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SUPER BOWL XXVII : The Spotlight : DREAMS DO COME TRUE

By BILL DWYRE
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Said James Washington, the Cowboy defensive back who had one of four Dallas interceptions, on his dreams: “First of all, I now will get this gigantic ring, huge. I dreamed about getting that. You know, as a kid, you dream and dream and you play out your dreams on the street. I remember watching Lester Hayes and dreaming about being him. Then I dreamed about going to UCLA, and I did. And now, my best dream, to win a Super Bowl. I’m pretty lucky.”

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Bill Dwyre

Bill Dwyre was a three-times-weekly sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times from 2006-15. Before that, he was sports editor of the paper for 25 years. Dwyre was named national editor of the year by the National Press Foundation in 1985 for the paper’s coverage of the ’84 Olympics and winner of the Red Smith Award in 1996 by the Associated Press Sports Editors for sustained excellence in sports journalism. He was sports editor of the Milwaukee Journal from 1973 to 1981, when he joined The Times. Dwyre was named National Headliner Award winner in 1985, sportswriter of the year in Wisconsin in 1980 and sportswriter of the year in California in 2009.

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