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re: What did Kim do?
Posted on 3/24/24 at 1:54 pm to OlGrandad
Posted on 3/24/24 at 1:54 pm to OlGrandad
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My uncle was a sports writer in the late 40s and 50s. He was friends with Ty Cobb , who called him when he found out my uncle was in a terminal situation. He would tell me stories about the sports figures he would party with. I asked him if he had ever considered writing a book about all these adventures".
He said no, his job was to write about sports and he would never cross that line .
Good for your uncle. Not many old-school journalists left.
These days, they value their worth by hits. Any made up crap can work, as long as it gets hits.
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Posted on 3/24/24 at 2:25 pm to SpotCheckBilly
Like I said, for the close to a quarter century I spent in sports, my deal was covering games. I could do it but I really didn’t care for writing columns, going to pre-game press conferences or writing pre-game stories, or doing personality pieces. I lived for being at the actual ball games and reporting what happened.
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