Joe Posnanski, who wrote a magnificent Point After on Charles for SI a couple months back, tells the even more heartwarming story behind that story.
http://joeposnanski.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-friend-nick-charles.html http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1182632/index.htm There is no better writer in America today than Posnanski. On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 11:54 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry to post another obit - and this one is really sad. Nick Charles died > of bladder cancer today at the age of 64. Charles was a pioneer in the > coverage of sports on cable, and his proteges, like Keith Olberman and Dan > Patrick put ESPN on the map. First link below is the CNN obit, second is a > summary of a pre-obit by Olberman from a couple of months ago (Charles was > dealing with his terminal diagnosis for quite some time). > > http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/25/nick.charles.obit/index.html?hpt=hp_c1 > > http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/04/952501/-Fok-News- > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
