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.
Latest From This Author
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Commentary: Thirty years ago Freddie Roach didn’t take sage advice, opened Wild Card Boxing Club
Legendary trainer Eddie Futch told an up-and-coming Freddie Roach to never open his own gym. At age 35, that’s exactly what he did with Wild Card Gym in Hollywood.
George Foreman’s death reminds Bill Dwyre of the end of truly special trios, including Muhammad Ali, George Frazier and Foreman.
The widow of L.A. sports great Tommy Hawkins barely escaped the Palisades fire, which destroyed the home she lived in with the former Lakers player and Dodgers executive before his death in 2017.
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Commentary: Sure, a Chiefs Super Bowl three-peat would be unprecedented, but don’t forget Packers
The Chiefs could become the first NFL team to win three consecutive Super Bowls, but it’s not the Packers’ fault there was no Super Bowl for their first of three titles.
La prolífica carrera de Manny Pacquiao le convirtió en una elección fácil para su inclusión en el Salón de la Fama del boxeo, aunque su única debilidad fuera saber cuándo parar.
Manny Pacquiao’s prolific career made him an easy choice for inclusion into the boxing Hall of Fame even if his only weakness was knowing when to stop.
Former Dodgers catcher Mike Scioscia remembers teammate Fernando Valenzuela as a leader who let his dominant pitches do the talking.
Peter Ueberroth and the leadership of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics proved that a mammoth event like the Games could be won as soon as the Olympic flame is lit.
D. Wayne Lukas, the 88-year-old trainer for Preakness-winning horse Seize the Grey, isn’t ready to retire after an elite horse racing career.
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Appreciation: Olga Fikotova Connolly didn’t let East-West schism stop her Olympic-sized dreams
Olga Fikotova Connolly, who recently died at age 91, was an Olympic champion at the center of a East vs. West controversy at the 1956 Olympics.