The Demise of Sports Journalism Oct 23, 2009
Faded are the days when the four horsemen of sports journalism Ring Lardner, Red Smith, Jimmy Cannon, and Rice himself rode triumphant through a more colorful (and profitable) era. A recent article in the New York Observer noted, with regard to New York Times columnist Harvey Araton moving from the sports desk he d manned for decades to feature writing: [T]wo years ago, The Times had five sports columnists. (The American Conservative)
Bisher was the best. He still is. Oct 13, 2009
He is the Ring Lardner of my generation. I was a Journalism major at UGA. Jesse Outlar was a pledge in my fraternity, Pi Kappa Phi, but went to WW II instead of being initiated. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Hilton Als: Daniel Goldfarb on a postwar revenge plot. Sep 21, 2009
In his 1999 comedy, Adam Baum and the Jew Movie, a Jewish Hollywood producer named Samuel Baum (based on Samuel Goldwyn) hires a Gentile writer named Garfield Hampson, Jr. (based on Ring Lardner, Jr.), to write a movie about the Jewish experience, in 1946. The dialogue crackles and groans with humor: about power, about the immigrant experience, about ethnic insecurity, and about male privilege. (New Yorker)
Obama's Three Stooges Aug 10, 2009
Barack Obama s rhetoric is straight out of Ring Lardner. One of the greatest writers America has ever produced, Larder wrote the best fictional dialogue. (Human Events Online)
Heat Index: Today's nicknames stink Jul 16, 2009
The great sportswriters such as Ring Lardner, Grantland Rice and Red Barber were literary men, and they wrote well. It takes imagination to come up with a nickname such as 'The Four Horsemen. (AZCentral -- Sports)
Mr. College Football May 16, 2009
The writers side includes Grantland Rice, Damon Runyon, Ring Lardner and yes, Furman Bisher. If youre too young to have ever read these men, do. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Losing my mom and finding her in my sisters May 11, 2009
That Christmas, three of us even managed to spend the holiday together where we alternated between laughing hysterically over some of our moms antics (Case in point: She insisted the 1940s screenwriter Ring Lardner was actually named Lard Gardner) and weeping uncontrollably because she wasnt there to tell us all to go jump in a lake. Click for related content. (MSNBC -- Health)
Band conductors seek instruments for those wishing to join the band May 9, 2009
Making an effort for those who wish to make music, the Niles High School and Ring Lardner Middle School bands are working together, led by respective band conductors Steven Bizoe and Steve Gruver, to start a special program collecting used instruments for students wishing to join the band, but who might not be able to afford instrument rental. The Niles Community Schools band program will hold its first Instrument Collection Drive Wednesday, May 13 during the Oak Manor and Ring Lardner spring... (Niles Star, MI)
Niles High Class of 2009 top seniors: Tie makes 11 May 6, 2009
She works at Veni's Sweet Shop and also is a volunteer tutor at Howard Elementary School and Ring Lardner Middle School. Other volunteer activities include Adopt-A-Family, Hoops for Heart, Niles Haunted House, among others. (Niles Star, MI)
Munson joins broadcasters Hall of Fame tonight May 5, 2009
The writers side includes Grantland Rice, Damon Runyon, Ring Lardner and yes, Furman Bisher. If youre too young to have ever read these men, do yourself a favor this summer. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Taking a shine to the rhyme Apr 16, 2009
White has found that golf poetry was a literature wildly popular in the early part of the 20th century, involving famous names such as Rudyard Kipling, Grantland Rice, Ring Lardner, and Arthur Conan Doyle, more famously known for his Sherlock Holmes books. "Golf, to me, is a marvelous sport, with so many dimensions and aspects to it," said White. (Boston Globe)
The Almanac -- weekly Feb 24, 2009
They include Italian painter and sculptor Michelangelo in 1475; French dramatist Cyrano de Bergerac in 1619; English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning in 1806; Union Army Gen. Philip Sheridan in 1831; humorist and short story writer Ring Lardner in 1885; Texas swing bandleader Bob Wills in 1905; comic actor Lou Costello (Abbott and Costello) in 1906; TV personality Ed McMahon in 1923 (age 86); symphony conductor Sarah Caldwell in 1924; former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan in 1926... (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
John Madill / H-P staff Jeremy Johnson smiles as he hears the word he needs to correctly spell to win the Cloverleaf Spelling Bee, arcadia. Johnson, a fifth grader from Grace Christian School near Watervliet, spelled it correctly and defeated Nicole Winter (left), an eighth grader at Christ Lutheran School in Lincoln Township. The contest was held at Lake Michigan College. Jeremy Johnson will compete in the national bee in Washington, D.C. in May. Feb 13, 2009
New Buffalo Middle School, Malia Bradbury, John Schaeftlein, Amanda James; North Shore Elementary School, South Haven, Kiiven Wolf, Abby Hendrix, Brian Horan; Ring Lardner Middle School, Niles, Madison Martin, Emma Doud, Shampaygne Jeffries; River Valley Middle School, Three Oaks, Hayley Forrester, Evan Rieth, Sydney West; Ross Beatty Junior High School, Cassopolis, Victoria Pearson, Celia Ash, Molly Moroz; St. Paul's Lutheran School, Stevensville, Heidi Dragiewicz, Kimbery Kenyon, Travis... (The Herald-Palladium)
John Madill / H-P staff Christ Lutheran spellers are (from left): Sam Singler, Nicole Winter and defending Cloverleaf champ Lauren LaBaumbard. Feb 8, 2009
Berrien County: Benton Harbor Charter School, Benton Harbor Area Schools, Berrien Springs Middle School, Bridgman F.C. Reed Middle School, Buchanan Middle School, Christ Lutheran School in Lincoln Township, Eau Claire SDA School, Grace Christian School near Watervliet, Lake Michigan Catholic School in St. Joseph, New Buffalo Middle School, Niles Ring Lardner Middle School, River Valley Middle School, Upton Middle School in St. Joseph, Brown Elementary School in St. Joseph, E.P. Clarke Elementary... (St. Joseph Herald-Pallidium, MI)
