Remembering Blackie Sherrod

Texas sports writing legend Blackie Sherrod passed away this week. Considered by many to be the greatest sportswriter that Texas has ever produced, he was intelligent, educated, and wise. Being a combat veteran, he knew what real life and death situations looked like and therefore understood that sports, in the grand scheme of things, were just fun and games.

Although he is remembered primarily as a sports writer, Sherrod did not only cover sports. In 1963 he saw JFK's motorcade pass through Dallas moments before the assassination and then became integral in the coverage of that fateful day. He also covered a moonshot from Cape Canaveral, work for which he received much acclaim. When I was a boy, I remember my grandfather talking fondly about Blackie Sherrod as if he knew him. But I guess if you read a writer for decades, you tend to feel that you do.  

Here is a Dallas Morning News retrospective of Blackie Sherrod's life:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UrGvTKpjfk