ERVING PASSES TORCH TO JORDAN, NBA'S NEW KING By GLENN NELSON February 5, 1987 Publication: THE SEATTLE TIMES Page: C3 Word Count: 1379 CHICAGO, Jan. 17 _ Early in Michael Jordan's first career backcourt matchup with Philadelphia's Julius Erving, Chicago's John Paxson is motoring downcourt on a fast breakaway. The standing-room-only Chicago Stadium crowd of …
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Bernie’s Odessey
SOME BAD BOUNCES HAVEN'T DAUNTED SONICS COACH BERNIE BICKERSTAFF By GLENN NELSON April 24, 1988 Publication: PACIFIC MAGAZINE, THE SEATTLE TIMES Page: 16 Word Count: 4287 Benham, Ky., is a company town fast losing its company. An economically battered and slowly vanishing coal-mining community nestled in the Appalachians, it offers few inducements to visitors. The …
In Bob Kloppenbug I Trusted
Bob Kloppenburg isn’t truly gone because his words and ideas continue to percolate in my head like balls in a bingo cage.
Citation Journalism and the Blurring Lines in Reporting
Last Saturday, I saw a front-page tease on The Seattle Times that stirred my heart: The newspaper was reporting that one of my childhood idols, Spencer Haywood, had been elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. But by the time I went to read the story on the newspaper’s website later that day, things had …
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