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Chargement... All Those Mornings-- at the Post (2005)par Shirley Povich
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Shirley Povich was the Dean of American sportswriters. As a columnist forThe Washington Post for more than seventyfive years, he was an eyewitness to the most thrilling moments in American sports, including: the legendary 1927 Dempsy-Tunney "long count"; the celebrated 1938 race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral; the 1946 signing of Jackie Robinson by the Brooklyn Dodgers; Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series; the Ali-Frazier fight of 1971; and the murder of eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. But Povich's columns were about more than sports; they reflected the dramatic changes in American society over the course of the 20th Century. Driven by a strong sense of social justice, Povich called for the integration of major league baseball in 1939, and twenty years later he was still at it, attacking Washington Redskins owner George Preston Marshall for having an all-white team. For the 100th anniversary of his birth, Povich's children-- David, Maury, and Lynn -- and his colleague at the Post, former sports editor George Solomon, have pulled together this panoramic collection of Povich's most beloved columns. The result is a front-row seat to the most awe-inspiring sports moments of our American Century. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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For the next 74 years, Povich (yes, father of Maury) was a mainstay of the Washington sports scene. He inspired many after him to become sports columnists, but they would never live up to Shirley. His longevity allowed him to make valid comparisons, rather than idle speculation, between the greats throughout the years, Gehrig and Ripken, Man O' War and Secretariat, Ruth and McGwire (his final column, written the day before he died).
All Those Mornings... At The Post collects his greatest columns in honor of what would have been his 100th birthday. Almost a full century of sports history is contained within the pages. His focus was usually baseball, as that was the biggest sport when he was breaking in, and his favorite. But he also wrote about boxing, horse racing, football, etc. He never went along with the crowd, being one of the first writers to decry racism in sports, and one might say that Shirley helped usher in the black athlete.
The thing that struck me most when reading his columns was how well thought out and structured they were. Reading sports columnists today is nowhere near as pleasing. Povich never seemed to have the knee-jerk reactionary column that many writers today resort to, in our 24/7 news cycle age. He wrote columns every day, and every day they were worth reading. "All Those Mornings... At The Post" is worth reading too. ( )