Halberstam dead

[spud]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2847054

Sad day.

 

[Chi City 81]

So should this be the thread to discuss his work?

 

[SoSueMe]

This is a D_B

 

[HejiraHenry]

This is a D_B

Which makes it no less sad, but on two levels.

 

[Leo Mazzone]

So should this be the thread to discuss his work?

I would support this idea.

 

[spud]

So should this be the thread to discuss his work?

Summer of '49 was a hell of a book, and I don't give a flip about the Yankees or the Sox.

 

[Moland Spring]

I recently read the book on Belichick. One of the best takes on a "biography" I've ever read. More of a profile of his coaching style and its origins... Tremendous.

 

[MertWindu]

So where'd everyone play it in the paper? I'd say for my shop, but I'm so embarrassed I could cry.

 

[estreetfan75]

Sad day indeed.

The Belichick book was very good. Wished it was longer.

Who knows if Steve Kelley of the Seattle Times looks at this site, but would like to here his thoughts -- he was mentioned several times during 'Breaks of the Game' as the Blazers beat reporter in the late 1970s.

 

[SoSueMe]

So where'd everyone play it in the paper? I'd say for my shop, but I'm so embarrassed I could cry.

I was done before deadline, but I'm willing to bet ZERO play up here north of the border.

I own The Teammates (which is pretty damn good) and Summer of '49 (which is the first "baseball book" I ever owned).

 

[John]

Did papers run this in A section or in sports?

 

[CapeCodder]

Proud to say we had it on the front page of our paper.

 

[WazzuGrad00]

Who knows if Steve Kelley of the Seattle Times looks at this site, but would like to here his thoughts -- he was mentioned several times during 'Breaks of the Game' as the Blazers beat reporter in the late 1970s.

<a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2003678482_kelley24.html">
Click here for Kelley's column on Halberstam</a>

 

[Ike Broflovski]

That was a very nice column. Thanks for posting it.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

Well done.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

What is up with Kelley's leave of absence?
Is it related to Halberstam's death?

 

[estreetfan75]

Before his column today, Kelley's archive doesn't show a column since early April so I'm assuming he was already on leave.

 

[ColbertNation]

Should I be uneasy because when I told my EIC he was dead, he looked up and said, "Who is that?"?

 

[imjustagirl2]

Should I be uneasy because when I told my EIC he was dead, he looked up and said, "Who is that?"?

Um...wow.

 

[MileHigh]

Um, yes.