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A chance to dive into sports journalism this summer
2007-04-30 20:20:00 There is only one week left before the application deadline for the Sports Institute at Boston University. This is a great opportunity to dive in more intensely into the craft of sports journalism. The Sports Institute also hosts interviews with professional journalists at the Sports Media Guide. You can contact Frank Shorr, the director of the institute, at fshorr@bu.edu for more information. If you go, send me a note on your experience.-30- More About: News , Journalism , Summer , Chance
Softball -- covering games
2007-04-27 15:43:00 Softball is not just baseball played with a bigger ball. There are more than a few differences. Obviously, the ball is much larger. As a result, the field dimensions are also significantly different. The outfield fences are not as deep since a larger ball does not carry as far, and the bases are 60 feet apart, thirty feet closer than for a baseball field. The game is also played much more quickly than the three-plus hour games featured in the major leagues. Softball games go two fewer innings, ending after seven in college and international competition. Plus, the game moves at a faster pace. Pitchers do not spend time worrying about runners who cannot leave a base until the ball leaves the hand of the pitcher. So pitchers can just concentrate on batters.Bunting is used much more frequently in softball. Unlike in baseball, where designated hitters and aluminum bats lead to high-scoring games and big innings, softball teams typically try to score a run at a time. Check out how often a... More About: Games , Tips , Ring , Cover , Soft
Dad, thanks for a love of games
2007-04-26 17:34:00 Sports to me mean much more than who wins and who loses. Sports are my connection to my roots, to my family ? and, most of all, to my father, a man who bestowed on me a love for games. Unfortunately, I can no longer speak with him. He died two years ago today. I can no longer call him when the Yankees play poorly, as they have the past five days, and discuss which bums need to be traded away. And I can no longer ask him for advice about coaching.Sports are a natural connection between fathers and sons ? and, more and more, they are an important connection between dads, moms and daughters. That?s true for me and my girls. My father taught me many lessons about life ? and a few more important ones like how to lay down a great drag bunt or how to roll my wrists when I made contact. Those days spent playing with my father were some of the finest in my life. So let?s not forget why we love sports ? for the enjoyment of the game and for the time spent with those we care about.I recently c... More About: Commentary , Games , Love , Game , Thanks
Halberstam will be missed
2007-04-24 07:54:00 David Halberstam, one of America?s best writers, died earlier this evening in a car accident near San Francisco. He was in California working on his 22nd book, this one on NFL hall of famer Y.A. Tittle who now lives in that area.Halberstam, 73, won a Pulitzer for international reporting in 1964, when he covered the Vietnam War for the New York Times. A few years later, he quit full-time journalism to write books on a variety of topics. His 2002 book, "War in a Time of Peace," nearly earned a second Pulitzer (it was runner-up for non-fiction.)"I think that he was the nation's premier journalist," said John Seigenthaler, Tennessean chairman emeritus and a friend in an article in the Nashville Tennessean.I know Halberstam best for his sports books that includes ?Teammates,? which is about several Boston Red Sox teammates driving to Florida to see Ted Will iams before he died. A few weeks ago, I finished "The Education of a Coach," a book that every football beat writer should read. The... More About: News , Miss , Alber , Stam
Tennis -- covering matches
2007-04-19 22:32:00 When Sports Illustrated?s Jon Wertheim covers a tennis match, he goes old school, breaking out pen and paper to take notes midst the aisles of laptops. He divides the page into two vertical halves. On the left side, he scribbles about on-court actions, writing notes like ?lots of double faults,? ?lost four straight after streaker cross the court,? ?looks heavier than normal. On the right side of the page, Wertheim writes what he calls ?atmospheric jottings? that include anything from the words on a fan's banner to the weather to the music played on the public address system during breaks in the action. Says Wertheim: ?Basically, anything you wouldn?t necessarily pick up watching at home on TV.?But once he starts developing the game story, Wertheim is clearly not stuck in the past. He does not merely offer play-by-play. Instead, he focuses on themes, trends, and news, something he does exceptionally well. Wertheim?s work has been featured in The Best American Sports Writing antholog... More About: Tennis , Tips , Matches , Ring , Cover
What role does sport serve when tragedy strikes?
