I have worked since 1974 as a professional sports writer and columnist for newspapers in Winston-Salem, N.C, Dallas, Philadephia and Orange County, Ca. I retired in February of 2022. I have won three state Sportswriter of the Year awards, was twice on the list of Top 10 columnists as voted by the Associated Press Sports Editors, and won the 2014 Nat Fleischer Award for distinguished boxing writing. In 2020 I was named to the U.S. Basketball Writers Hall of Fame. I am 72 years old and live in Long Beach, Ca. with my wife and son. In January of 2020 I began to launch a playwriting career, beginning with classes at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, Ca. with instructor Diana Burbano. On July 31, 2021, my play "Vote For Herbert" was performed by actors in a staged reading at Newport Theatre...
I have worked since 1974 as a professional sports writer and columnist for newspapers in Winston-Salem, N.C, Dallas, Philadephia and Orange County, Ca. I retired in February of 2022. I have won three state Sportswriter of the Year awards, was twice on the list of Top 10 columnists as voted by the Associated Press Sports Editors, and won the 2014 Nat Fleischer Award for distinguished boxing writing. In 2020 I was named to the U.S. Basketball Writers Hall of Fame. I am 72 years old and live in Long Beach, Ca. with my wife and son. In January of 2020 I began to launch a playwriting career, beginning with classes at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, Ca. with instructor Diana Burbano. On July 31, 2021, my play "Vote For Herbert" was performed by actors in a staged reading at Newport Theatre Arts Center in Newport Beach, CA . On Feb. 26, 2022 my play "Bless This Divorce" was performed by actors in a staged reading at Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana, CA. I've had five other staged readings or performances, including "Bailey Drake" at Grand Central in May of 2023 and, most recently, a 10-minute play called "Tiebreaker" at the Redlands Theatre Festival on July 30, 2024.