I remember Shirley Povich, legendary Washington Post sports columnist.

Great thread. Povich, as many locals know, also had one of the best newspaper ledes of all time: "Jim Brown, born ineligible to play for the Redskins, integrated their end zone three times yesterday."

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I remember Shirley Povich, legendary WaPo sports columnist, coming into the office in his 90s when I was an intern. He'd be wearing the outfit described here: fedora, tweed jacket, rep tie. He was small but had an iron grip, grasping my shoulder and tell stories of Babe Ruth. 1/

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