RIP Lacy Banks

[Steak Snabler]

His run-in with Lewis Grizzard was legendary.

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/lewis-grizzards-chicago-bad-memoriessmoke-appeal/Content?oid=876849

 

[Uncle.Ruckus]

Wilbon with a nice column.

http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/story/_/id/7723614/michael-wilbon-remembers-impact-lacy-j-banks-had-career&d

 

[Uncle.Ruckus]

Fred Mitchell with a fantastic obit in the Trib:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/site/newspaper/news/ct-spt-0323-lacy-banks-obit--20120323,0,4477014,full.story

 

[Mike Nadel]

Lacy was one of the great characters left in our business, and never had a nasty word about anybody. I truly enjoyed working alongside him on press row. He will be missed.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Why the S-T hired Grizzard as exec sports edtior was and remains one of the mysteries of our age.

 

[jaredk]

His run-in with Lewis Grizzard was legendary.

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/lewis-grizzards-chicago-bad-memoriessmoke-appeal/Content?oid=876849

Apropos of the Reader's piece, Grizzard is famous among his enemies for defining a columnist's work. "He remembers with absolute clarity events that never happened."

 

[KYSportsWriter]

@ Versatile, yes, believe it or not, Lacy really did start preaching at age 9! I can vouch for that because Lacy was my uncle. My grandfather was also a Baptist preacher, and when he saw that Lacy had the gift, he allowed him to share it. Not only did Lacy start preaching at age 9, he was a traveling preacher, preaching at churches in different towns in Mississippi where he was born. He started at 9 and continued to preach the gospel for the rest of his life.

Awesome story.

I remember reading some of Mr. Banks' stuff a while back. Fantastic writer.