And speaking of Mike Vaccaro, he texted to point out that Mike Lupica always gave credit to Jimmy Cannon for inventing the notes column with the "Nobody Asked Me But …” columns Cannon wrote in the Post and the Journal-American.
My friend Wendell Barnhouse pointed out in an email that Blackie Sherrod, the legendary Texas sports writer and editor, was also a notes column pioneer. From Wendell's email: "His Sunday offering always started with "Scattershooting while wondering whatever happened to (fill in the blank with the name of a forgotten athlete/coach/etc." It was always entertaining and a must read."
And speaking of Mike Vaccaro, he texted to point out that Mike Lupica always gave credit to Jimmy Cannon for inventing the notes column with the "Nobody Asked Me But …” columns Cannon wrote in the Post and the Journal-American.
My friend Wendell Barnhouse pointed out in an email that Blackie Sherrod, the legendary Texas sports writer and editor, was also a notes column pioneer. From Wendell's email: "His Sunday offering always started with "Scattershooting while wondering whatever happened to (fill in the blank with the name of a forgotten athlete/coach/etc." It was always entertaining and a must read."