2007-04-17 16:10:00 I have been invited to blog for the Journal of Sport s Media, which focuses on sports media issues. The JSM is an academic journal published annually by the University of Nebraska Press and the University of Mississippi Department of Journalism. The Journal also publishes academic research that "adds to the understanding of sports media in terms of their practice, value and effect on the culture as a whole."I just posted some commentary on the role of sports when a tragedy, like the shootings at Virginia Tech, strikes. You can check it out by clicking here.Here is the beginning:On a day like this, it is difficult to think about sports. Nothing much matters when you hear 31 people have been massacred on a college campus. Nothing matters except taking care of family and connecting with friends. So your school softball team wins 3-2, or the local high school takes the conference title. That doesn?t mean much on a day like this. Instead of worrying about pitch counts or golf strokes, we?... More About: Commentary , Tragedy , Rage , When
Don't be a Jennie: Get your sports terms right.
2007-04-14 19:07:00 Talk about a tenacious, aggressive defense. Oklahoma?s basketball players used their feet to cut off angles and their hands to knock passes away to limit Marquette to a single free throw in the final four minutes of a recent NCAA tournament game. The 10-1 run enabled the Sooners to complete a 78-47 rout and reach the Sweet Sixteen for the fifth time.How did the Oklahoma women?s team do it? "I would like to play man-to-man defense the whole game and just dog teams,? said head coach Sherri Coale, ?but you can't always do that."Some would argue her team could never do that. How can women play man-to-man defense? That?s a question worth investigating. A college journalism adviser recently asked me a similar question. How can we call infielders first, second and third basemen when they are clearly female? She suggested several options, including citing players in this manner: ?Jane Smith, first base, hit a home run.? This could create more confusion than clarity. We have changed the nam... More About: Sports , Commentary , Terms , Right , Spor
New student-run football poll might be fun
2007-04-12 05:32:00 There?s an interesting poll set to kick off next football season, one where college students determine the rankings.The founders of this poll seem like spirited fans who want to do something for the fun of it. Isn?t that what sports are all about?Poll s used to be a way to debate the best football teams in the country, prompting fun-loving discussions in bars and dorm rooms ? until these polls were co-opted to determine who would play in the Bowl Championship Series. Everybody else then scrambles to find the highest-paying bowl game instead of working toward earning a national title. The BCS is fueled by the greed of major sports conferences.So now two former students ? Igor Khayet and Daniel Singer ? have started a poll run exclusively by college students. Student writerpoll.com might add some fun back into the college football debates. But do not take it too seriously. Despite what the founders believe, this poll will not be more informed than those run by the Associated Press, USA ... More About: News , Football , Ball
Track & Field ? covering meets
2007-04-10 16:28:00 Track and field is not a major beat in the United States; instead, it?s a sport that garners more interest in the years preceding and following an Olympics. Otherwise, it is relegated to second-tier, or fringe status, by most editors and writers even though it an exciting sport to cover. Cover ing a track meet is like reporting on 14 (or more) little stories. It?s just a matter of which events to focus on ? the 100 meters, 1,500 meters, the long jump? Most of these choices are made before the meet begins.Fewer readers understand the rules or know the athletes in a sport like track. That means a reporter needs to find a human interest angle that even non-track fans can enjoy. ?When you cover track and field and swimming, maybe two out of a hundred readers are really devoted to the sport,? says New York Times sportswriter Frank Litsky. ?You can?t write for two people. You have to pull in the others by focusing on people. Like the swimmer with the defibrillator or runner recovering from... More About: Tips , Ring , Over , Track
Frozen 4 coverage reveals sad trend
2007-04-09 06:11:00 In case you haven?t heard, the Wisconsin women?s college hockey team won its second consecutive NCAA title. Badgers goalie Jessie Vetter stopped 32 shots for a 3-0 victory over Minnesota in the championship game.Sadly, most sports fans did not know this. As I mentioned last month, women?s sports are merely a second thought to most sports editors (see ?Frozen Four gets frigid reception in most sports departments? under commentary on this blog). That became even clearer this weekend when another Big Ten team (Michigan State) won the men?s college hockey title in St. Louis. CBSsportsline.com, ESPN.com and USAToday.com devoted considerably more space to the Spartans winning their second title in 21 years than they had to Wisconsin?s winning its second title in a row last month.The Badgers posted the better record (36-1-4), but Michigan State (29-11-2) scored more coverage from national media outlets. We?ll see how much space USA Today devotes in tomorrow?s editions, but bet on more than... More About: Commentary , Rage , Cover , Over , Vera
