The denial of access in sports is almost commonplace. And that has an impact on reporters and sports editors.

We will see our whole health care world change.

Very often, he would take a more lenient side in his opinion on something - and I had to play the bad guy all the time. He was the good guy, I was the bad guy.

Nineteen years is probably the longest I've heard of. But we don't hear about everything. There's nobody that tracks this stuff precisely.

I thought that a good deal of his coverage was dictated by fear of losing access. And I think that a lot of sportswriters, especially at community papers, are concerned about that - and it's a legitimate concern, and a legitimate problem.

His ball striking was pure. It was beautiful to watch him play.