Any day now, The New York Times will publish Richard Sandomir’s first contribution to the Obituaries section. When that happens, it will complete a long-drawn journalism circle for the reporter, who is leaving the sports business and sports media beats.
From Sandomir’s recent Times Insider essay:
When Robert Eidelberg’s journalism class at John Bowne High School in Flushing, Queens convened in September, 1972, our first assignment was to write an obituary about ourselves. We were all about 15 years old, without much life experience (I was months from my first paying job at a supermarket), so the task was to invent our futures.
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