OldMacManaic wrote:

announcements hitting local and national media about the passing of Kenny Moore, including a quick-hit on O-Live from Ken Goe. impressive summaries of his career as a runner and an author.
once upon a time, Sports Illustrated was actually worth reading. authors like Dan Jenkins, Frank Deford, Rick Telander, and Kenny Moore. cutting-edge journalism on race in sports and environmental issues like acid rain destroying centuries-old trout streams.
now it's a timid and comfy advertising vehicle, and we get our 'news' from 'personalities' on cable shout-shows and in 280-character tweets.
link below to the piece Moore once wrote on Gerry Lindgren, the unlikely and unbreakable distance runner from Spokane and Wazzu who one day just dropped out of his life and disappeared. one of the best g.d. things I've ever read, about anything.
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https://vault.si.com/vault/1987/05/18/a-life-on-the-run-once-upon-a-time-gerry-lindgren-was-the-uss-best-distance-runner-then-he-disappeared-swapping-the-responsibilities-of-marriage-and-fatherhood-for-a-new-identity-and-a-succession-of-odd-jobs-the-author-an-old-
 

That was a great read, OMM..thanx. So true, real sports journalism is nothing like it was, but there are still some, like Tyson, that can put a good story together. Clickbait rules the day, and reading seems to be out of favor these days.