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Best sports personality you've ever covered...

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by chazp, Jun 16, 2007.

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  1. chazp

    chazp Active Member

    Nitschke? How long have you been in the biz?
     
    chazp, Jun 17, 2007
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  2. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Hmmm. My top two would be: Whitey Ford and Tim Hardaway. This was probably 7 or 8 years ago, and Ford's still around, but I was warned even then about him having gotten old and cranky and to not expect to take too much time with him. I couldn't get rid of the guy, though, and ended up with various phone numbers because he wanted me to call him with some info I didn't have at my fingertips, regarding a side conversation we had after the interview. He was a great story teller. I can't imagine what he was like when he was younger and sharper. Hardaway--his recent bout of homophobia notwithstanding--always cracked me up and gave me two of the most ridiculous monologues I have ever gotten from someone during an interview. We actually ran a transcript of him expounding on the virtues of fruity pebbles as a breakfast cereal, which reads even funnier today, given what we know now about his feelings about gays. Honorable mentions go to my all-defense team: Michael Strahan (Yes, I know everyone thinks he is a dick), Brian Dawkins and Derrick Brooks (not so much because he is colorful, but because 1) he is an interesting person, and 2) I need a translator on hand to understand half of what he says with the Florida accent).
     
    The Big Ragu, Jun 17, 2007
    #50
  3. lono

    lono Active Member

    Points deducted for spelling Earnhardt's name wrong. Duoh!
     
    lono, Jun 17, 2007
    #51
  4. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    In the last few years, Rob Woodward, former Red Sox pitcher, who lives in town.
     
    Songbird, Jun 17, 2007
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  5. clutchcargo

    clutchcargo Active Member

    Top four:

    1. Pete Rose. Very profane, but amazing memory.

    2. Ben Hogan. I was well prepared, but still ended up intimidated. Could actually feel my face turning red.

    3. Magic Johnson. Always stayed until every writer had asked all his or her questions. Amazing, and insightful.

    4. Lou Holtz.

    3.
     
    clutchcargo, Jun 17, 2007
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  6. Mystery_Meat

    Mystery_Meat Guest

    Add me to the list of Force fans, but really almost anyone in the drag racing scene kicks ass as far as being good personalities and easy to deal with. Covered an NHRA event a few years back and even the biggest names (Force, Schumacher, Dixon) were as easy to talk to as the folksy high school baseball coach who's been there for 30 years.
     
    Mystery_Meat, Jun 17, 2007
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  7. BillyT

    BillyT Active Member

    Maxwell visited our school recently, something he does a lot of.

    He was a gracious as anyone I have ever seen.
     
    BillyT, Jun 17, 2007
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  8. BillyT

    BillyT Active Member

    Oh, that was a great, great team to be rooting for as a 10-year-old. (No, I am not deliberately trying to make you feel old).

    That's one of the few teams where each of the starting five was a great fan-favorite in his own right.

    Was the immortal Hawthorne Wingo on that team, too?
     
    BillyT, Jun 17, 2007
    #56
  9. SixToe

    SixToe Well-Known Member

    I ain't that old. Had a long lunch with him several years after he retired.

    Earnhardt ... Senior and Junior. Senior was better.
     
    SixToe, Jun 18, 2007
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  10. spnited

    spnited Active Member


    HaRthorne Wingo joined the team in midseason, replacing atrocious first-round draft pick Tom Riker.

    As a group, that was the most media friendly team I've ever been around... meaning was I was spoiled for life at the ripe old age of 23.
     
    spnited, Jun 18, 2007
    #58
  11. hanging_curveball

    hanging_curveball Member

    John Force, Brandon Roy, Eddie Sutton.
     
    hanging_curveball, Jun 18, 2007
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  12. Pete Wevurski

    Pete Wevurski Member

    My god ... three pages in and nobody's mentioned a guy by either of his names: Cassius Clay / Muhammad Ali

    Spnited, we sure are the old dogs in this crowd!
     
    Pete Wevurski, Jun 18, 2007
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