I'd also add that if you run into one of the players from the '72 perfect season team, NEVER, EVER suggest that it wasn't the greatest team of all...
We've traveled to western North Carolina annually for the past 20 or so years and I recall seeing many AJC boxes in the areas south and west of...
The major metro I worked at for more than 20 years finally won its first Pulitzer in 2013 -- and deservedly so -- five years after I left. In the...
One more from my first job out of college. I wrote a weekly notes column on high school basketball around the state. The Illinois School for the...
A few of my favorites over the years (a few of which, thankfully, didn't make the paper): The walls in Shula's office are baron. Tycoon lashes...
Can't speak with much authority on what's going on there now, but that paper had one hell of a sports section back in the day. I interviewed for a...
Shula is a clear No. 1 on South Florida's football Mount Rushmore, but I'd vote for Schnellenberger as No. 2, with Dan Marino and Joe Robbie also...
Recalling the Neon, I can't say the photographer's caption was inaccurate. Still, if there are two things I've learned over the years, one is...
Sounds like the perfect storm. Very few sets of eyes are looking at content these days before it goes into print or online even under the best of...
This lead from that game, written by Joe Trimble of the New York Daily News and a play on Larsen's frequent carousing, was really good, too. "The...
That regrettable Schottenheimer headline calls to mind a piece of wisdom from a former boss: "It was truthful, but that doesn't mean it was the...
Same with me for my two years of service before the pension plan went away. Good thing the pensions aren't under the umbrella of the publishing...
It's been all downhill ever since Tribune Co. merged with Times Mirror in 2000. Obviously, given what has happened in the industry, Tribune...
At the first large paper I worked with long ago, the job classification for entry-level desk hires was "journeyman copy editor I," and if you did...
In a similar vein, I've seen baseball writers report that a pitcher coming back from an injury will "throw a bullpen." Hope it's not too heavy!...
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