I got to know Sugar Ray but I certainly would not say we were good friends.
I began learning the sportswriting business very early in life.
I worked with Rocky Graziano and Rocky was certainly a character.
My writing improved the more I wrote - and the more I read good writing, from Shakespeare on down.
Also, I am driven by a wonderful muse called alimony.
If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I still think I was overpaid.