If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I still think I was overpaid.
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In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the dominant figure.
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My writing improved the more I wrote - and the more I read good writing, from Shakespeare on down.
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All of journalism is a shrinking art. So much of it is hype. The O.J. Simpson story is a landmark in the decline of journalism.
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I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit the curve ball, the jump shot, or the opposing ball carrier.
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Some people who love boxing might love Mike Tyson, but people outside of the sport are generally repulsed by him and therefore, repulsed by the sport.
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I came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by using the many gifts of the English language to intrigue and hook a reader.
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Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950's when it seemed that he would either win or lose the championship about every three or four months.
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It's kind of ironic that the two sports with the greatest characters, boxing and horse racing, have both been on the decline. In both cases it's for the lack of a suitable hero.
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Sugar Ray and talked about doing some articles together or writing a book together but dealing with Sugar Ray was a lot like fighting him. He would fake you in and then he'd drop you.
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