2 Old Pros Reunite at Sports Journalism Class

Retired New York Times sportswriter Dave Anderson and former senior vice president of ABC Sports Jim Spence.

The 1980 “Miracle on Ice” was revisited in a most dynamic way during a recent edition of “Television Sports Today,” the class taught at the College of William and Mary in Virginia by former ABC-TV senior vice president of sports Jim Spence. The class guest Nov. 16 was retired New York Times sportswriter Dave Anderson, 87, who still occasionally contributes to the paper.

Per a nice write-up by Kellen Holtzman of the Virginia Gazette, the two colleagues reminisced about a number of topics, including when Spence asked Anderson to name an all-time favorite assignment.

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