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TO WORK AS A SOCIETY EDITOR IN KNOCK NORTH CAROLINA'S "WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL" IN 1940, TRANSFERRED TO SPORTS IN 1946. HER PIONEERING LIFELONG CAREER...
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| 00:01:21 |
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YOU THINK YOUNG WOMEN SPORTS WRITERS IN THE 1990s ARE GOING TO EVEN FACE MORE DIFFICULTIES ON THIS ISSUE THAN YOU DID YEARS BACK, DECADES BACK? >> OH,...
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| 00:01:33 |
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THE POSITION OF YOUNG WOMEN SPORTS WRITERS TODAY IS FAR MORE DIFFICULT THAN MINE WAS FOR SEVERAL REASONS. ONE IS I THINK THAT THE -- THERE'S MUCH MORE...
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| 00:03:42 |
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THINK THERE'S A WAY THEY CAN REMEDY THE SITUATION SO THERE'S TRULY EQUAL ACCESS? >> I SEE NO
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| 00:03:48 |
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REASON WHY WOMEN CAN'T GO INTO THE DRESSING ROOM. YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WENT TO A GREAT DEAL OF TROUBLE TO INVENT TWO THINGS. ONE IS A TOWEL AND THE OTHER...
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| 00:05:11 |
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EARLIER THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE PRESSURE OF DEADLINES UP UNTIL YOU GOT ON THE MORNING PAPER, AND PART OF THAT YOU'D NEVER REALLY WRITTEN A STORY IN...
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| 00:05:23 |
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MOST OF THE TIME I WORKED ON AN EVENING PAPER AND I WOULD GO COVER THE GAME AND THEN GO DOWN AND TALK TO PLAYERS AND GET ALL THE MATERIAL I HAD AND...
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| 00:06:44 |
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HIM TO TAKE THE TIME, TOO, TO GIVE YOU THAT DRY RUN. >> YES, IT
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| 00:06:49 |
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WAS. GIVE ME THE DRY RUN, RATHER THAN THROW ME TO THE WOLVES AND HAVE ME FALL FLAT ON MY FACE. BY THE WAY, SEVERAL YEARS AFTER THAT THERE WAS A YOUNG...
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| 00:07:24 |
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YOU HAD QUITE AN EXPERIENCE COVERING THAT GAME OF THE CAROLINA COUGARS, DIDN'T YOU, WITH THE TRIPLE
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| 00:07:32 |
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OVERTIME? >> YES. THEY WERE A PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM. WE HAD A BEAT WRITER ON THE COUGARS, BUT I WAS ASKED -- HE ASKED ME TO GO WITH HIM ON THE...
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| 00:08:37 |
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YEARS YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE PRESSES BOX, TECHNOLOGY, LIKE SENDING YOUR STORIES BACK TO THE PAPER. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS...
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| 00:08:48 |
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DIFFERENT NOW. WHEN I FIRST BEGAN COVERING SPORTS, WE SENT OUR STORIES BY WESTERN UNION. WE WOULD WRITE THEM ON A TYPEWRITER AND THEN WE WOULD ...
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| 00:09:59 |
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HOW NALETTED EDED HELPED YOU WITH THE DRY RUN. HE P HELPED PERFECT YOUR WRITING, TOO, DIDN'T
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| 00:10:05 |
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HE? >> HE DID. HE WAS VERY CRITICAL AND MOST OF US DIDN'T LIKE HIM AT FIRST. WHEN YOU CAME TO WORK IN THE MORNING YOU WOULD FIND A WHOLE BUNCH OF NOTES...
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| 00:11:02 |
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HAD A TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM PEOPLE ON THE PAPER BUT IN RETURN ARE YOU'VE PAID THEM BACK IN YOUR COMMITMENT TO THEM. YOU ONCE TOLD ME YOU WORKED 24...
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| 00:11:22 |
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NOT REALLY THAT MUCH. BUT I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO REALIZE THAT SPORTS WRITING OR NEWSPAPER WORK OF ANY KIND IS REALLY A 24-HOUR-A-DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR...
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| 00:12:27 |
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YOUR SISTER WHO HAS LIVED WITH YOU ALL THESE YEARS REALLY HELPED YOU IN TAKING CARE OF YOUR ELDERLY PARENTS. YOU WERE GONE HALF THE NIGHT AND GONE
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| 00:12:35 |
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EVERY WEEKEND. >> RIGHT. >> HOW DO
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| 00:12:37 |
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YOU DIVIDE THE LABOR THERE? >> SHE DID ALL OF IT,
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| 00:12:40 |
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SHE REALLY DID. BECAUSE I WAS GONE. I WAS COVERING A FOOTBALL GAME EVERY WEEKEND. I WAS ALWAYS GONE. AND I WORKED A GREAT DEAL AT NIGHT, AND SHE JUST...
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| 00:12:55 |
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IMPORTANT. >>
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| 00:12:56 |
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YES. >> DO YOU THINK
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| 00:12:58 |
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A YOUNG WOMAN TODAY COULD BE A SUCCESSFUL SPORTS WRITER, MOTHER AND WIFE? >> A LOT OF THEM ARE DOING
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| 00:13:03 |
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IT, BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE, AS I SAY, YOU HAVE TREMENDOUS DEMANDS ON YOU AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS YOU HAVE TO WORK WEEKENDS. A LOT OF WOMEN...
