Jimmy Cannon
Jimmy Cannon
Jimmy Cannon was a sports journalist inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame for his coverage of the sport...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth5 December 1973
CountryUnited States of America
fishing excuse drink
Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime
sports tvs fans
A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set
yankees yankees-baseball new-york-yankees
Rooting for the Yankees is like owning a yacht.
sports character greatness
He was the strangest of all our national sports idols. But not even his disagreeable character could destroy the image of his greatness as a ballplayer. Ty Cobb was the best. That seemed to be all he wanted.
stay-strong togas actors
I can't remember ever staying for the end of a movie in which the actors wore togas.
boyhood
A sportswriter is entombed in a prolonged boyhood.
sports baseball player
It is the best of all games for me. It frequently escapes from the pattern of sport and assumes the form of a virile ballet. It is purer than any dance because the actions of the players are not governed by music or crowded into a formula by a director. The movement is natural and unrehearsed and controlled only by the unexpected flight of the ball.
work men lazy-man
I suspect guys who say, "I just send out for a sandwich for lunch," as lazy men trying to impress me.