Recent content by ChrisHays

Someone sent me the Vanifesto, and forgive me if this was posted earlier, but for those who may have missed it: April 12, 1999 To the sports staff of the Orlando Sentinel: I am looking forward to working with each of you very soon. Not much new has happened in sports sections over the last...

The desk also came up with a glossary, inspired by Van over his years in Orlando: Van Glossary * Vanifesto - The original edict that what used to be done at the Sentinel was no longer an acceptable excuse. (Sorry Von, I do not have a copy of this, but I'm sure someone does) * Vanectomy -...

I remember that spring day in 1999, when Van walked into the Sentinel newsroom and had a sports clerk running downstairs to fill his parking meter because he didn't yet have a parking pass. The guards even stopped him at the gate because he didn't have a Sentinel ID. That was the last day they...