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Jerry Izenberg... Lipstick on a Pig

KingBlue : 2/4/2019 7:31 am

I grew up in NJ reading The Star Ledger. Izenberg has always been my favorite sports writer. I didn't know he still wrote... thought he had long retired. Anyway, old timers might enjoy his perspective on the game.

Yeah I know... Great story Bro.

Lipstick on a Pig - ( New Window )

One of my all-time go-to guys

Big Blue '56 : 2/4/2019 7:56 am : link

He's still alive?

Gman11 : 2/4/2019 8:01 am : link

And, I'm trying to be funny. I remember seeing him on TV in the 70s. He's got to be about 90 years old now.

oops

Gman11 : 2/4/2019 8:01 am : link

Not trying to be funny.

RE: One of my all-time go-to guys

section125 : 2/4/2019 8:04 am : link

In comment 14286363 Big Blue '56 said:

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A thinking man's sports writer...

Grantland Rice and Damon Runyon

KeoweeFan : 2/4/2019 8:12 am : link

Jerry was the last to write in that style; a delight to read.
I enjoyed his columns as a kid, and I'm no spring chicken. His reporting goes back well before the first SB.

RE: RE: One of my all-time go-to guys

Big Blue '56 : 2/4/2019 8:17 am : link

In comment 14286378 section125 said:

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In comment 14286363 Big Blue '56 said:

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A thinking man's sports writer...

Excellent!

Classic

Peter from NH (formerly CT) : 2/4/2019 8:21 am : link

"it was slowest, dullest, most boring 45 minutes this game has ever offered. It was as though 70,000 people were watching a tree form its annual ring."

Great article

Ira : 2/4/2019 8:23 am : link

Izenberg is one of my favorites of all time.

truebluelarry : 2/4/2019 9:00 am : link

"This team is so old school you get the feeling it should be playing in the mud against the Pottsville Maroons or the Canton Bulldogs on a field bracketed by wooden goal posts."

Awesome!