Don?t be a blowhard ? add more sources to columns, stories
2007-04-05 21:41:00 Research. Observe. Interview.That?s how journalists learn about any topic, whether it?s a story on the university?s budget or if it?s a story on a baseball game.Too many young reporters fail to realize this. I recently judged two state contests ? for high school and college sports journalists. The biggest problem: a lack of sources. I read profile stories that relied on a single source, usually the athlete or coach profiled. Many columns did not have any original reporting. And most game stories included quotes only from the home team. As a result, these sports stories were uniformed and under-reported. But that?s what we do ? report. That means we need to fully prepare for assignments. Before covering a game, sports reporters should research team rosters, stats, and recent performance by speaking with coaches and by reading previously published stories. For columns, reporters should hang out at practices, attend games, and speak with experts to get a more informed opinion. In addi... More About: Stories , General , Tips , Hard , Tories
You can learn much by listening to sports writers
2007-04-05 21:40:00 Just found a great site that features interviews with sports writers, journalists who cover everything from high school to professional sports in print and television. Sports Media Guide features interviews with Joe Posnanski (right), Harvey Araton and Bob Ley, among others. You'll learn much about the business and craft of sports reporting in these interviews. For instance, what's it like to cover sports? "People wonder what it's like to be a sportswriter and I tell them it's not what they think ? they think we're out tailgating," says Ken Burger, columnist for the Charleston (S.C.) Post & Courier. "It's like being the designated driver at happy hour ? you're the guy working when everybody else is partying. You see fans at their worst or best, inebriated and their passion runneth over. I pick on'em a lot because they're fun to pick on."Bookmark this web site. I have (on the right side of this blog). Like me, I suspect you'll want to keep going back for more.-30- More About: News , Writers , Listen , Much
Three inspiring (and instructive) books
2007-04-05 05:06:00 Over lunch, a colleague of mine tried to explain what he taught over in English, something that both intrigued and scared me. He called it creative non-fiction. I’d read uncreative fiction and creative journalism, but this seemed more like an excuse for a journalist to make up information and publish it as fact. He promised that was not the case. Rather, the genre is a combination of many approaches that cross over several subject areas, like Gonzo and Literary Journalism.I learned I had, in fact, read several examples of creative non-fiction that included Tom Wolfe’s From Bauhaus To Our House, an investigation of modern architecture, and The Painted Word, a book that similarly comments on modern art, among other things. I’d also read many essayists he cited, among them Montaigne, Bacon, Hazlitt, Thoreau, and E.B. White. I was intrigued, but not yet compelled to take on the form itself. I read a few more essays but soon lost interest. I returned to my comfort zone by writing s... More About: Books , Book , Ring , Three
Get ready for the next big championship -- covering bowling
2007-04-03 07:38:00 Now that the Florida Gators have repeated as NCAA basketball champions, a nation can turn its tired eyes to the next big sports title game. (That is after tonight’s exciting women’s basketball match-up between Rutgers and Tennessee.)Just over an hour down the road from Gainesville, eight teams will compete for the National Collegiate Women's Bowling Champions hip at Brunswick Wekiva Lanes in Apopka.Yup. Bowling is an NCAA sport, not that you’d know from the coverage in most daily and college newspapers. A search of women’s bowling scored only a few hits on Lexis Nexis and Google searches.Nobody is covering bowling. Like lacrosse, field hockey and cross country, bowling is not a sport that attracts much attention – certainly not at a time of the year when you have March Madness, Opening Day, and the Masters, among other spring sports extravaganzas.I am probably more fond of bowling than most. The sport gave me my start, sort of. I was the bowling columnist at the Fort Myers... More About: The N , Read , Next
Keeping score is a joy: Here's how to jump in
