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RIP Dan Jenkins

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Della9250, Mar 7, 2019.

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  1. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    And the prequel, set in the 1930s:

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    Starman, Mar 8, 2019
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  2. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    oof

    Tough one. A giant. One of the modern greats.

    Also one of the inventors of the style most of us emulate to this day.

    A colleague and a role model.

    There will never be another like him.

    Rest now.
     
    Last edited: Mar 8, 2019
    Azrael, Mar 8, 2019
    #14
  3. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    Nothing I can add to the above tributes. Read him all my life. Was on the pinnacle of my personal mountain with Jim Murray, Red Smith and Larry Merchant. Still have the copy of "Saturday's America" his collection of college football pieces from the '60s, someone failed to return to a school library and I got at a yard sale decades ago.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Mar 8, 2019
    #15
  4. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    Hard to classify. Does Ring Lardner count?
     
    BTExpress, Mar 8, 2019
    #16
  5. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    I think Lardner counts, as does his son John. Also of course Jim Murray, a contemporary of Jenkins.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Mar 8, 2019
    #17
  6. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Lardners count.

    But as the irreverent modern counterweight to the purple age of Granny Rice, et al., and as a defender against the bloat of postwar sports corporatism, Jenkins is first among equals.
     
    Azrael, Mar 8, 2019
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  7. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Worth noting here too that without Blackie Sherrod and André Laguerre, the Dan Jenkins we mourn today wouldn't really exist.

    Behind every great writer is a great editor.

    Waiting for copy.
     
    Azrael, Mar 8, 2019
    #19
  8. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Agree about Jenkins and his style. He was wonderful.

    Definitely not modern, and you need to throw out any distinction between fiction and non-fiction, and he didn't only do sports, but with all of that said. ... I'd throw Damon Runyon into the "funny" conversation.
     
    The Big Ragu, Mar 8, 2019
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  9. Jake from State Farm

    Jake from State Farm Well-Known Member

    Jenkins, covering the Notre Dame-Michigan State game in 1966, led his game story with the Notre Dame fight song, with some of the words changed, stressing the Irish went for the tie

    Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame
    Equal the echoes
    Deadlock the fame

    He led a chapter of the book with a letter he received from a Notre Dame fan

    Notre Dame 51, Southern Cal 0
    Go straight to Hell, you son of a bitch
     
    Jake from State Farm, Mar 8, 2019
    #21
  10. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Runyon for sure. Liebling, too, in his way.
     
    Azrael, Mar 8, 2019
    #22
  11. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    RIP to a true giant.
     
    MileHigh, Mar 8, 2019
    #23
  12. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Damn. RIP to the legend.
     
    Inky_Wretch, Mar 8, 2019
    #24
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