Dan Jenkins Rules for Sports Writing

Dan Jenkins Rules for Sports Writing

 

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Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

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Dan Jenkins Rules for Sports Writing

The Army - Navy Game

The series has been discontinued a couple of times because of anger. Very soon after it began, President Grover Cleveland stopped it. It seems that following the game of 1893, a brigadier general and a rear admiral got into such a bitter argument about it that they challenged each other to a duel. There was no Army-Navy game for five years. - Dan Jenkins  

From the book Saturday's America. Now I want to know more of this story about the almost duel.

Dan Jenkins Rules for Sports Writing

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Always thought it was ironic that Teddy Roosevelt is next to Thomas Jefferson on Mount Rushmore. Roosevelt hated Jefferson and thought he was the worst President in US history... No amount of cooling will freeze helium into a solid. And no amount of money or PR will turn Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg into likable human beings... Dan Jenkins' rules for sports writing... The old robber barons at least used to fund institutions of higher learning - think Stanford, Vanderbuilt and CalTech. What are the modern day tech robber barons leaving for future generations?... (Supposedly) the top 25 beaches in the US. Haven't been to Hawaii but have been to 7 of these beaches and I can say for sure #7 isn't even the best beach in New England... Think matching Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Chia Pets would make great Christmas gifts for almost anyone on your naughty and nice list. They already have a Donald Trump version... 

Dan Jenkins

Sports writer and novelist Dan Jenkins has passed away at age 90. How much is was revered in the sports writing community can be viewed with just a small sample of the many who have paid their respects.

SI pays their respects

ESPN pays their respects.

The Ringer pays their respects.

And of course his daughter, columnist Sally has the best of all.

Time to buy another copy of Semi-Tough or maybe Dead Solid Perfect. RIP Mr. Jenkins.