So, who better than that former New York Times sportswriter and columnist, TomDispatch regular , and author of SportsWorld: An American Dreamland to offer a fervent farewell to the sports section of the Times? And yes, when I got older, I read the sports pages of the New York Times, too. Farewell to the New York Times Sports DepartmentOr Should It Be Good Riddance? In the spring of 1957, in search of a summer job before heading west to graduate school, I answered a classified New York Times ad for an editorial assistant. Copyright 2023 Robert LipsyteFeatured image: The New York Times by Thomas Hawk is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 / FlickrFollow TomDispatch on Twitter and join us on Facebook.

Source: New York Times November 21, 2023 19:40 UTC