Some people who love boxing might love Mike Tyson, but people outside of the sport are generally repulsed by him and therefore, repulsed by the sport.
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.
If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I still think I was overpaid.
I was also in love with the English language.
My writing improved the more I wrote - and the more I read good writing, from Shakespeare on down.