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David Halberstam Dies at 73

Posted Apr 23, 2007 7:43PM By Michael David Smith (RSS feed)

Filed Under: NFL Media Watch, NBA Media Watch, MLB Media Watch

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David Halberstam won the Pulitzer Prize as a reporter in Vietnam for the New York Times, and he was one of the most important journalists who covered the civil rights movement. He wrote about things more important than sports.

But Halberstam, who died today in a car crash at the age of 73, was also a sports fan through and through, and we wouldn't do him justice if we failed to acknowledge what an important part sports played to his life and work.

Halberstam's sports books include Bill Belichick: The Education of a Coach, Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made, and Summer of '49. Halberstam put just as much intellectual energy into covering sports as he put into covering Vietnam, and although sports will be just a footnote in most of his obituaries, his contributions to the world of sports writing shouldn't be overlooked.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

4-23-2007 @ 8:03PM

mutoni said...

i love the man's work. god speed.

4-23-2007 @ 9:14PM

Peter Rocchio said...

Two gifted brothers, David and Michael, one an accalimed writer the other a physician and humanitarian. Each met an untimely a death. I loved them both for the way they touched my life. May he rest in peace.

4-23-2007 @ 10:40PM

Still Angry said...

"The Breaks Of the Game" was a fine hoop book.

4-23-2007 @ 11:20PM

JCN said...

What Mutoni said.I've only read "The Best and the Brightest," but I read it three times. It was more rewarding every time I tackled it again.

4-25-2007 @ 2:00PM

Who's Accountable said...

I hope this story doesn't stop now with the sugary icing the media seems to want to put on the news of this fatal accident. What was the University's accountability for this? Why was that man driving the car with such a famous American aboard as passenger? Did the driver know the directions? Did he know about that stretch of road that is unusual for its location on the waterfront connecting a bridge with city streets? on a highway# that isn't a highway? Reckless? ignorant? wrong-decision at that fatal intersection at the wrong time? I did see the words "police" and "lawyer" in the coverage, so we can only hope to hear what really happened.

4-26-2007 @ 1:52PM