JD TALKIN SPORTS #1995

A good friend of mine, uh, uh, Bill Graphius, was the editor of a weekly newspaper in Phoenix.

He approached me and said, "I, I'd like to a- add some sports coverage to our, our paper.

Would you be interested in writing a weekly sports column for me?" I had never...

Uh, outside of the high school newspaper, uh, did a little bit with a college newspaper.

Uh, but it was the first time that I was doing some writing and getting published.

Uh, that led to, uh, an interview, uh, for a job opening with the Tempe Daily News in Tempe, Arizona, where Arizona State University is located.

Right.

I call up and say, "You know, I'd like an interview for the job." We set up the interview for 1:00 in the afternoon.

And I go into the interview.

The sports editor is the person who's going to interview me.

First thing he does is look at my resume and say, "Oh, you're from Pittsburgh." Turned out Skip, Skip Bryant was the sports editor's name, uh, who went on to be, uh, well recognized in Arizona, uh, uh, as, uh, a person who covered high school sports and did a lot to, uh, to bring attention to, to high school sports.

Um, so Skip is interviewing me, and he said to me, uh, "You know, there's a bar around the corner.

You wanna go have a beer, and we can finish the interview there?" I said, "Sure.

I got nothing to do.

I'll go have a beer with you." So have a beer, talk a little longer, and he says, "Uh, you got the job." It was only...

Uh, it, it wasn't until a couple of months later that in talking with somebody else at the newspaper then, uh, you know, begun working, and they said, "You were the fourth person in that day for an interview.

All three were before you.

All three were made the same offer.

You wanna go in the back and have a beer?" They all said no.

I said yes.

I get the job.

Now I'm a sports writer at the Tempe Daily News.

The reason that I got the job, Skip, the sports editor, again, loved high school sports, but more than anything loved Arizona State football.

And, and, and who was the-

So-

A good friend of mine, uh, uh, Bill Graphius, was the editor of a weekly newspaper in Phoenix.

He approached me and said, "I, I'd like to a- add some sports coverage to our, our paper.

Would you be interested in writing a weekly sports column for me?" I had never...

Uh, outside of the high school newspaper, uh, did a little bit with a college newspaper.

Uh, but it was the first time that I was doing some writing and getting published.

Uh, that led to, uh, an interview, uh, for a job opening with the Tempe Daily News in Tempe, Arizona, where Arizona State University is located.

Right.

I call up and say, "You know, I'd like an interview for the job." We set up the interview for 1:00 in the afternoon.

And I go into the interview.

The sports editor is the person who's going to interview me.

First thing he does is look at my resume and say, "Oh, you're from Pittsburgh." Turned out Skip, Skip Bryant was the sports editor's name, uh, who went on to be, uh, well recognized in Arizona, uh, uh, as, uh, a person who covered high school sports and did a lot to, uh, to bring attention to, to high school sports.

Um, so Skip is interviewing me, and he said to me, uh, "You know, there's a bar around the corner.

You wanna go have a beer, and we can finish the interview there?" I said, "Sure.

I got nothing to do.

I'll go have a beer with you." So have a beer, talk a little longer, and he says, "Uh, you got the job." It was only...

Uh, it, it wasn't until a couple of months later that in talking with somebody else at the newspaper then, uh, you know, begun working, and they said, "You were the fourth person in that day for an interview.

All three were before you.

All three were made the same offer.

You wanna go in the back and have a beer?" They all said no.

I said yes.

I get the job.

Now I'm a sports writer at the Tempe Daily News.

The reason that I got the job, Skip, the sports editor, again, loved high school sports, but more than anything loved Arizona State football.

And, and, and who was the-

So-