victor Fuchs...
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  • Deas, 82, English historian. 30 July – David W. Potter, 74, Scottish sportswriter. 1 August – Tony Brien, 54, Irish footballer (Leicester City, Chesterfield...
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    Arturo Godoy, Lou Nova, and Max and Buddy Baer. Though assumed by some sportswriters to have been a reference to his "pulchritude" or physical appearance...
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  • illustrator and graphic designer (b. 1931)[citation needed] Ed Lucas, 82, sportswriter (New York Yankees) (b. 1939) Lloyd McCuiston, 103, politician, member...
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  • got his name when a baby-naming contest sponsored by an antagonistic sportswriter took place following a mishap at the hospital. 194 17 "The Stench of...
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    competitiveness of the game and the public appeal of professional golf. Sportswriter Bill Lyon of Knight Ridder asked in a column, "Isn't Tiger Woods actually...
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    Post. Valli, November 18, 1968. Rappoport, p. 89. Davis, pp. 323–324. Dick Heller (November 17, 2003). "Showing of 'Heidi' sacked NFL and fans in '68"...
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  • The Echoing Green. Pantheon Books. pp. 195–196. ISBN 0-375-42154-8. Heller, Dick (March 10, 2003). "Nat Allbright was the Dodgers to many fans in the...
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    "They fight all of the time like little kids." In 1991, Barkley and sportswriter Roy S. Johnson collaborated on the autobiographical work Outrageous....
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  • (2010–2021), heart and kidney disease. Patrick Smith, 71, Australian sportswriter (The Age, The Australian). Kevin Turen, 44, American film and television...
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