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Dennis Conner is Pete Rose in deck shoes.
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I don't pretend to tell people how to live their lives other than to do the right thing and work hard. Everything else should take care of itself.
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In the America's Cup, you can't go to your backup quarterback. You can't juggle your batting order. You can't fire the manager either, although Iain Murray might not be safe if George Steinbrenner were the principal owner of the Kookaburra III.
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Instead of sailing off into the sunset, he hopes to sail into the next century.
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The perfect going-away gift for a college student-athlete. A dictionary.
Biography
Dave Anderson (b. May 6, 1929 at Troy, New York)
Dave Anderson is an American sportswriter who has been based out of New York City. He began his career after graduating from Holy Cross in 1951.
Anderson wrote for a variety of New York papers. He was the writer to cover the Brooklyn Dodgers beat for the Brooklyn Eagle. He joined the New York Times after the New York Herald-Tribune folded in 1966.
With the Times, Anderson was given a column in 1971. In 1981, he became the third sportswriter to win the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. He also has received the Red Smith Award from the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) and the Dick McCann Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame for career excellence covering football.
Anderson continues to write for the Times. The 2004 season will be his 54th covering the New York Giants.