2007-04-01 19:38:00 (The video is a time lapse of last year's Opening Day at Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals.)Grab your scorebook, pull out a pencil, and get ready for the most exciting day in sports. Nah, not the NCAA basketball championship. We’re talking Opening Day, a day where every baseball fan has dreams, not nightmares – and a day where we reconnect with our past, recounting days spent playing catch with our dads or of afternoons spent running around a freshly mown baseball field. The sweetly cut grass overcome only by the more nostalgic smell of a leather glove, still glistening and soft and forgiving on this first day of the season. (Excuse me while I grab a glove from the closet, where I keep one used by my father when he played in the 1930s and 1940s. The MacGregor Gold Smith (G114) is barely bigger than my hand, but it caught many a baseball when my father was playing in Hoboken and Jersey City, N.J., dreaming of being the next Joe DiMaggio. It was oiled last winter in ... More About: How To , Core , Keep , Here , Score
All should fight for free speech
2007-03-30 23:07:00 The great John Siegenthaler spoke briefly at the Center for Innovation in College Media in Nashville, Tenn. The man who fought for civil rights and continues to battle for freedom of expression said he wishes he could jump more into new media reporting. “I’m in my 80th year, but I wish I were starting over,” Siegenthaler said. “There’s the chance to do so much with the written word that’s never been done before. I wish to hell I was your age – and not for the reasons you might think.”Everybody needs to learn more about the Siegenthaler and the continued fight of all journalists (and citizens) for freedom of expression,. You can start by checking out the Free dom Forum and First Amendment Center site and by reading as much as you can on Sieganthaler. (photo/Brian Poulter)-30- More About: Fight , Free Speech , Should , Speech
Training offered at sports reporting institute
2007-03-30 22:46:00 Here's an opportunity for students looking to dig into sports more intensely.Here's the desciption from their website. Check it out (and let me know if you attend.) Would love to hear from someone attending this during the summer."The Sport s Institute will offer an intensive four-week program of study, combining the practical and theoretical works of the sports industry. The purpose of the Institute is to train professionals and to offer a unique, specialized program in a nationally renowned academic setting.This summer the institute is scheduled for June 4 - June 29, 2007.Participants in the program will take four courses over the period of study, meeting a minimum of four hours a week per course. The intensive area of study will be open to current Boston University students as well as students from other colleges and universities. College students must have at least junior or above status. Graduate students are welcome as well. Professionals seeking career advancement are encour... More About: Training , Report , Port
Last Best League teaches much about baseball
2007-03-30 19:39:00 Anybody covering baseball should pick up Jim Collins’ The Last Best League , a book that covers the top wooden-bat league in the nation. The top college baseball players in the country gather in Cape Cod each summer to see how they compare to other top prospects. Collins follows a team through a summer season. You’ll get a chance to see another side of professional and college baseball in this wonderfully written book. This book also teaches much about setting, something sports journalists need to capture for gamers, features, and profiles. Setting should be more than mere background in a story, something Collins proves. Setting should help define the people we focus on in features about runners, ball players and swimmers. Head out to practice and describe athletes in their settings, both on and off the field.Show plants blooming, hear wind whistling through an open field, and describe the salty air on a sultry night. A writer who spends time describing the tactile elements of a ... More About: Baseball , About
Rugby -- covering games
2007-03-28 15:06:00 It’s rugby season for many colleges, the time when college teams prepare for their national championships. Most sportswriters know very little about this exciting sport that has the grace of soccer, the power of football, and the speed of track.Here’s another thing most sportswriters do not know: These rugby titles are not fully sanctioned NCAA championships, so do not write them as if they are. They are not NCAA Division I or II. Teams do not play in any sanctioned conference, such as the Southeastern, Atlantic Coast or Big Ten. These games are played by club players. And teams do not have official rankings (Alex Goff ranks teams on his rugby website, but one person’s ratings are hardly worth noting as a national ranking. The Associated Press and other polls rely upon at least a few dozen reporters who regularly cover the beats to make such assessments.)In addition, these games are club championships, the same titles that your campus’s club hockey team or volleyball team co... More About: Games , Game , Rugby , Ring , Cover
Hey, BCS teams, play someone your own size!
