Names in the News - June 12, 1987
Will Grimsley, who covered 35 World Series and 25 Kentucky Derbies, 9 Summer Olympics and 6 Winter Olympics for the Associated Press, became the first wire service writer to receive the Red Smith Award for sports writing.
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