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| 00:13:56 |
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COVERED EVERY SPORT AND WON SCORES OF AWARDS FOR YOUR WORK. LOOKING BACK, WITH WHAT ARE THE QUALITIES IN YOUR WORK THAT GIVE YOU THE MOST PRIDE AND...
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| 00:14:12 |
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KNOW. EDUCATION IS CERTAINLY IMPORTANT, AND I WENT TO A LIBERAL ARTS SCHOOL AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, BUT I THINK IT'S UP UP TO YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL TO...
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| 00:20:08 |
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OF COACHES AND PLAYERS SS AND THE MEDIA CHANGED? >>
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| 00:20:10 |
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OH, IT'S CHANGED TREMENDOUSLY. WHEN I FIRST BEGAN COVERING COLLEGE SPORTS BACK IN THE 40s AND 50s, I WAS CLOSE FRIENDS WITH THE COACHES AT THE VARIOUS...
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| 00:27:11 |
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A LOT OF
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| 00:27:12 |
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INTIMACY. >> WE HAVE. WE HAVE. WE'VE LOST A LOT. >> WELL, ANOTHER
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| 00:27:16 |
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MAJOR IMPACT ON YOUR BUSINESS MUST BE TELEVISION AND THE WAY IT COVERS SPORTS. HOW HAS THAT CHANGED THE WAY YOU COVER STORIES? >> TELEVISION HAS
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| 00:27:24 |
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REALLY REVOLUTIONIZED WHAT WE DO AS SPORTS WRITERS AND IT'S MADE YOU'RE JOB A LOT HARDER. WHEN I FIRST STARTED COVERING GAMES, I CAME BACK TO THE...
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| 00:28:46 |
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CAREER, YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO INTERVIEW AND WRITE ABOUT A LOT OF FAMOUS SPORTS LEGENDS, AND THE WAY YOU TELL THE STORIES YOU TELL THINGS ABOUT THEM...
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| 00:29:04 |
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I HAD MET HIM VERY, VERY BRIEFLY WHEN HE WAS ONE AT ONE OF THE DURHAM TRACK MEETS BUT THAT WAS A MOB SITUATION WHERE I WAS ABOUT ONE OF 50 OR 60 WRITERS....
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| 00:32:01 |
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YOU MET CHRIS EVERETT WHEN SHE WAS JUST A CHILD, RIGHT? >> CHRIS EVERETT, I COVERED
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| 00:32:04 |
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A LOT OF TENNIS AT OLD PREF DENSE CLUB IN CHARLOTTE. THEY HAD A WOMEN'S TENNIS10TENNESSEE IS TOURNAMENT, THEY WERE SHORT ONE PLAYER. I THINK BILLY...
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| 00:34:21 |
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FAVORITE SON IN WAKE FOREST. >>
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| 00:34:23 |
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YES. HE WILL NEVER DIE IN PEOPLE'S HEARTS BECAUSE HE WAS A TRULY, TRULY WONDERFUL YOUNG MAN. HE WAS A FINE FOOTBALL PLAYER. THE ONLY BAD THING I CAN...
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| 00:36:47 |
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GOT VERY CLOSE TO FRANK HOWARD, TOO, DIDN'T
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| 00:36:50 |
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YOU? >> YEAH. YOU KNOW, FRANK IS A PHONY. FRANK PRETENDS HE'S A BIG, TOUGH, MEAN GUY, BUT HE'S NOT. HE'S ONE OF THE NICEST PEOPLE I KNOW. RIGHT AFTER...
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| 00:39:41 |
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VINCE LOMBARDI? >> OH, THAT MAN SCARED
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| 00:39:43 |
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ME SO. HE WAS COACH OF THE GREEN BAY PACKERS. BEFORE COACH LOMBARDI CAMED IN, THE GREEN BAY PACKERS HADN'T -- THEY'D BEEN HORRIBLE IF YOU WANT TO...
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| 00:42:41 |
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WIFE WAS COMPLETELY OPPOSITE FROM HIM. SHE WAS JUST A REAL OUTGOING, FRIENDLY PERSON. WHEN I GOT TO KNOW HER, I HAD A DIFFERENT VIEW OF COACH LOMBARDI....
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| 00:43:23 |
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BRIZEL A LONG TIME AGO, DIDN'T YOU? >> I KNEW LEFTY WHEN HE
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| 00:43:27 |
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STARTED WORKING AT DAVIDSON AND I WAS COVERING DAVIDSON THEN. I USED TO GO DOWN AND TALK TO HIM. I REMEMBER ONE TIME WE'D HAD AN INTERVIEW AND HE SAID,...
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| 00:45:08 |
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WOODEN? >> I MET COACH WOOD BE DOWN
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| 00:45:11 |
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AT CAMPBELL COLLEGE BASKETBALL CAMP P, AND AND THEY USED TO HAVE VERY MANY FAMOUS COACHES DOWN THERE. THEY HAD SO MANY AND SO MANY WANTED TO COME...
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| 00:47:22 |
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NICE. LOOKING BACK ON ALL YOU'VE DONE AND ALL THE PRAISE YOU'VE RECEIVED FOR YOUR WORK, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE GREATEST COMPLIMENT YOU EVER GOT WAS?...
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| 00:47:31 |
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THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. IT WAS A COMPLIMENT THAT I HEARD SECONDHAND. I WAS COVERING THE SOAPBOX DERBY DOWN IN BOWMAN GRACE STADIUM....
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.