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Stan Isaacs
Stan Isaacs (Sportswriter. Born, Brooklyn, NY, Apr. 22, 1929.) As a sportswriter, columnist, sports editor, and observer of the world scene, Stan Isaacs consistently brought a sense of irreverence coupled with keen observation to his work. Isaacs started as a copy boy at the New York Star in 1949 while a student at Brooklyn College. […]
Larry Merchant
Larry Merchant (Sportswriting. Born, New York, NY, Feb. 11, 1931.) A New Yorker by birth, Larry Merchant went to college at the University of Oklahoma and made his name with the Philadelphia Daily News (1957-66) before returning home. From 1966-76, Merchant wrote pungent sports columns for the New York Post. Most of his early work […]
Ike Gellis
Ike Gellis (Sports editor. Born, New York, NY, Jan. 5, 1908; died, Nyack, NY, Apr. 28, 1988.) Although Isaac Gellis never considered himself a writer of sports or anything else, he was an extraordinarily fine judge of talent and during his 30 years as sports editor of the New York Post, the paper had what […]