2007-03-28 02:19:00 Division II programs are going to be required to play fewer games against larger programs. That’s good for everybody. Typically, these are money games, where bigger programs essentially seek an ‘official’ preseason game and an easy victory. Sometimes, players at smaller programs can get hurt, which happened to Eastern Illinois’ top linebacker last season against the U of Illinois.This new rule should force larger programs to play someone their own size, which is also good for fans. Plus, Division II programs will get more opportunities to play against one another, which should build more intense rivalries and enhance the quality of Division II sports. Here is the lead from a posting on the NCAA website.“In conjunction with the initiative to encourage more intra-division competition, the Division II Football Committee recommended to increase the number of games institutions are required to play within the division from six to eight contests. If approved by the Division II C... More About: Play , Teams , Your , Team , Ne Yo
Baseball -- Covering games
2007-03-27 03:48:00 I should have comments from several other baseball writers in the coming weeks, but wanted to post this right now since so many schools are covering baseball on campus. This posting also includes some fine advice from the baseball beat writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Enjoy.Dejan Kovacevic, the baseball beat writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, says reporters need to prepare before going to games. That’s true whether you are covering a high school game or a major-league game. Read as much as you can on these teams and check for updated stats.“The most important element is preparation, exhaustive study of trends on both sides, and written notes to accompany those,” Kovacevic says. “On a tight deadline, there is no time to look up how many home runs Albert Pujols has hit at PNC. It simply has to be at your fingertips. This way, if he does it in the 10th inning, you have time to get that information into the first-edition version of the story, even before the one that... More About: Games , Baseball , Game , Ring , Cover
Here's a fine example of a game column
2007-03-23 14:56:00 Columns can be difficult to write. Writing one from a game on deadline is even more difficult. A sports columnist needs to understand the topic and needs to do the research to prepare for several angles. Then, of course, the columnist needs to write the piece in a compelling manner.Tom Keller, a columnist for Michigan State's State News, did just that while covering the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament in North Carolina.Keller focused on the odd pairing of junior guard Drew Neitzel and junior walk-on foward Jake Hannon, players as much alike as Felix Unger and Oscar Madison. A sports column, in many ways, is a sports news story with an opinion. Too many columnists want to offer their opinions -- and too often these opinions are not informed. That is not the case here. Keller spoke with key people, researched the topic, had a clear working knowledge of the subject, revealed observations, and had a strong news angle. In addition, Keller made some interesting connections ... More About: Game , Column , Here , Example , Exam
Working with coaches & players
2007-03-22 15:53:00 Covering a beat is a challenge for everybody involved – reporters, players and coaches. Sometimes, coaches and players get upset by coverage they perceive as unfair, inaccurate or unflattering. We should not immediately dismiss this as whining or unimportant. We need to listen to everybody, including those whom we cover.Those tensions have simmered here at Eastern during the past semester. In the past year, we have covered many stories that go outside the lines of playing fields, such as a player kicked off a team for grades, another player kicked out following a stabbing, and an associate athletic administrator charged with burglary, among other things. Needless to say, nobody loves to speak about problems. But we have also heard concerns over less sensational matters. Coaches have shown displeasure when we cited injuries to key players, when we called athletes at home and when we commented on potential recruits. Play ers have also complained when we have run pictures or stories ... More About: Work , Player , With
Old school vs. new school sports journalists
2007-03-21 14:21:00 Roy Peter Clark, senior scholar at the Poynter Institute, writes a terrific column on old school vs. new school sports journalism. Clark focuses on what some perceive as a dramatic shift in sports coverage.Clark is right on the money in regards to debates between old vs. new. I have heard more than a few old-timers lament about people like ESPN's Bill Simmons. I myself chafed until I took him as he was -- a fun-loving guy who sees sports beyond the stats and standings. I also like Jeff Gordon of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch who does some of the same things. Jerry Greene at the Orlando Sentinel is also an entertaining, knowledgeable sports columnist.You also might want to check out Clark's column on Mitch Albom from a few years ago where Clark talks about the perils of sports columnists as celebrities and franchise players for newspapers. It's an excellent read. Check them both out.There are also some spots left for Poynter's sports journalism summit in St. Petersburg, Fla., next ... More About: Sports , Sport , Journal , School , Port
Soccer -- covering matches
