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Published on Monday, 04 January 2010 12:25
Many tributes to the late sportswriter Bill Gleason have been coming out last night and today, both in the newspapers and online. Here are links to just a few of the better ones:
Rick Telander, Bill Gleason's co-host on the "Sportswriters" radio and TV shows, wrote this terrific column, giving a fond farewell to his friend in today's Sun-Times. The column is at this link
HERE.
Also in today's Sun-Times, Jim O'Donnell wrote a column about Mr. Gleason, the "blue-collar genius" at this link
HERE.
Former Sun-Times sports columnist and current Tribune media columnist, Phil Rosenthal, released this print & video tribute to Bill Gleason on his Tower Ticker blog last night:
HERE.
The Daily Herald columnist, Mike Imrem, turned out this loving column to Bill Gleason today, which is at this link
HERE.
In the Southtown Star this morning, Phil Arvia had this salute to Bill Gleason:
HERE.
Also in today's Southtown, Dave Brown takes a look at an interview with Bill Gleason that originally appeared in that paper back on April 6, 2008 and reprints the interview. One of the best kinds of looks at the man you can find: Bill Gleason talking about Bill Gleason. You can read that
HERE.
Lastly, the Chicago Tribune had a nice obituary for Mr. Gleason, including quotes from his sister & daughter, as well as from former Trib/Sun-Times columnist, Mike Downey, in today's paper. You can read the obit at this link
HERE.
Bill Gleason 1922-2010
