| Bat Masterson, the onetime Western peace officer, was America's first celebrity sportswriter. |
| In the Seattle Times, meanwhile, sportswriter Percy Allen paints a different money picture. |
| Sports Illustrated wondered why any sportswriter would criticize an athlete for being too open and honest. |
| Ryan was part reporter and part mythmaker, rooting for the success of the home team in part because it made for the best story — which is to say, he was a sportswriter. |
| But leave it to me to botch the one botch-proof task of a sportswriter. |
| When a young man on the make tells me he wants to be a sportswriter, I tell him to read one book. |
