My involvement with television and television news began more than a half century ago, almost by accident. Out of High School, I installed tv antennas, went to Korea in communication intelligence and ended up a tv news director and network news producer. This is a look back at some of the things I remember best.
When world war II began, President Roosevelt said that sports should continue in the interest of national morale. This is the story of the Pittsburgh Steelers as they merged first with the Philadelphia Eagles, then with the Chicago Cardinals to keep pro football going through the war. The book is a chronicle of those times and how they kept going while the world was in flames. It combines war news and game descriptions from 1942 through 1946.
The author is an accidental journalist. He wanted to be a doctor but found that he couldn't handle college science courses and so became an English major with a minor in journalism. It was a great personal failure but was to continue him on an almost pre-determined path. This book is a hybrid. The author spent almost 50 years as a television writer and the book is written in the style of a TV script, without the tape and camera cues. As a result it is a first, a book and a script. It is a blend of the two styles. It can be read and it can be spoken, a new literary approach.
When world war II began, President Roosevelt said that sports should continue in the interest of national morale. This is the story of the Pittsburgh Steelers as they merged first with the Philadelphia Eagles, then with the Chicago Cardinals to keep pro football going through the war. The book is a chronicle of those times and how they kept going while the world was in flames. It combines war news and game descriptions from 1942 through 1946.
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