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Dan McGuire Facts

Sometimes there is a good story hanging on your living-room wall, and it goes unrealized for years. So it is with our “Big Eyes” framed print, which we have had for almost 35 years. It has a prominent location here in our apartment — just as

Norman Chad Facts

Norman A. Chad (born 1958) is an American sportswriter and syndicated columnist who is seen on the sports channel ESPN. He also was an occasional guest host on the ESPN show Pardon the Interruption and has appeared as both host and movie critic on th

Mike Penner Facts

Mike Penner (October 10, 1957 – November 27, 2009) was a sports writer for the Los Angeles Times. Penner self-identified as being “transsexual” in a 2007 column and returned from a vacation writing with the name Christine Daniels, before resuming h

Grantland Rice Facts

Henry Grantland Rice (November 1, 1880 – July 13, 1954) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter known for his elegant prose. His writing was published in newspapers around the country and broadcast on the radio.

John Carmichael Facts

John P. Carmichael (October 16, 1902 in Madison, Wisconsin – June 6, 1986 in Chicago, Illinois) was a sportswriter who began his career with the Milwaukee Leader in 1924. He moved to Chicago in 1927, where he wrote for the Chicago Herald-Examiner u

Peter Gammons Facts

Peter Gammons (born April 9, 1945) is an American sportswriter, media personality, and a recipient of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award for outstanding baseball writing, given by the Baseball Writers Association of America.

Michael Wilbon Facts

Michael Ray Wilbon (/ˈwɪlbɒn/; born November 19, 1958) is an ESPN commentator and former sportswriter and columnist for the Washington Post. He is an analyst for ESPN and has co-hosted Pardon the Interruption on ESPN with former Post writer Tony K

Skip Bayless Facts

Skip Bayless (born December 4, 1951) is an American sports columnist, author, and television personality who is best known as a commentator on the ESPN2 show, First Take, with Stephen A. Smith.

John Steadman Facts

Ray Barone Facts

Dan Cook Facts

Dan Cook was my neighbor and my friend, besides being the greatest sportswriter in these parts. He is sorely m