re: Bear Bryant story for us old guys:

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Again I may be reading this wrong but to me it sounds like he started his career as a beat writer at 13.

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His dad was SID at Southern Miss. I am sure that had something to do with it. I don't recall it being 13 but I know he was in his teens. His brother (Bobby) also did sports but his was more about outdoors, especially fishing. He was killed in a car wreck a couple of years ago.