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Only people worse than Indianapolis Colts are sports writers who take part in sham press conferenceShame on the Indianapolis Colts. Shame on the NFL. And most of all, shame on the sports writers willing to go along with a bogus press conference....

Racing's Angriest Young Man And The Greatest Hits of 1961Though it's not easy to navigate I think it's worth your time to cruise on over to the Internet Archives to read the full text of The Best Sports Stories 1961. It includes pieces by Stanley Woodward, W.C. Heinz, Myron Cope, Red Smith, Blackie Sherrod, Dick Schaap, Tex Maule, Dick Young, Roger Kahn, ...

“Source? <em>I'm</em> Your Fucking Source!” Dick Young, As He Really Was To round off our Dick Young tribute/roast, please enjoy this excerpt from Keepers of the Game: When the Baseball Beat Was The Best Job On The Paper, a new oral history compiled by Dennis D’Agostino in the tradition of Jerome Holtzman’s No Cheering in the Press Box. Dennis was good enough to let me ...

Dick Young goes to Hell, files his column anyway. "Memo to Joey D.: Marilyn is sick of your weekly roses. Give it a rest." [The Stacks]...

Heaven Ain't What It Used to Be: Dick Young Goes To Hell

New York sportswriting legend Dick Young was a lot of different things. Among them, for reasons laid out in this classic Ross Wetzsteon profile, he was a man one could easily imagine having a great time filing his column from the depths of Hell. Warren Leight and Charlie Rubin ran with the conceit i...

Dick Young's America ... The Reactionary Who Changed Sportswriting ...

Originally published in the Aug. 1, 1985, issue of Sport magazine. Reprinted here with permission of the author's widow, Laura Ross....