Table of Contents
Preface xi
Introduction: Rare Red Smith Robert Schmuhl xv
Prologue: Remembering Red Terence Smith xxxi
James Reston 2
Sports and Politics 3
"When I Was an Athlete" Red Smith 12
Murray Kempton, Max Lerner 16
Finding an Authentic Voice Murray Kempton 17
A Response and Some Reflections Max Lerner 29
The Discussion Period Murray Kempton Max Lerner 32
"Harry Truman Returns" Red Smith 41
James J. Kilpatrick 43
The Art of the Craft 44
Questions and Answers 52
"And a Grasp of Millionaires" Red Smith 59
Charles Kuralt 61
The View from the Road 62
Questions and Answers 72
"Person to Person" Red Smith 82
Dave Kindred Bob Hammel Jane Leavy 86
90 Feet Is Perfection Dave Kindred 88
A Response Bob Hammel 98
Sportswriting: A Woman's View Jane Leavy 103
"The Babe Was Always a Boy-One of a Kind" Red Smith 109
Eugene L. Roberts 117
Writing for the Reader 118
Questions and Answers 125
"Good, Clean Fun" Red Smith 134
Georgie Anne Geyer 137
Who Killed the Foreign Correspondent? 138
Questions and Answers 151
"Red Trotsky Talks to Red Smith" Red Smith 159
David Remnick 163
How Muhammad Ali Changed the Press 164
Questions and Answers 177
"I'm the Greatest" Red Smith 181
Ted Koppel 184
Journalism: It's as Easy as ABC 185
Questions and Answers 194
"After Fifty Years" Red Smith 206
Jim Lehrer 208
Returning to Our Roots 209
Questions and Answers 215
"Young Man with Flyrod" Red Smith 224
"A Mighty Angler Before the Lord" Red Smith 226
Frank McCourt 228
From Copybook to Computer: What You Write on and How You Do It 229
"Jim Thurber" Red Smith 239
Ken Auletta 41
Whom Do Journalists Work For? 42
"A Very Pious Story" Red Smith 257
Judy Woodruff 259
Are Journalists Obsolete? 260
Questions and Answers 269
"Miracle of Coogan's Bluff" Red Smith 278
Tim Russert 281
When Politicians Meet the Press 282
"Writing Less-and Better?" Red Smith 293
Acknowledgments 295
