Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose.

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I was also in love with the English language.

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Sportswriters have changed more than sportswriting.

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Also, I am driven by a wonderful muse called alimony.

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I just can't believe all the things I did that decade.

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My top three were Jim Brown, Wilt Chamberlain and Bo Jackson.

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I began learning the sportswriting business very early in life.

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I worked with Rocky Graziano and Rocky was certainly a character.

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I got to know Sugar Ray but I certainly would not say we were good friends.

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Sugar Ray Leonard was as close as anyone came after Ali to being Ali, but he wasn't Ali.

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