"A Little Greedy, and Exactly Right"
Newspaper article
By: Red Smith
Date: June 11, 1973
Source: Smith, Red. "A Little Greedy, and Exactly Right." The New York Times, June 11, 1973.
About the Author: Red Smith (1905–1982) was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin. After graduating from Notre Dame in 1927, Smith was a reporter for the Milwaukee Sentinel, and copyeditor and sportswriter for the St. Louis Star-Times. In 1936, Smith moved to the Philadelphia Record, then the New York Herald-Tribune nine years later, becoming one of America's most respected sportswriters. After the Herald-Tribune folded in 1967, Smith wrote in syndication until joining The New York Times in 1971, remaining there until his death. Smith authored several collections of his columns, and won numerous honors, including the Pulitzer Prize in 1976.
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