I began learning the sportswriting business very early in life.
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.
I got to know Sugar Ray but I certainly would not say we were good friends.
Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose.
Sportswriters have changed more than sportswriting.
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.