2007-03-21 03:18:00 Scott French always brings four things to any soccer game he covers – binoculars, a stopwatch, tape recorder and a Mead flexible composition notebook. That way, French, who has covered two women's World Cups, two men's World Cups and Major League Soccer , can follow the games more precisely.The binoculars enable him to gather details about plays across the field (or from high in a press box). A stopwatch enables him to accurately record the time of key plays at stadiums and fields where scoreboard clocks are not used (or available.) After games, French tapes players and coaches. During the game, he uses the Mead notebook to record key plays, comments and scoring (team-player-minute), red cards and yellow cards, starting lineups and substitutions.French, a former senior editor for Soccer America magazine who has covered soccer for more than 40 newspapers, diagrams scoring plays to show which defenders were beaten, to record the passes leading to the goal, and to note where the sho... More About: Matches , Ring , Cover , Match
Frozen Four gets frigid reception in most sports departments
2007-03-20 15:22:00 The University of Wisconsin just captured its second straight NCAA women’s ice hockey championship. But you wouldn’t know it by reading newspapers across the country, especially if the coverage offered in USA Today and a regional newspaper are definitive.Goalie Jessie Vetter was amazing, knocking away 32 shots in the 3-0 victory over Minnesota on Sunday. (This was her second shutout of the weekend. She had already shut down St. Lawrence 1-0 in the semifinals of the Frozen Four two days earlier.)Too often, women’s sports get shafted when it comes to coverage. Certainly, this final is not going to receive the same recognition as the NCAA men’s basketball tournament (very few events can), but a national championship in an (arguably) major sport deserves more than five paragraphs online and a story buried on page 10 in USA Today’s sports section. Even the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel failed to cover the game with a staffer, based on its posting online where an AP story and pictu... More About: Sports , Sport , Department , Men , Port
Nothing's more joyful than spring training
2007-03-12 15:45:00 Spring training is a time to work and a time to play, a time for promise and a time for joy. Spring training is a time for players to learn what it takes to be a major leaguer and a time for coaches to see whether young players have the skills and intangibles (whether they have ‘it’) to take it to the next level, and a time for managers to see if their veterans are ready for another long, grueling season.Spring season is a time for fans to reconnect to the game, learning about rookies and re-evaluating veterans, and this is a time for parents to reconnect with their kids (showing them how to keep score and pointing out key plays); it’s also a time for remembering and telling baseball stories with friends and other grown kids.Spring training is a time for re-birth, where twenty-seven-year-old pitchers like Matt Smith shag fly balls for batters with numbers more evocative of defensive linemen and wide receivers than of major-league players, where a non-roster invitee like Lou Ma... More About: Spring Training , Training , Spring , Rain , Train
You go, girl (and don't kick my butt)
2007-03-10 03:26:00 Here’s a sign of the times. Tennessee’s all-everything sophomore Candace Parker says she will not enter the WNBA draft on April 4. “I’m definitely going to be at Tennessee next year,” she tells USA Today’s Dick Patrick. That anybody is speculating about a women’s basketball player says much about the WNBA, college basketball, and women’s sports. The WNBA has found a way to survive despite problems with several teams through the years. (It does not hurt to get propped up by the NBA and in TV promos on NBC and ESPN.) College basketball is also thriving, outdrawing the men’s teams on a few campuses. But the league has endured. The addition of Parker would be a huge boost (perhaps, league officials started planting this rumor themselves). She is an amazing athlete. Parker, twice named the top player in the nation among high school players, can power past players near the basket and she can lead the team on fast breaks down the court, running past some of the nation’s... More About: Girl , Butt , Kick
Play ball!
2007-03-08 20:18:00 I'm headed to spring training where I plan to relax at a few stadiums in Florida. Nice weather. Cheap dogs. Baseball. What could be better? Check for posts through the week.-30- More About: Play , Ball
Some great lessons
More articles from this author:2007-03-08 20:07:00 Here's the third of a series of reviews on sports books that focus on issues related to the craft of sports reporting and writing. This review is of Mark Frost’s THE GREATEST GAME EVER TOLD.Frost used considerable source material, such as newspapers articles, books, memoirs, archived notes and conversations to write his book about the 1913 U.S. Open golf championship. The Great est Game Ever Played is based upon historical documents, such as newspaper articles, journals and recorded conversations.Some of Frost’s reporting goes against traditional journalistic methods. But this can lead to discussions about New Journalism (which is actually middle-aged), about reporting techniques, and about the challenge to report the truth.Here’s what Frost wrote in an introduction:“In employing dialogue to bring these scenes to life, I used source material for direct attribution whenever possible. In its occasional absence I attempted to infer intent from prose to reportage, remaining as t... More About: Less , Sons , Lesson , Lessons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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